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This document discusses the importance of math and science in 21st century education. It recommends incorporating more digital experiences for students, such as using YouTube to watch explanatory videos, having students create podcasts to present projects, taking virtual tours through Secondlife, creating "vokis" to explain concepts, developing WebQuests to explore educational websites and games, and using smart boards for interactive learning. The document emphasizes that math and science cultivate creative and analytical thinking skills that are applicable to daily life.
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- 1. MATH AND SCIENCE Brandie Smith and Lauren Legge
- 2. Math and Science Characteristics: Creative Thinking, Applicability, and Effectiveness Importance: Literary science, mathematics, and technology is not an option for the citizens of the 21st century. Role in 21st Century Education: Incorporate a more digital experience for our students.
- 3. YouTube Show videos of different topics in math that explain different ways to go about a topic. Examples: multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, etc. Show videos of different topics to help explains the reasoning behind why things happen the way they do. Examples: life cycles, plants, precipitation, etc.
- 4. Podcast Have each student create a podcast to present an oral presentation in the form of a podcast. Examples: present science fair project, multiplication tables, create rhyme, song or poem to help remember a certain topic.
- 5. Secondlife Take kids through virtual tours. Examples: museums, statues, many parts of the world to see different climates, etc.
- 6. Voki Create vokis to tell about different math topics. Examples: multiplication tables, division, addition, subtraction, etc. Create a voki that tells about different science topics. Examples: life cycles, plant diagrams, precipitation, erosion, etc.
- 7. WebQuest Create WebQuests to explore many different sites and games. Examples: games for practicing mathematic problems, websites exploring different educational sites for science, games for labeling any topic studied in science.
- 8. Visuals and Materials Use a smart board to have students interact with classmates while learning about all subjects in math and science. Examples for Math: have children solve math problems on the smart board to help each other learn the topics. Examples for Science: have children label and identify.
- 9. Conclusion Math and science are not only important as subjects, but also as thought processes. The application of scientific thought has a broader range than math or science, but can be applied to various daily life situations. Grasping these principals will create a more well rounded student
- 10. Works Cited http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/09/09/five- characteristics-of-an-effective-21st-century-educator/ http://mathscitech.org/articles/characteristics-mathematics http://www.tomorrow.org/docs/national%20findings%20sp eak%20up%202007.pdf