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BOOK BINDING LEARNING PROJECT
EXPLORATION: My deep appreciation for literature has brought about an obvious focus. As Cicero so eloquently stated, “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Books breathe beauty into our world. Stories stir up our emotions: bring us to tears, tickle us with laughter, even evoke a celebratory grin, and help us connect to our world in new ways. My learning goal is to single-handedly bind a book from scratch, which includes not only binding the book, but making the paper as well.
NEWTON RE-EXAMINED VIDEO
EXPLORATION: “Experience, the most deceptive of teachers, had to be met head on.” –Watson and Kopnicek in Teaching for Conceptual Change: Confronting Children’s Experience
Plan, shoot and edit in a hurry! Our teams created videos in response to a few physics questions. We explored framing, lighting, and audio components of filming while simultaneously confronting our experiences with falling objects. It shed light on the importance of uncovering students’ prior knowledge and misconceptions.
EXPLORATION: “Nothing is more dangerous for a new truth than an old misconception.” – Goethe
As a team, we identified a misconception that continues to resurface in learning–the role that Christopher Columbus played in history. Further research was conducted to locate background information about misconceptions related to the infamous explorer. Next, we conducted interviews to expose people’s understanding, analyzed, and finally, shared our findings. This video was compiled using iMovie.
COLUMBUS & MISCONCEPTIONS VIDEO
A WEBSITE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD
EXPLORATION: In order to provide context and organization for our exploration of Christopher Columbus and the existing misconceptions about him, our team created a Wix website. This was my first exploration of this website platform, and I am proud of how our collaborative efforts created a comprehensive look into our experience as researchers.
