Differentiation in Teaching helps the Heart and the Mind to Grow.
Mr. Stevenson
One of the biggest ways differentiation aids learning in the classroom is through the increased technology now available via the Internet. Images, drawings, text, sound, and video are all available to help us learn. We all learn in different ways, and the Internet gives us many positive options. Though geared towards the science student or teacher, other students can certainly and other disciplines can glean ideas from some of the web sites and lessons posted here.
Differentiation is the main theme for the ScienceNavigator. The routes one takes and the areas one explores demonstrates the myriad differences that make up the human race. With that in mind, I have tried to find ways to shape the available Internet resources in such a way as to compliment a number of learning protocols. The pages on the tab above are listed according to the Virginia Standards of Learning, and to the 9-week terms of a school year. This is a web site under construction. I will update it as other applications, ideas, discoveries, and strategies come available.
For a fun way to learn, I have tried my hand at some science-fiction writing. It includes factual information about life science, but adds a touch of science-fiction that will give a student some thought-provoking questions and "What if" scenerios....................
Smell of Death tells of the deoderant industries competing to eliminate body odor through some genetic engineering of a no-smell bacteria, the main cause of underarm and body odor. However, the wide-spread use of these newly developed bacteria cause a huge and devestating shift in the natural decomposing bacteria. What happens when things stop decaying? It might smell great without the decay, but is it the smell of death for everyone? If so, how?
Greenrunner is Jake Evans, a young teenager who becomes entangled with a type of life that few, if any, have ever experienced before; a personal introduction to the life of the Plant Kingdom. He unknowingly ingests some "contaminated" peanuts. His DNA is radically changed. Chlorophyll mingles with his skin cells. This makes for some embarrassing moments when the green appearance manifests, but it also puts him in communication with many kinds of plants. A whole unexplored world opens up. Problems, too; like a sense of eating someone you know. Can he overcome this eating dilemma? Is photosynthesis Jake's new food source?
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein
"You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him discover." Galileo
Differentiation is the main theme for the ScienceNavigator. The routes one takes and the areas one explores demonstrates the myriad differences that make up the human race. With that in mind, I have tried to find ways to shape the available Internet resources in such a way as to compliment a number of learning protocols. The pages on the tab above are listed according to the Virginia Standards of Learning, and to the 9-week terms of a school year. This is a web site under construction. I will update it as other applications, ideas, discoveries, and strategies come available.
For a fun way to learn, I have tried my hand at some science-fiction writing. It includes factual information about life science, but adds a touch of science-fiction that will give a student some thought-provoking questions and "What if" scenerios....................
Smell of Death tells of the deoderant industries competing to eliminate body odor through some genetic engineering of a no-smell bacteria, the main cause of underarm and body odor. However, the wide-spread use of these newly developed bacteria cause a huge and devestating shift in the natural decomposing bacteria. What happens when things stop decaying? It might smell great without the decay, but is it the smell of death for everyone? If so, how?
Greenrunner is Jake Evans, a young teenager who becomes entangled with a type of life that few, if any, have ever experienced before; a personal introduction to the life of the Plant Kingdom. He unknowingly ingests some "contaminated" peanuts. His DNA is radically changed. Chlorophyll mingles with his skin cells. This makes for some embarrassing moments when the green appearance manifests, but it also puts him in communication with many kinds of plants. A whole unexplored world opens up. Problems, too; like a sense of eating someone you know. Can he overcome this eating dilemma? Is photosynthesis Jake's new food source?
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein
"You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him discover." Galileo