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Hey science teachers -- make it fun

Tyler DeWitt · TED

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About

High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about his new lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) -- and devastated when his students hated it. The problem was the textbook: it was impossible to understand. He delivers a rousing call for science teachers to ditch the jargon and extreme precision, and instead make science sing through stories and demonstrations.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxBeaconStreet
Speaker
Tyler DeWitt
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Business and management, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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