Re: Sixth grade science teaching

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:53:53 -0000, in talk.origins , bobg@xxxxxxxxx
(Robert Grumbine) in <11jggu1g6uj0i97@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <1127740786.748594.245800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>Grace Haliburton <kaosgrace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>

[snip]
>
> By way of example, one of your early questions to me was about why
>the sky is blue. (Aside to group: Grace is my stepdaughter; we usually
>leave off the qualifier, which can confuse people. I entered her picture
>shortly before she was 9.) I did not give you the full extent
>explanation. What I did was describe the Rayleigh scattering explanation,
>with examples of other scattering phenomena like red sunsets.

It occurred to me recently that the sky is blue for the same reason
clothes get dull. Clothes get dull not because they are dirty, modern
detergents deal with that, but because the fibers start to wear.
Instead of a nice smooth thread there are all these tiny bit sticking
out, scattering the light. At least I think that is what is going on.

[snip]


>>What does YEC have to do with phonics? Did God give us the alphabet
>>now? Ack.
>
> Apparently God ordained that there is One True Reading Method, that
>it is Phonics, and that the Way to teach Phonics is to drill and kill
>absolute (there being no other kind, of course) Laws Of Pronunciation.
>They also read the Bible in the original King James English.

They seem to object to the notion of students reading and thinking. It
is the last part that causes particular problems.

[snip]

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