Ask A Scientist

The Ask a Scientist website opened a lot of opportunities to myself and my students to actively engage with others in the scientific community. It gave the opportunity to bounce questions off of other scientists that were directly related to what we were currently researching. One down side to the website is it seems like the responses to our questions were not in a timely fashion or received at all. This can be a huge setback toward its use in a classroom. The unpredictability of the website doesn't lend itself to effective unit planning. I did a little research on my own for the question I asked so I gained some insight on that front, but the website did not provide any feedback to help me answer my question. Students not receiving an answer to their question can be detrimental and cause them to become frustrated with the material. The website has a lot of potential for classroom use but it need to resolve some of its inconsistency before I would commit to using it in my classroom.