Transcript Presentation Slides

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]