Variability Is Not the Villain: Finding Patterns in Complex Natural Images

Autor/inn/en	Brinton, Brigette Adair; Curran, Mary Carla
Titel	Variability Is Not the Villain: Finding Patterns in Complex Natural Images
Quelle	In: Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 52 (2015) 4, S.106-111 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8121
DOI	10.1080/00368121.2015.1103692
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Science Instruction; Observation; Visual Stimuli; Animals; Case Studies; Ecology; Critical Thinking; Middle School Students; Secondary School Science; Oceanography; Pictorial Stimuli; Worksheets; Teaching Methods; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Beobachtung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ökologie; Kritisches Denken; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Ozeanografie; Fantasieanregung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernaktivität
Abstract	Everyone needs strong observational skills to solve challenging problems and make informed decisions. However, many students expect to find exact answers to their questions by using the internet and do not understand the role of uncertainty, especially in decision making and scientific research. Humans and other animals choose among many options by using information about their environment. During this activity, students use their observational skills to analyze data from images of grass shrimp and a highly variable salt-marsh habitat as case studies for prioritizing different pieces of information. They gain an increased appreciation of natural variability and learn to build a consensus in a scenario that has no correct answer. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01