Science matters - here are some quotes from some of the events and workshops I attended during the second half of the conference.
“Our debate is a healthy debate. It’s a job. Ask a scientist if there’s a consensus among scientific community, good scientist will say no.”
“Scientists have a hard time with the sea level rise conjecture. Modeling temperature is relatively easy, but predicting ice melt is hard.”
“Every time you had an ice age, you see higher iron levels in rock. This iron fueled biological processes.”
“These numbers puzzled me and led me on a five-year journey.”
- Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Science at Purdue University
“Most Biology students are visual or kinesthetic learners. Research shows that Biology students often struggle with Chemistry, but do better than Chemistry majors in Organic Chemistry.”
- Vernier Biotechnology workshop
A few technology-focused quotes:
“Change the level of readability for Google searches based on your student’s abilities.”
“So often I’ve seen Wordle used as a “Hey, look how cool this is?” – but teachers can use Wordle to pre-read science text.”
“You’re the problem here! You have our third graders make chemistry websites, then my ninth graders use them for research.”
“If I do ‘site:.gov’ or ‘site:.edu’ look what happens”
“Search Google for ‘plate tectonics’ then ‘site:’ in order to search within a certain website.”
- Jared Mader and Ben Smith