I TOUCH THE FUTUREI TEACH!

WelcomePlease find your name on the sticky on the table

Make a name tag with the coloured paper and markers and art supplies provided

Fold your name tag so that is looks like the sample on your table (they are really sturdy)

HAVE FUN

So….what do you want to learn?

MY FAVOURITE COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY

THINK-PAIR –SHARE

1.THINK- Read the questions on your sheet.

THINK-PAIR-SHARE con.

• Please choose AT LEAST 3 questions that interest you.

• Rank the questions from 1 to 3.

• 1 interests you the most

• 2 is the next most interesting question

• 3 is the next most interesting question

• Continue ranking the questions if they genuinely interest you !

• 2. Record your responses on the sheet. When you are finished- please turn your paper over.

THINK PAIR SHARE con.

• 3. PAIR- Turn to a partner. Discuss your responses. Try to generate 3 questions that interest both of you. Be persuasive.

• 4. SHARE-Work with everyone at your table. Try to generate 3 questions that interest everyone. Rank those questions from 1 (most interesting) to 3.

• 5. SHARE with the class. We will see what emerges!! C:\Users\owner\Documents\09-student questions-sept.docx

WHAT DOES NOT INTEREST YOU?

1. Create a legend on the top of your page indicating which colour of pencil records the questions that do interest you.

2. Use a different coloured pencil to indicate which questions DO NOT interest you. Record your responses on the page and the colour of pencil in the legend at the top of your page

• When you are finished-place your sheet in the middle of the table. Please have one person from each table hand in these sheets to the hand-in bin

WHY CHOICE?

1. In the past I planned my teaching based on what I needed to learn when I was at the Faculty of Education and what I thought you needed to know to be successful teachers.

Day 1- What is science?

Day 2- Questions and teaching strategies etc.

WHY CHOICE?

I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO LEARN RIGHT NOW

WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN RIGHT NOW IS A RESULT OF YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A STUDENT AND TEACHER AND INFLUENCED BY HOW YOU PREFER TO LEARN

WHY CHOICE?

1. Research shows that humans make choices/decisions every second, minute hour. You choose what you want to learn and you choose what you want to tune out.

2. Providing choice allows us to connect with students’ interests and their intrinsic motivation.

WHY CHOICE?

• Alfie Kohn- Choices for Children

• 15 minute video clip

What questions do you have about Kohn’s conclusions?

Competition and Caring?Rewards or Recognition?

Working With vs Doing To?

Working With instead of Doing To

• Talk with the people at your table.

• Brainstorm different ways to answer our first question and record your responses on the paper provided.

POE: Predict-Observe-Explainto demonstrate he uncertain nature of

scientific knowledge

• Question? What is inside the black tube that could consistently explain what happens when we pull on the different ropes?

• What happens when I pull on A?

• What happens when I pull on B?

• What happens when I pull on C?

• What happens when I pull on D?

POE: Predict-Observe-Explain

• Question? What will happen when I pull on B?

• PREDICT EXPLAIN

• OBSERVE EXPLAIN

• SO WHAT?

POE: Predict-Observe-Explain

• Question? What will happen when I pull on B?

• OBSERVE EXPLAIN

• SO WHAT? How is this “black box” like our current scientific knowledge?

How do we generate new knowledge about the natural world?

• Scientists make predictions and observations to generate explanations. about the natural world. Some scientists collect data and run controlled experiments. They may think about what they have observed.

How do we generate new knowledge about the natural world?

• They may make more predictions based on the results of their predictions and observations and they might run more experiments to generate explanations. But they never really know for sure if their explanation is correct!!!

So What Did We Learn Today?

C:\Users\owner\Documents\09-student questions-sept.docx

So What Did We Learn Today?

CURRICULUM GUIDELINES

• One person from each table can pick up the Grades 1-8 guidelines.

• One person from each table can pick up the Grade 9-10 guidelines

• One person from each table can pick up the Grades 11-12 guidelines.

• LEAVE THESE DOCUMENTS AT HOME. WE HAVE CLASS SETS HERE!!!!

For Next Class

• Read your course outline and bring your questions to our next class.

• Complete the FOR NEXT CLASS sheet provided

• Visit our home page ….www.queens.post/~christie