{"id":3362,"date":"2017-08-08T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:34:37","slug":"t-gem-and-computer-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/2017\/08\/08\/t-gem-and-computer-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"T-GEM and Computer Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A common misconception that students form when presented with the process of photosynthesis, is to think that plants obtain their energy from the soil through the roots instead of producing organic compounds through the process of photosynthesis.\u00a0<\/span>Several misconception studies revealed that elementary students tend to believe food comes from outside an organism. This may be common to animals but plants produce starches and sugars through the chemical process of photosynthesis. Often students form this type of misconception because they tend to imbue plants with human characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following 5-step T-GEM activities prompt students to generate ideas about plant needs, share those ideas, go through a photosynthesis simulation, and then revisit their ideas in light of new knowledge obtained via the simulation, and then work in groups to create diagrams based on the re-evaluated relationship between what plants need to grow and survive and how plants manufacture food.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Use the following questions to generate ideas:<\/span>\n