{"id":83204,"date":"2025-06-09T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=83204"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:55:43","slug":"how-big-questions-can-spark-science-learning","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/how-big-questions-can-spark-science-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big Questions Can Spark Science Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center has-text-position-y-bottom\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Woman and boy smiling as they interact with a educational robot at the 2024 Curiosity &amp; Learning Conference\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-1200x800.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-992x661.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-1000x667.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by J Kimball <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner has-opacity-50\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">STEM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/How%20Big%20Questions%20Can%20Spark%20Science%20Learning\">How Big Questions Can Spark Science Learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Embracing sensemaking in the face of uncertainty can empower deeper understanding <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 9, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label has-no-comments\"><span class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter-zero\"><span>0<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/sofia-romero\/\">Sofia Romero<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>How do clouds float? And how do planes fly through them? Curiosity about everyday questions such as these can become a powerful catalyst for learning about science. Sensemaking in light of this uncertainty can empower students and transform classrooms into places of scientific exploration. By learning how to leverage sensemaking in light of uncertainty, educators can learn to empower students and transform classrooms into places of eye-opening scientific exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/conversations-with-the-dean\/\"><strong>Conversations with the Dean<\/strong><\/a>, Dean Penny Bishop is joined by BU Wheelock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/christina-dobbs\/\">Eve Man<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/eve-manz\/\">z<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/thomas-mckenna\/\">TJ McKenna<\/a>. Manz, an associate professor of science education, is the author of <em>Productive Uncertainty in Science Education: Engaging Students in Meaningful Science Practice<\/em>. A clinical assistant professor of science education, McKenna is the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stemlearningcenter.org\/\">Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale<\/a> and author of <em>Making Sense of Sensemaking: Designing Authentic K\u201312 STEM Learning Experiences<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embracing Uncertainty to Deepen Science Learning | Conversations with the Dean\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnz-k3l2IBA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Highlights from the Conversation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>The importance of science from an early age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Science is a set of practices that we can systematically build on over those years\u2014children from their earliest years of schooling can be doing the things that scientists do. They can be creating models, they can be developing explanations, they can be analyzing and interpreting data. . . . Science isn&#8217;t being a science-smart science person, and it isn&#8217;t about knowing a particular science term or a fact. It&#8217;s about contributing knowledge and ways of doing science to a community.<\/p><cite>Eve Manz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>How science learning has changed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Students aren&#8217;t passively sitting in those rows, just kind of absorbing the information from a teacher who&#8217;s explaining things from the front of the room. It&#8217;s dynamic\u2014students are arguing, students are drawing. Students are thinking about ways to collect evidence, ways to design new investigations, new experiments. And so it really kind of changes the game away from students being a passive recipient of the information and being more active in their learning.<\/p><cite>TJ McKenna<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>Creating meaning through sensemaking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Sensemaking is that process of trying to make sense of the world around you and giving yourself the time to pause and say, Wait a minute, do I understand that? Do I understand all of the pieces? Would I be able to explain these pieces? And rather than just being told the answer, you get the chance to observe, ask questions, talk to your classmates, talk to family, friends, and try to figure it out. . . . It&#8217;s really where the magic is, it&#8217;s this journey of trying to put the pieces together, trying to come up with these different models. And it&#8217;s really powerful because that is how people learn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>Motivating engagement with uncertainty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Children are much more likely to use evidence if there&#8217;s multiple kinds of evidence, multiple things they could see that could support a claim. . . .  Uncertainty is what motivates scientists to do the activities they do. We have to use that uncertainty as a fundamental resource for our children. . . . Productive uncertainty is figuring out those key places to build uncertainty into children&#8217;s experience or young people&#8217;s experience so that they engage more meaningfully and with more capability in the practices of science.<\/p><cite>Eve Manz <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Conversations with the Dean are a series of webinars hosted by Dean Bishop that explore some of the most pressing topics in education. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/conversations-with-the-dean\/\"><strong>Conversations with the Dean<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three news-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/11\/123A2404-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman and boy smiling as they interact with a educational robot at the 2024 Curiosity &amp; Learning Conference\" loading=\"lazy\" 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