My partner, Jess, and I decided on using the article Math Explains How Lobsters Swim, found here: http://news.discovery.com/animals/math-explains-how-lobsters-swim-140909.htm. I When we graduate I will be a Biology teacher and Jess will be a Math teacher, so I decided that I liked this article because the information touched on both biology and math. Specifically for biology, this article teaches students about the neural pathway, which allows for the lobsters to swim. This article also shows students a connection between math and science and although I won't be specifically teaching students all the ways science and math go hand in hand, I think it is beneficial to remind students that both science and math are important due to this relationship between the two content areas.
The text frames concepts, as well as connecting the dots between content areas. The concepts of biology include the neural system and how it affects movement. The article shows that math can solve questions pertaining to the biological world.
The reading strategy that I chose to use for this article is the B/D/A Questioning Charts. I like this strategy because it allows students to focus on what they need to know as they are learning information about the neural pathway. It also allows students to learn how to pose questions and think critically while reading a text.
Questions before reading should focus on how neural pathways play a part in movement and, more specifically to this article, how lobsters move. While reading, students should focus on information such as the most efficient way for lobsters to swim and how lobsters, specifically, go about this type of movement. Lastly, after reading students should focus on asking questions about information they still didn't understand. One such question could be what is the Mexican wave-style swimming.
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