Using humour in your teaching can help you engage your students- that’s nothing new. But what about LITERALLY using humour?
Check out my favourite (frankly, awful) selection of science jokes below…
-Biology is the only science in which multiplication is the same thing as division.
-Did you hear about the famous microbiologist who traveled in thirty different countries and learned to speak six languages? He was a man of many cultures.
-Q: What is the fastest way to determine the sex of a chromosome?
A: Pull down its genes!
-When a year 3 pupil was asked to cite Newton’s first law, she said, “Bodies in motion remain in motion, and bodies at rest stay in bed unless their mothers call them to get up.”
-What did the male stamen say to the female pistil?
I like your “style”
-Two atoms were walking across a road when one of them said, “I think I lost an electron!” “Really!” the other replied, “Are you sure?” “Yes, I ‘m absolutely positive!”
OK, I might have you shaking your head- but you probably had a little chuckle too! If your students get the joke, it’s likely they understand the science behind it. If they don’t, its a good way to see where they might need to brush up a little.
A quick google search will bring up loads of science jokes and humour. You can experiment using jokes as discussion starters, or even end a lesson with one to consolidate what you’ve covered. Or perhaps you just want to make your students laugh (or groan)!