Option 6: mind games -- turning on the brain ?
Use the Water Maker or The Egg in the Bottle or some other discrepant event to teach a lesson to at least three children.
Submit a lesson plan written like those in
G-6, and report student reactions and understanding and misunderstandings of the phenomena.
Read these articles and react to their prose in light of your experiences with your mini-discrepant event lesson.
some cautious words from a researcher tried to find out about DE and brain functioning
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find an article on 'brain functioning' -- looking for key words like the workings of the RAS -- reticular activating system; thalamus; limic system.
summarize and react to this paper.
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1994: a-read-me-first
1989: it's the real thing - the scientific method --- halpin & coffey-swab -- s&c -- jan
1991: discrepant events --- leyden -- teaching k8 --- feb
1994: egg & i --- leyden -- teaching k8 -
1985: the strange silo --- leyden -- s&C -- oct
1987: discrepant events: why they fascinate --- shrigley -- s&c --- may
1989: discrepant events: what happens to those who watch --- thompson -- ssm --- jan
1990: discrepant events: turn on turned off students --- SuperScience --- may
1989: what's wrong with this picture -- beaver & cheney -- s&c --- jan
1978: did'ja ever wonder ? --- a chapter from leyden's book: teaching science 5 to 9 --- silver burdett
1985: the great string drop --- leyden -- s&c --- oct
1973: conflict & inquiry --- a chapter from rowe's book: teaching science as continuous inquiry --- mcgraw-hill
1995: discrepant event demonstrations --- wright & govidarajan --- the science teacher --- jan
on my own