Andrew Herrick: Teaching Portfolio
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Lesson Transformations

I always attempt to craft lessons that enable students to think and act like scientists.  Science can be taught in a number of ways ranging from a didactic recipe to approaches that are discovery-based and promote hands-on, minds-on learning. Traditional, didactic, or ineffective lessons can be transformed into beneficial learning experiences that students get excited about.

What follows are some examples of recipe-based lessons that I have transformed into engaging experiences that promote critical thinking, reflective discourse and play in the classroom. You will see that I have distilled the essential component(s) from a traditional lesson (shown after my lesson) and made it student-centered and discovery-based; with creative, inventive, playful, and demonstrative aspects. In each transformation I have created a lesson with a certain level of cognitive dissonance or supported struggle to help my students take ownership of their learning.  Let's take a look!
Microscope
Thermodynamics
Lichen
Multiply
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