9-30-08 - Ready, Set, Science Chapter 3 & 4

Today, class was online only. Our assignment was to complete the Module 2 Reading Guide that covered chapters 3 and 4 in the Ready, Set, Sciences textbook. Chapter 3 covered information about the knowledge that children have as they enter school and how that knowledge changes and develops as they continue through school. Chapter 4 discusses how we should use the core concepts as the basis of our instruction. Both chapters contain a lot of useful information as well as how science instruction should differ from practices currently in use. The biggest ideas that I took from my reading as well as competing the reading guide are that students’ misconceptions are important steps in their development and they do not necessarily need to be addressed right away and that your science curriculum should be based on just a few core concepts that will be developed over time.