Why Do You Need a Twitter Account?

This week I asked my students to register for a Twitter account and then follow me (@caseydaleman). I, in turn, am following a wide variety of science topics--from Scientific American to Wired Science. My hope is that my students will get a little bit of science--140 characters at a time.

As everyone arrived in class today, they hopped on the computers and started to review their tweets and clicked on ones that they found interesting.

I win! They found something interesting in science and delved deeper.....goal achieved!

Topics of interest? The Liger.

Check it out....

Let's Start Today!

When you look at this picture what comes to mind?

Ask a "Why?" question in your comment.

What about this one?

Post a comment and ask a why question about one or both of these photos.

--Daleman

When Did You Stop Liking Science?

As children, we are constantly exploring our surroundings. And we are always asking questions. Well, we mainly ask one question--over and over and over again.

That question?

"Why?"

Why is the sky blue? Why does the sun not come out at night? Why do I have to go to bed? Why do I have to get up? Why do I have to  eat broccoli?

When did we all stop asking "Why?"

Was it when your parents, out of frustration, yelled at you and told you to stop asking "Why?". Or was it that day in grade 6, when you asked your science teacher "Why do worms grow back when you cut them in half?" in the middle of a lesson about trees.

Why did you stop asking "Why"?

For many reasons most people stop questioning things around them at some point in their lives. 

Don't be that person.

Today, start asking "why?"

--Daleman