Science Education Idea Exchange

 I watched and was inspired the other day by The Creative Brain  on Netflix. There were so many tidbits on how to innovate and how all people can be creators. As a science teacher, I have been trying to encourage my students to create new inventions. Some takeaways I have to share with you are: 1. Create journals full of pictures and lists of things you come across every day. This could be done in a classroom between students to inspire one another or lists of phenomena. 2. Create a hybrid. Why not mesh two existing designs together to see what happens? 3. Make a twist.  We mistakenly think that things have to be brand new to be inventive. Take an existing invention and add a slight twist to it.

My school was adapting PBiS and looking for an easy way to recognize our students. We discovered that there are many tools that can be used to generate certificates automatically. We have linked it to the Google Forms and Sheets. The first three minutes of the video below are on how to set up the Google Form. At about 3:50, he begins to show you how to use AutoCrat to make magic happen.

As mentioned in a  previous post, I love making breakout /puzzle/escape rooms.  I have an example here that you can make a copy of and change, if you'd like. Here's how you can make a digital breakout box using Google Forms: 1. Click on the cog in the upper right-hand corner. 2. Click the third tab labeled "Quizzes" and flip the slider to the right to "make this a quiz" and click save. 3. Title your Form. 4. Create your first question by typing "3 Digit Code". It should change it to a "short answer" question, but if it does not, choose that option from the drop down menu. Make this a "required" question by moving the slider to the right. 5. From the three dots at the bottom right hand corner, select "description" and "response validation". 6. In the description box, provide instructions to how the answer should be typed. 7. Under the "response validation", ...