Dancing with Science and Math
Group members practicing the dance moves,
which represent the animals described in the lesson plan Animal Charades.
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Lesson: Bones
Group Members: Ana Teresa Moreno, Christina Beltran,
Mackenzie Buckley, Gillian Sutherland, Destiny Washington, Angela Moon
Lesson: Body Parts
Group Member: Marissa Hanson , Amanda Clichy-Silva, Luci Pampana,
Katherine Vavoulis, Kyra Williams, Carmen Boyd
Katherine Vavoulis, Kyra Williams, Carmen Boyd
Lesson: Math, Shapes and Angles
Group Members: Isabella Iglesias, Tommy Covelli, Fortuna Gateno, Alexia Hirlemann, Kennedi Stephens
Lesson: Animal Charades
Group Members: Danielle McIntosh, Paige Cilluffo , Myra Orillac, Joseph Jackson, Chelsea Jocelyn, Masai Rains
Lesson: Animal Charades
These creative and unique forms of teaching students shapes or anatomy while incorporating dance and movement are great. They are fun ways in which the students can learn but also remember the lesson because its being taught in an engaging manner. Students will be using multiple senses during the lesson which will benefit all student types, visual auditory ect.
ReplyDeleteThe Faculty Innovation Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in its website concludes that " learning that is considered 'experiential' contains all the following elements: reflection, critical analysis and synthesis, opportunities for students to take initiative, make decisions and be accountable for the results. It provides opportunities for students to engage intellectually, creatively, emotionally, socially, or physically.
DeleteLink: https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/experiential-learning
Even with subjects like science movement is the best way for younger students to learn. If you just sat there lecturing them it would go in through one ear and out the other. Although children may think they are just dancing and not actually learning, the truth is they are obtaining more information than they would just listening to a lecture. - Tiffany Chalhoub
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting introduction to thinking about how to incorporate dance into the different subjects we are taught in school. At first it was difficult to think how they could go together, but the truth is movement is in everything we do, so it could also be in the subjects we are required to learn. It definitely makes the lessons more memorable and fun to be a part of! - Alexia Hirlemann
ReplyDeleteThe Math, Shapes, and Angles group was really creative. It was hard to figure out how to incorporate dance into these types of lessons, but that group really thought outside the box and I can definitely see it being executed in a classroom setting. -Mackenzie Buckley
ReplyDeleteThis activity allowed students to learn boring subjects like science and math in a fun and engaging way. When students were doing this activity, they didn't feel like they were studying these subjects but in reality, they were and they probably remembered it way better by acting and moving around with it. This is much more engaging and beneficial than lecturing students on a whiteboard or powerpoint because students don't have anything to connect this information to which now they have.
ReplyDelete-Sally Salkini