A majority of class time was spent discussing Chapter 5 and 6 in our Ready, Set, Science textbook and discussing the corresponding Reading Guide. Topics discussed in these chapters included talk moves, talk format, productive classroom talk, modeling/representations, and learning progressions. Not only did we discuss what the topics were, we also applied the topics to experiences we have had in the classroom. As a result of our discussion, I felt I got a better understanding of the concepts and I was more prepared for the quiz I completed after class on these two chapters.
The other major activity we did in class was a simple activity we could do with our students that would allow us to cover many science topic. This activity was titled “The Leaping Egg (or Ping Pong Ball).” This was a very simple activity in which we tried to blow a ping pong ball from a funnel inside a plastic cup into another plastic cup. This was a fun and challenging activity and by answering the questions given regarding the activity we were able to think about a number of concepts that were present in this activity. Our class discussion revealed that this experiment touched on the ideas of force, angle and direction of air flow, and pressure. It also allowed us to think about variables that might affect the results (i.e. changes in the amount of air force applied).
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