Digital media can help you and your students to explore content around the principles and applications of light in an engaging and dynamic way. Videos enhanced by animated graphics and interactives offer students a gateway to see what’s otherwise invisible, observe scientists at work, and understand technological applications. This can prepare students to explain phenomena, evaluate explanations, conduct their own investigations, and communicate their ideas about light.
In this STEM Professional Development module, you’ll be introduced to media from PBS LearningMedia and consider how these videos and interactives can enhance your teaching of concepts related to light. Along the way, you’ll take notes and engage with other short assessment activities. At the end of the module, you’ll complete a final assignment that reflects your understanding of the value and affordances of media in science instruction.
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