tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post8741710659187813664..comments2024-03-04T06:49:58.529-05:00Comments on The Nerdy Teacher: What's Your "Jurassic Park" Moment? #JPMomentThe Nerdy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967718792957188554noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-65342734579825053472012-11-06T08:10:04.775-05:002012-11-06T08:10:04.775-05:00One moment that I always go back to is lying in th...One moment that I always go back to is lying in the grass one summer evening a seeing a shooting star/meteor come out of the sky and seemingly fly right towards me. That moment was the first time that I truly felt how big - how awesome - space is. Many years later, I am a fifth grade science teacher. My first unit: space. I spend that unit teaching my students to have a sense of wonder and Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01672579241554812163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-32940497747633132412012-11-05T21:21:38.540-05:002012-11-05T21:21:38.540-05:00What a powerful moment! Seeing real live dinosaurs...What a powerful moment! Seeing real live dinosaurs. Teachers do need to strive for making moments like this for students. For me it was when I was a 12 year old, my father, a pilot, allowed me to fly the plane for the first time. The pure sense of power to soar above the world was powerful for me as a young boy. I will never forget the moment. A few years later, I really learned the power of blocht574 https://www.blogger.com/profile/14532167174927501539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-16279257003194003352012-11-05T20:06:12.293-05:002012-11-05T20:06:12.293-05:00I love that scene, and the swell of accompanying m...I love that scene, and the swell of accompanying music... I got to direct that piece in senior band and it was awesome!<br /><br />I think for my teaching, I try less for the Jurassic Park anticipation moments, and more for those "eureka" points where all of a sudden a bunch of stuff we're covering comes together in a student's mind, and you can just see on their face that they&Ian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04904443572416618506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005114591173102634.post-20006954918496371172012-11-05T19:49:54.795-05:002012-11-05T19:49:54.795-05:00What a powerful post. My Jurassic Park moment isn...What a powerful post. My Jurassic Park moment isn't as incredible and "impossible to possible " as yours but it still means a lot to me. Years ago I was in the back seat of the family car. I couldn't have been older than 6 or 7. I was bored with the highway and wanted to be home. That's when I heard it...a low grumble in the distance that was slowly growing louder. I Robshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329400598174402275noreply@blogger.com