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Classroom Observation

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Which section of the lesson allowed students time to explore their ideas? Observe one group of students and describe what is happening during this time. (If possible, list a few student comments.) During the black and shining mini-station and convection chamber experiment, students had time to explore their ideas. Because these experiments did not involve students recording data, students were allowed to ask several questions and share their ideas. For instance, for the convection chamber lesson, students observed the movement of smoke and were able to conclude that heat would always rise to the top. In addition, a few students were able to describe the rotation of smoke as the smoke cools and become dense and would sink to the bottom of the …show more content…

Do they know what to do? How can you tell? Students are responsive to the teacher’s instructions and followed directions immediately. They joined into their groups and began drawing out a data table once they had collected their science notebooks. Students do know what to do, as they record the temperatures of the samples when each minute is called. In addition, the teacher only had to assist groups in how to properly read the thermometers. But overall, students clearly understand the procedures as the final data for the whole class had similarly recorded temperatures for each sample. What important ideas or concepts are students asked to think about? Do you feel that the main ideas of the lesson are clearly communicated to students? Give at least one piece of evidence from the lesson to support your opinion. Important ideas or concepts students learned was the three methods of heat transfer and how it relates to the formation of land breeze and sea breeze. The main ideas of the lesson were clearly taught through the teacher’s explanation. For instance, when demonstrating conduction using a metal and plastic spoon to conclude which surface melted an ice cube the fastest, students participated in class discussion and were able to explain their predicted answers. In addition, from the information they learned when collecting earth sample temperatures helped students describe why the wind blows in different directions during the morning and

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