How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works is a website with relevance. The name itself clearly depicts what this website entail. This is a website where educators can be prepared for students who are always asking "How does that work?" When I was in high school, I remember always asking my teachers to explain theories, concepts, or even formula's. I wanted to know how these "things" we relevant to my life. Why did I need to know about different issues in my environment? Are we as educators able to thoroughly explain to our students how the oil spill effects their health? Or even the simple questions such as how does fireworks work? Sometimes students or even our very own children will ask random questions such as "What will happen if I get locked up in a walk in freezer?" We need to try as much as possible to be on point with questions such as these that might confront us in our home as well as in our profession.
For this reason, How Stuff Works, is very beneficial to any educator. By frequent visits on this site, teachers can feel more confident to answer random, and/ or challenging questions. We must push our students to think out of the box. But when they do, we better have a good answer!