You never know what great ideas you will come up with out of desperation.  I had some “Big Magic” type inspiration yesterday after searching through drab Power Point after Power Point about the scientific method. This history nerd has to make science creative to make it tolerable. I couldn’t find my old scientific method rap and since it is the holiday season I decided to write a Frosty song parody and then have my students try out their own Scientific Method Song Parodies. After “Googling” lyrics for Frosty the Snowman I found them on http://www.metrolyrics.com. Then I downloaded them as a PDF to save for later, printed, and got set to light a fire in my pen. Ok, true story I did pull out a copy of a notes sheet about the scientific method, too since I hadn’t taught it for a couple of years. I actually decided to model the writing process myself and told my students I could write the whole song in 20 minutes just to prove a point about how they waste time;). Well, we ended up switching classes earlier than I expected, but I did finish most of it! Point made. This is seriously how it began! … Continue reading Frosty the Scientific Snowman: Scientific Method Parodies