Tag Archives: Science
End of Year Arts Assembly
Who is this doing a surprise cameo ?
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Tagged Arts, assembly, Cartoon, Dexter's Lab, end of year, performance, Science
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Evolution is just a theory…
A couple of years ago I was leading a teacher workshop, “MYP Introduction” and one of the examples of a guiding question (now called a Unit Question) that I used happened to be about evolution. (it was ‘If Evolution is … Continue reading
Creationist propaganda in schools (Dinosaur Bible Test)
It used to be that creationists denied that dinosaurs existed at all, their response to what are the ancient bones we find then was that “Satan put them in the ground to tempt us”. However, over the past decade it … Continue reading
Posted in Grading and Assessment, Science Education
Tagged bible, creationists, dinossaurs, Evolution, Science, Tests
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A rat ate our Science experiment!
Sure you’ve heard of that old excuse of “the dog ate my homework”, but today when collecting our corn samples for Year 12 Biology Genetics Lab (monohybrid and dihybrid cross calculations and punnett squares) we discovered that a rat has … Continue reading
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Tagged Corn, dihybrid, dog ate my homework, genetic corn, monohybrid, punnett squares, Rat, Science
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Year 10 to Year 11 IB Holiday Homework
Just a reminder students, if you are starting Year 11 IB this year from GJIS you have holiday homework to have completed, do not leave it until the end of next week to sort out. For Biology students I have … Continue reading
Posted in Global Jaya International School, IB Continuum, IBO
Tagged Biology, biology students, GJIS, Holiday homework, IB Continuum, Science, year 11
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The Amazing Human Anatomy Exhibition
The Human Anatomy Exhibition has been travelling around the world for a number of years, and in 2010 an exhibition visited Jakarta. The process of plastination was first designed and patented by Gunther von Hagens in 1977. This allows preservation of natural anatomical specimens … Continue reading
Discovery Channel, Mermaids and Critical Thinking
A week or two ago I wrote a short article about my disgust at Discovery Channel’s cheap ratings grab with their “Mermaids : The body found” episode. I’m guessing that they aired it on TV in the States yesterday, because … Continue reading
Loch Ness monster cited by US schools as evidence that evolution is myth
Just when I thought the creationists couldn’t get any more crazy, I read this story from a Scottish news site, ‘the Scotsman.com‘. Why are these publishers teaching students blatantly false information ? It’s a rather poor attempt to poke a … Continue reading
Year 7-9 MYP Science Fair at GJIS
Our annual MYP Science Fair is on tomorrow, there will be approximately 300 students displaying of the results of their science fair projects that they have been working on over the past month. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, enquiry, GJIS, Projects, Science, Science Fair, teaching
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Teaching and Learning in Indonesia 