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A Feel Good Way to Start Your Science Lessons.

Use science jokes to as starters to engage your students. 

· GCSE Study Tips

Ever of thought of using science jokes to start your science lessons? It might seem a little corny but it is not necessarily about the joke but more of a way of getting a discussion going over the the meaning behind it using the science curriculum.

Take this one, for example:

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A great introduction into chemical formulas.

 

Or this one...

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 ...as a recap from a previous lesson on atoms and ions.

 

This next one creates a discussion on the difference between DNA and RNA.

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It can lead onto protein synthesis whereby the following can be introduced...

 

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...to start the concepts around translation.

 

You can even go cute and introduce this one...

 

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...to create a debate about strength of this statement.

The options available are endless and the internet is full of these little gems as a resource. Give it a go. I would love to hear how you went.