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Teaching the process of science Melissa McCartney [email protected] About me • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) • Postdoc (epilepsy) About me • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) • Postdoc (epilepsy) • Policy Fellowship (broadening participation) About me • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) • Postdoc (epilepsy) • Policy Fellowship (broadening participation) • Editorial Fellowship at Science About me • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) • Postdoc (epilepsy) • Policy Fellowship (broadening participation) • Editorial Fellowship at Science About me • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) • Postdoc (epilepsy) • Policy Fellowship (broadening participation) • Editorial Fellowship at Science About me • • • • PhD in Neuroscience (molecular) Postdoc (epilepsy) Policy Fellowship (broadening participation) Editorial Fellowship at Science • Project Director at AAAS focused on education projects http://scienceintheclassroom.org/ SitC production details • Targeting a first year undergraduate audience • Graduate students and postdocs do the writing in return for a byline on the website • Teams of students have started annotating as a group exercise • Willing to try any other ideas to make this a more valuable resource Why primary literature? • Shows the process of science • We are not interested if students learn a piece of science content with SitC • We want them to see how scientists communicate • Many unanswered questions • science articles are possible to read Why is this important? • Because everyone, scientist or not, becomes a voter Why is this important? • Because everyone, scientist or not, becomes a voter A recent vote in the US Senate on whether or not climate change is a result of human activity: Why is this important? • Because everyone, scientist or not, becomes a voter A recent vote in the US Senate on whether or not climate change is a result of human activity: Yes: 50 No: 49 Why is this important? • Because everyone, scientist or not, becomes a voter A recent vote in the US Senate on whether or not climate change is a result of human activity: Yes: 50 No: 49 Teaching students that they can go to the source to make their own conclusions on the science is invaluable Starting to partner Write a 100 word paragraph on what you think this research is trying to solve. Identify 5 words that you don’t know and write a definition. I am always looking for people to work with! [email protected]
