Goals
My Three main goals as a teacher are:
1. To Maintain an Inclusive classroom: not all students learn the same way, offering a variety of teaching strategies benefits all students. Stronger students who finish early are encouraged to help weaker ones or were given the opportunity to work on homework quietly while others observe more examples.
2. To Create a Safe and Welcoming Environment: by building connections and fostering a safe environment through “Question of the Day” and “Getting to know you cards”
3. To Keep Students Engaged: by a) maintaining student centered lessons, b) incorporating movement and c) offering choices whenever possible.
Hands on activities
“hands on, Hearts on, Minds On
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.”
Hands on: slowmation, flubber to represent the earth’s crust
, interactions and hands on activities (labs Syringe lab – hydraulics/pressure,
Jenga
Movement:
Choices
Virus project: your goals for what students will learn and the objectives by which you will help them achieve those goals.
Make it relevant by demonstrating connectedness of everything around us.
Many household items can be classified as either acidic or base
(importance of pH in the soil for plants, in our blood for our cells, in oceans
Site C damn changes fish habitat
We feel air pressure
Density
Understanding pressure in an enclosed system can help us do work (hydraulics in a
Critical Thinking (dihydrogen monoxide, H2O)
Inquiry:
example of acid naming worksheet
1. To Maintain an Inclusive classroom: not all students learn the same way, offering a variety of teaching strategies benefits all students. Stronger students who finish early are encouraged to help weaker ones or were given the opportunity to work on homework quietly while others observe more examples.
2. To Create a Safe and Welcoming Environment: by building connections and fostering a safe environment through “Question of the Day” and “Getting to know you cards”
3. To Keep Students Engaged: by a) maintaining student centered lessons, b) incorporating movement and c) offering choices whenever possible.
Hands on activities
“hands on, Hearts on, Minds On
“Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand.”
Hands on: slowmation, flubber to represent the earth’s crust
, interactions and hands on activities (labs Syringe lab – hydraulics/pressure,
Jenga
Movement:
- Speed dating
- Labs and demos
- Jigsaw (the importance of pH)
- Jigsaw (pH and 5 agents of change)-why is this good?
- Shoe sorting – taxonomy
- Natural selection simulation: chopsticks, spoons, paper clip to pick up three different food sources.
- Scavenger hunt review instead of seat work worksheet.
Choices
Virus project: your goals for what students will learn and the objectives by which you will help them achieve those goals.
Make it relevant by demonstrating connectedness of everything around us.
Many household items can be classified as either acidic or base
(importance of pH in the soil for plants, in our blood for our cells, in oceans
Site C damn changes fish habitat
We feel air pressure
Density
Understanding pressure in an enclosed system can help us do work (hydraulics in a
Critical Thinking (dihydrogen monoxide, H2O)
Inquiry:
- fosters collaboration
- Develops critical thinking and deeper understanding.
- Problem solving skills
- Eg. (Law of Conservation of Mass, Build your own submarine)
example of acid naming worksheet
Assessment
Some forms of assessment I have used:
Formative: KWL, Think-Pair-Share, Five finger check in, Thumbs up/Thumbs Down, Ticket out the door, Discussions,
Summative: Concept Map, Posters, Scavenger Hunt Review, Kahoot! Password, Taboo, crossword puzzles, quizzes and tests.
Formative: KWL, Think-Pair-Share, Five finger check in, Thumbs up/Thumbs Down, Ticket out the door, Discussions,
Summative: Concept Map, Posters, Scavenger Hunt Review, Kahoot! Password, Taboo, crossword puzzles, quizzes and tests.
