Teachable Media in Popular Classrooms

Teachable Moments in Popular Media John Zachritz Canisius High School [email_address]

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“ I heard from a high school principal at a national meeting in Washington say, “We have a firm school policy in our school that all tests have to be given on Friday so the students won’t forget over the weekend.”” -Earl Carlyon High School Science Teacher Minds of Our Own

Multiple Intelligences: Different Strokes…

The mind is not a vessel to be filled…

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“ Teachers …should take account of what previously acquired concepts they bring with them to the start of the learning process.” -Ignation Pedagogy: A Practical Approach. (38d)

You can lead a horse to water… but you CAN salt the hay. Pop Culture can be the salt

Fair Use vs. Piracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use of Pictures Context in Physics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use of Pictures Context in Chemistry ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use of Pictures Context in Biology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],percent composition again!

What’s your “Carbon Footprint?” ,[object Object],[object Object]

Neurons have to reset before being used again With the right metaphor learning is halfway done…

Enzymes are in Charge of Replication Helicase, DNA Polymerase, Ligase & Others

Lamarck is to Draw Poker as Darwin is to Stud Poker. With the right metaphor learning is halfway done…

Students could use or make comic strips or books to learn It’s hard to get across the idea that it is NOT survival of the STRONGEST…This comic book helps untie that knot.

Students could use or make comic strips or books to learn

Edit Photos with Photo Editor Even without Photoshop you & your students can get useable results BEFORE AFTER

Wallpaper of the Week ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Check out worth1000.com and / or Workshop session 4: #36 Intro to Photoshop

Posters, Motivators & De-Motivators

Posters, Motivators & De-Motivators Used as an Anticipatory set for peppered moths

Competition based on Camouflage

Creating and posting pictures for Facebook.com ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Historical Context: Monsieur & Madam Lavoisier Life & times 1 min Unjust Income? 1 min Audio excerpts from an audiobook

Succession “ Series of predictable changes that occur in an ecosystem over time.” p 94 Brady Bunch sing their puberty song “It’s time to change!”

Secondary Succession: Volcanic Eruptions – Mt St Helens Audio from movie Armageddon by Charlton Heston >>>

Historical Context: Osmosis & Punic Wars ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Music in Science Class ,[object Object],Steve Miller Band Eminem Mary J Blige

Music in Science Class Why is “Clockwise” Clockwise? Video from Cosmos and Music from U2

Low-Tech Art in Sciences: Flip Books Earth’s Orbit, Phases of the Moon, Plate Tectonics, Mitosis, Succession, Replication, Translation & more!

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