- You will then check the answer and students will see what the class thought.
3. Select a question that you want to have the students answer.
Here are questions you can use for your Plickers class:
- Who was best known for their discovery of the process of photosynthesis?
- Answer: Jan Ingenhousz
- When was Photosynthesis discovered?
- Answer: 1800s
- What is considered to be the first programming language?
- Answer: Plankalkül
- Who created Plankalkül ?
- Answer: Konrad Zuse between 1943 and 1945
- What is considered the first high-level programming language?
- Answer: Short Code
- Who created Short Code?
- Answer: John Mauchly
- What does a hydrologist do?
- Sample Answers: Measure the properties of bodies of water (volume and stream flow), collect water and soil samples (pH and pollution levels), and analyze data on the environmental impacts of pollution, erosion, drought, et cetera.
- What section of your brain controls thermoregulation?
- Answer: hypothalamus
- Who was the physician that first studied the idea of thermoregulation?
- Answer: James Currie
- Who was the first woman to discover a comet?
- Answer: Caroline Herschel
- Who was the first female astronomy professor in the United States?
- Answer: Maria Mitchell
- Who wrote the first mathematics books by a female?
- Answer: Maria Agnesi
- What does a geologist do?
- Sample Answers: study and map rock formations, collect rock and fossil samples, and/or measure the physical properties of the earth.
- Who was the first woman hired by the United States Geological Survey?
- Answer: Florence Bascom
4. Scan the answers, from the cards, the students provide you.
5. Click "Check" and the screen will show the answer of the question and provided a chart of how many students thought it was A, B, C, or D.
6. Continue back to #3 until you have reach the number of questions you want to have answered.
Sources:
- Britannica, T. E. (2017, December 08). Jan Ingenhousz. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Ingenhousz
- Cooper, K. (2002, April 1). Some historical perspectives on thermoregulation. Retrieved from https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.01051.2001
- Education, P. (n.d.). Discovery of Photosynthesis. Retrieved from https://photosynthesiseducation.com/discovery-of-photosynthesis/
- Holland, K. (2016, September 22). Thermoregulation | Definition and Patient Education. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health/thermoregulation#process
- Lewis, J. J. (2018, March 1). 91 Famous Female Scientists to Know About. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/famous-women-scientists-3528329
- S. (n.d.). Geologist. Retrieved from https://www.sokanu.com/careers/geologist/#what-does-a-geologist-do
- U. (2018, April 13). Hydrologists. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/hydrologists.htm
- What was the first computer programming language? (2018, January 24). Retrieved from https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001621.htm
- Zielinski, S. (2011, September 19). Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-historic-female-scientists-you-should-know-84028788/