Assignments+for+February+15

Contact your cooperating teacher and schedule a brief meeting with the teacher (not during class time but a time you can talk!)

Print out the Science Standards for YOUR Grade level
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Assignments due Feb 15

1. Read Chapters 3 and 4 in our//Teaching Children Science Text//

2. Reflect on your own experience as a child in elementary and secondary classrooms and describe whether the experiences you had with science emphasized the role of inquiry that led to actual discoveries. Then contrast your experiences with the types of experiences that you would like children in your own classroom to have. Reflect on Chapter 2 in our text and respond to the following questions:


 * 1) What is the purpose of identifying student misconceptions?
 * 2) How does identifying student misconceptions relate to constructivist teaching?

3. Be prepared for your group presentation on your Essential Life Science Session and your Gardening article

4. Read