Tag: clark planetarium

• Exploring the Solar System: A Graphic Novel Sample Project

  Over many years of teaching students how to plan and build excellent projects, I have found that most have difficulty in the crucial planning phase. They often go with the first project approach that comes to mind and jump into creating it without spending enough time and effort to carefully plan out the scope and…

  davidvblack

  July 25, 2024

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  browser-based media design software, clark planetarium, comic book, cosmic creator challenge, creative students, graphic novel, photopea, project-based learning, science standards, sixth grade science, student-created digital media, students as content creators, utah seed standards

• Results of the Pilot Contest

  As we approached the fall of 2023, I had hoped to have my dissertation proposal ready to go and to gain approval before our first Science Communication competition began, but that was not to be. I was a bit over-optimistic on how long it would take me to wrestle through the theoretical and practical implementation…

  davidvblack

  May 13, 2024

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  6th grade standards, clark planetarium, cosmic creator challenge, design thinking, digital art and stem education, education, games in education, learning, peer critique, project revision, project-based learning, science communication contest, steam education, student-created digital media projects, student-created games, students, teachers, teaching, utah seed standards