Science Technologies

I thought that all of the technologies that we explored in class were really interesting, and could all be applied in a classroom. You could use Stellarium to do a unit on constellations and show how they move throughout the year, and some are only visible from certain places and at certain times during the year, this would make the information a lot more interesting and meaningful to the students. The microscopes were really cool because they were so easy to use, and would involve the whole class, it would be fun to do something similar to what we did, and send the class to find things to look at. I was amazed that the microscope didn't cost more! I loved experimenting with the temperature probes, I think it would be a really fun thing to make ice cream in a classroom like they did in the video we watched. Seeing the possibilities for science projects in the classroom, and recognizing the fact that they don't have to be over the top made the prospect of teaching science less daunting.