{"title":"Class Notes from Geometric Physics 101","authors":"Arthur J Stewart","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.37232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.37232","url":null,"abstract":"Long ago, the author took high school courses in Physics and Geometry. Our long-suffering teachers tended to talk somewhat faster than we could comfortably write, so inevitably some factual errors crept into our study notes. And we weren’t really very good students at that age, either, which I'm sure didn't help. In any case, in \"Class Notes...\" I try to capture my sense of things when trying to rapidly learn a lot of new information, while lacking good idea-distillation and writing skills. How many technical errors can you find in this poem?","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"106 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2024 HASTI Award Recipients","authors":"Georgia Everett","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.38721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.38721","url":null,"abstract":"Each year at the annual HASTI Conference we have an opportunity to recognize some amazing Science educators. Here, I will introduce the winners and include the words of support their colleagues offered during the nominations process.","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":" 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141668709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where to Go","authors":"Arthur J Stewart","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.37956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.37956","url":null,"abstract":"This summer's anicipated and rare two-brood cicada emergence event is very likely, but the fates of individual cicadas is far less certain. ","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"113 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Freebies! Free resources for teachers","authors":"Hasti","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.38723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.38723","url":null,"abstract":"This feature of THST will provide information for teachers aboutfree resources, PD activities, and materials. ","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"118 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141666885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THST Front Matter 47-1","authors":"Hasti","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.14434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.14434","url":null,"abstract":"Editorial Board listing and Table of Contents","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"115 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141666813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play-Doh Volumes: An Experience in Science/Math Lesson Integration","authors":"Shelly Engle, Patrick Eggleton","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.37379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.37379","url":null,"abstract":"Demonstrates integration of mathematics and science lessons for 5th grade students with preservice teachers. The article shares a lesson where mathematics and science content are fully integrated, allowing students to make sense of conceptual understandings in both subject areas and the lesson also allows students to view mathematics and science as tools to question, analyze, represent, and communicate findings. The lesson is one the authors used in Spring 2022 and Spring 2023 with preservice elementary teachers. The description of the lesson includes lesson objectives and connections to relevant science, math, and cross-cutting concepts for 5th grade (although it could be adapted for various grade levels).","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":" 631","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141669280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing Teaching and Learning: 14 Strategies for Boosting Effectiveness and Joy","authors":"Joe Ruhl","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.38011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.38011","url":null,"abstract":"Educational research along with 42 years of classroom teaching have taught me that establishing meaningful, appropriate relationships with students results in minimized classroom discipline problems, increased student engagement and joy, increased learning, and enhanced job satisfaction, sense of fulfillment, and joy for the teacher! Positive teacher to students relationships are dependent on the teacher being intentional about demonstrating to the students that they are cared for as individuals. This article will summarize 14 ways to demonstrate teacher caring. ","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":" 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141668381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Art of Science and the Science of Art","authors":"Lael Williams","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.37806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.37806","url":null,"abstract":"If the curriculum and assessment practices in schools focused on developing the thinking processes and skills related to each discipline/ subject, students would see themselves as practitioners of each discipline and develop a continuing understanding of what practitioners in the work force experience in their daily work. To be a practitioner of a discipline, an individual has moved from a novice through competent to practitioner and some times an expert. The vocabulary, concepts and processes used by practitioners in the arts and the sciences are critical to develop the thinking skills needed to solve complex problems. Those complex problems involve both the arts and the sciences in their solutions. With a focus on practitioner practices and performance assessment, students would be engaged and encountering satisfying experiences as learners in school.","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"122 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Birdwatching: A field-based unit or short course","authors":"Donald Winslow","doi":"10.14434/thst.v47i1.37759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14434/thst.v47i1.37759","url":null,"abstract":"I taught Birdwatching for the Indiana Academy’s 2023 May Term. The latitude and flexibility of a standalone course provided opportunities for creative student expression. The focus was on recreational observation of birds with a modest introduction to the science of ornithology. Students gained skills in bird identification, interpretation of behavioral observations, and ecological study design. The only textbook was a field guide. Students were instructed to install and use the free mobile app Merlin. We met each morning for a total of 10 class sessions, each 3-4 hours long. Topics included binocular use, bird identification by sight and sound, the eBird project, avian physiology, notetaking, bird behavior, study design, North American birds, distribution ranges, bird nests, habitat, and subspecies. We took field excursions every morning, usually on foot but with two trips by van to nearby birding hotspots. Students demonstrated their identification skills every morning in field quizzes. Each student kept a journal of field observations. Students worked in pairs to design a study on behavior and one on ecology. The instructor developed a list of questions of interest, and students collected data to answer them by observing birds in the field. Each student wrote two research reports presenting the results of these investigations. On the last day, students completed a final examination. Scores on these assessments indicated that the student learning outcomes were achieved by most students. This course could be adapted as a unit at the end of a spring semester course in biology or zoology.","PeriodicalId":395661,"journal":{"name":"The Hoosier Science Teacher","volume":"118 40","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}