Flames, propulsion, and electricity were part of chemistry teacher Ramsey Musallam’s TED Talk, all safely demonstrated on video behind him on the TED stage. The San Francisco teacher also included a video of a student’s experiment, which she had conducted at home after being inspired by a lesson. Musallam emphasized the need to engage students’ curiosity, and let their questions be a guide for teaching.
-“Student questions are the seeds of real learning — not some scripted curriculum that gives them tidbits of random information.”
-“Questions and curiosity are like magnets that draw us towards our teachers. And they transcend all technology and buzz words in education.”