Thursday, November 10, 2016

When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/jhu-wfc110316.php

Public Release: 10-Nov-2016
When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science
Johns Hopkins University

A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their attitudes about science, a new study finds.

The study of nearly 20,000 K-12 students, who raised zebrafish from embryos over the course of a week, found that kids at all grade levels showed significant learning gains. They also responded more positively to statements such as "I know what it's like to be a scientist." The results, to be published by the journal PLOS Biology, suggest that an immersive experience with a living creature can be a particularly successful strategy to engage young people in science, technology, engineering and math.

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