3-2-1 TUESDAYS WITH MS NIV

Issue #250, 22nd April 2025

When faced with evidence contradicting your beliefs, do you revise your thinking or dismiss the evidence?

Do you distinguish between what you know with certainty versus what you believe or suspect?

Do you actively seek out different perspectives and criticism of your ideas?

Do you have a scientific attitude whether or not you are a scientist is the quest. For Scientific Attitude is a life skill, not a curriculum. What do you think?

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Three Images of the Week

Two Thoughts of the Week

“At its heart, what is distinctive about science is that it cares about evidence and is willing to change its theories on the basis of evidence.”
― Lee McIntyre, The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience

“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.” – Walter Gilbert

One Video of the Week

Teman Cooke hold a Ph.D. in theoretical physics but has no love for the scientific method. He explains a interesting alternative that will challenge your thinking.

Reading with Ms. Meenu: Tip of the week

Finding ways into outdoor literacy learning: 

Let’s continue with last week’s topic and dig deeper understanding on various settings for moving literacy outside the classroom.

For many students, literacy means the reading writing they do in the classroom yet reading and writing happen everywhere we go. Purpose, audience and place are compelling reasons to shape writing and reading when literacy moves out of the classroom and into real world settings, both natural and engineered. Here are some suggestions along the ways that might be helpful for rural suburban and urban schools. We should always consider the space, safety and strategies to support a wide range of literacy and language skills. 

Starting places for moving literacy outside the classroom:

There are multiple ways to create experiences outside the classroom that invite students to make discoveries about literacy, particularly about purpose and audience. 

·         Wood/Natural Area

·         School Garden

·         Playground

·         School Common spaces

·         Shady areas around the school

·         Broader Community

Once you are ready to do an outdoor literacy session on a beautiful day then “A StoryWalk” might be a perfect way to launch it to your classroom. Stay tuned until next week’s newsletter as we discuss STORYWALKS. Until then… keep reading!

Meenu Gera, Consulting home and school librarian and reading guide.

Showcase:

Thrive Beyond School – A unique STEAM education project for very young learners.

In our STEAM class, the children performed the Egg Inertia Experiment and explored the concept of inertia. They observed that when the tray and tube were swiftly removed, the egg dropped straight into the glass instead of moving with them. This demonstrated that objects at rest stay at rest unless acted upon. The children enjoyed the surprising outcome and learned that careful setup and quick movement were important for the experiment to work. After a few tries, they were thrilled to see the egg successfully land in the glass

Samyuktha 7 years old
Neev & Mayra:6.8 years old

Dear reader,
I work with the school leadership team as an advisor and collaborate with teachers as a pedagogical trainer. I also help parents as a parenting counselor and regularly engage one-on-one with students as a personal guide and mentor. This weekly newsletter shares what I read, learn, and experience.

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