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Engaging Students in Science Through Rap: A Culturally Responsive Approach

This innovative approach, presented by Jay Terry and Jacqueline McDonnough, integrates rap and hip-hop pedagogy to reinforce science concepts in a culturally responsive classroom. By respecting and accommodating diverse cultural identities, teachers can help students connect more deeply with science. The lesson plan, "I.R.A.P.," guides students in transforming science facts into engaging rap lyrics, fostering collaboration and creativity while serving as a unique form of assessment. Embracing hip-hop culture elevates academic success and promotes a love for learning sciences.

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Engaging Students in Science Through Rap: A Culturally Responsive Approach

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  1. Writing Academic Raps to Reinforce Science Concepts Jay Terry, BS, MT Jacqueline McDonnough, PhD Richmond Public Schools Virginia Commonwealth University

  2. Culturally Responsive Teaching • A pedagogy that crosses disciplines and cultures to engage learners while respecting their cultural integrity. • By accommodating the dynamic mix of race, ethnicity, class, gender, region, religion, and family that contributes to every student's cultural identity. • Wlodkowski & Ginsberg, ASCD

  3. Hip-Hop Pedagogy • “Our kids are different, not deficient,” Emdin • Use to help youth “drop back into science” • Use Rap/Hip-Hop artists to illustrate how Hip-Hop literary structure has been an appropriated tool for science learning • Rap as Summative Assessment • English/Science Collaboration Opportunity

  4. The Lesson Plan: Turning Science Facts into Raps “I R.A.P.” I – Interested • Relevant • Differentiation (Rap/Poem) • Flocabulary and Jabari Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=959aWmNsjUs

  5. 1. Writing in Science BEFORE Unit2. Each line of lyrics contains at least ONE science fact3. Lines rhyme with each other4. Choose a beat! R – Recipe for Success

  6. A – Academic • Set Your Ground Rules • No profanity • Length of rap (10 lines, 20 lines?) • Group/individual Project

  7. P – Practice and Present • In class time to practice • Editing Products • STUDENT PRODUCT!!!

  8. GOT RAP? Activity Life Science - Fact #1: • DNA’s structure is a double helix with bases Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine. Fact #2: • DNA stores and passes on genetic information. Physical Science – Fact #1: • As temperature of a substance increases, molecular activity increases. Fact #2: • Phase change from a solid to a gas is called sublimation. Earth Science – Fact #1: • Water molecules are polar and are comprised of two positively charged hydrogen and one negatively charged oxygen. Fact #2: • Water in the solid state is less dense than water in the liquid state.

  9. Some Possible Products Life Science – DNA’s bases are A, T, C, and G, Four little things in common between you and me, And DNA’s structure determines your baby’s fate, So know the order of the bases when choosing a mate. Physical Science – Boil a pot of water and the molecules speed up, Sublimation is gas to solid – that’s wassup.

  10. Some Possible Products Earth Science – Water molecules are polar, that’s why they don’t fall apart. Water in the solid state is less dense than liquid, this is where we start!

  11. Rap Unit Resources • “Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation” by Dr. Christopher Emdin • http://www.beatlab.com/ • www.rhymezone.com • Flocabulary http://www.flocabulary.com/

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