The 7th grade started their position paper on what is the greatest scientific mystery (Big Bang, life, or consciousness) by listening to and reading the lyrics to the song from the tv show The Big Bang Theory. At the beginning of class I told them we were going to learn a song about the Big Bang, and I got a few eye rolls from the kids who are too cool for school, but nothing like a catchy tune to bring an adolescent around.
They had a copy of the lyrics. I crossed out the word "asses" before I photocopied, but it was on the You Tube video much to their giggling delight. After hearing the song the teams were to go through the lyrics and circle words they didn't know the meaning of. Then we played a game where teams took turns calling on a person in another team and asking them if they had a word from the lyrics circled. If the person called on had the word circled, they got a point for their team. If they didn't have it circled but knew the meaning, they got 2 points for their team. If they didn't have it circled and didn't know the meaning, the team calling on them got the point. I'm always amazed at the words second language speakers of English know ("pangae") and the ones they don't ("dawn"). A few have told me the secret to their science vocabulary is the Discovery Channel. After a few rounds of the game, we went over the vocabulary they didn't know. It was a good time with a nice beat. You gotta love those Bare Naked Ladies.
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