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Day 4 Tasks

8/3/2017

Scientific Resources in the Classroom

This week you will look at science in the classroom


If your class do not have science lessons talk to your teacher and try to
find out what scientific concepts are taught (table 7)
Find out what the main scientific concepts are taught for your age
group. Write down a list of the concepts covered throughout the year.
(for example floating and sinking)
Find all the science resources in your classroom and take photographs
of them. Label all the photographs of the resources. The labels must
include the name of the resource and what scientific concepts it is used
to teach
Find out how the enquiry approach is used in the classroom to teach
science. Ask your teacher how she uses an enquiry approach to teach
scientific concepts and write down her response

Learning styles task


Make notes about activities you observe in the classroom which use
VAK learning styles (see table 5)
Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?
Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles
for the children?
Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g.
read a story, listen to a story, act the story, and draw the story. Can
you find other examples e.g. math or science?
How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of
learning?

Reflections for Journal 4

(Choose one or two of the following starters): When I reflected on observations or


teachings

It made me think about..

When I thought about it

When I reflected I thought ..

I believe

When I teach I want to

I found .. very interesting because.


Scientific Resources in the Classroom

This week you will look at science in the classroom


If your class do not have science lessons talk to your teacher and try to find out what
scientific concepts are taught (table 7)
Find out what the main scientific concepts are taught for your age group. Write down
a list of the concepts covered throughout the year. (for example floating and sinking)
Find all the science resources in your classroom and take photographs of them.
Label all the photographs of the resources. The labels must include the name of the
resource and what scientific concepts it is used to teach
Find out how the enquiry approach is used in the classroom to teach science. Ask
your teacher how she uses an enquiry approach to teach scientific concepts and
write down her response

They dont have science lessons.

Table 5: Learning styles

Make notes about activities you observe in the classroom which use the
learning styles below:

Math Science Reading Other(Art)

Auditory Listen to the teacher Listen to the They lesson


when she says the teacher and to the teacher,
number (teaching). repeat with her. about what
they will take.
Visual Watch video about See the photo They see the
numbers. text on book teacher how
does she
draw.
Kinesthetic They have to answer Acts story They take the
question on bored. staff and
draw.

Answer the following questions:

Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?

Visual, because they take them time to speak to each other, but some
of them enjoy the videos.

Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles


for the children?

To not let the child get bored or dont like the lesson, she do every
thing to all child to love the lesson and enjoy.
Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g.
read a story, listen to a story, act the story, draw the story. Can you find
other examples e.g., math or science.

Watching cartoons videos, read a story, drawing.

How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of


learning styles?

Do different activates.

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