I’m finally getting a bit ahead this week. This week is all about lunar illumination and Activity0303. This activity is interesting in that students frequently change the questions on the activity to match what they want to be asked rather than what I’m asking them. It’s quite predictable, which could possibly mean my questions are […]
Read More Learning Critical Thinking Through Astronomy, Week 12This week was all about observing. Students were assigned Activity0301, which consists of two main parts. The activity, both parts, is to be done from the same location each night. Students are expected to have previously established the four cardinal directions at their respective observing sites. The first part is observing Moon. This can be […]
Read More Learning Critical Thinking Through Astronomy, Week 10I originally had one set of plans for this week but as sometimes happens, those plans changed radically. Instead of starting in on the next series of activities, we spent some time doing some formative assessment (and I’m really beginning to hate the word “assessment” because of the current political climate in which it’s (mis)used […]
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