Good Morning,
Much of what we do is simply through habit and repetitiveness. However, a lot of those habits were learned. I'd like you to look at the following short item from the NY Times about simple redesigns in cafeterias that can help students make healthy choices. The larger issue here is what are some things you can do with all this knowledge you are acquiring to effect positive change in you environment. Even though you will be leaving us in 6 short months, you are our most experienced students! so working in small groups...
1. Identify a problem you see at the school. Not something major but something that requires a minimum of change (sort of like the lunch reconfiguration)
2. Understand the Problem — Formulate a clear statement of the desired outcome of the problem by asking the questions: What do we know about the problem? What do we not know? Is there enough information to help us find a solution? If not, what information do we need?
3. As we will do with our larger sleep study, you will need to figure out how to Collect Data — will you need to go out into the field to make observations and collect data that will help us better understand the problem and identify its most significant factors. (Groups might collaborate on this step to avoid redundancies.)
4. Devise a Plan — With data in hand, working groups discuss and brainstorm possible solutions.
We will take a look at these on Friday.
Have fun and see you Friday,
Mr. V
One problem that we have at SciTech is that a lot of us don’t know how to manage time in an effective manner. What we know about the problem is that, as a result, many people, especially underclassmen, are failing classes. What we don’t know, is whether this mismanagement of time is a result of too much homework, or extenuating circumstances at home, etc. Just speculating, there is not enough solid information that we could use to really indentify the root of the problem. Though, surely, if we surveyed the students we would have enough information to discern the root of the problem. The survey would have questions such as, “do you put away any time to do homework?” or, “what do you spend your time on the most?” and then provide a few choices. This survey would gather enough information to find out what people spend most of their time on, and from that develop a plan to help students manage their time more wisely.
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