Greg Reiva's Blog – December 2012 Archive (2)

Motivating Students to Learn, Project-based.

Last week, in my physics class, I was attempting to motivate my students to do research on alternative energy sources that will help to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.  The emphasis is on replacing the production of electricity from combustion sources like coal or natural gas and favoring wind energy or solar photovoltaic cells.

Each day at the start of class I would mention yet another climate change occurrence that I had read about or heard…

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Added by Greg Reiva on December 2, 2012 at 8:47am — No Comments

The power of ref;ection upon curriculum development

In the physical science classes that I teach at the high school level, I am implementing engineering-based curriculum initative that have really stretched my abilities as an educator.

This has required hours of thought and preparation dating back to the summer planning months when I was able to explore, for myself, fundamental…

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Added by Greg Reiva on December 2, 2012 at 8:46am — No Comments

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