Melissa's Majestic Journey of Teaching Science to Digital learners

Vegetative Organs and Plant Tissue Part 2!!   Day two of this lesson was focused on indirect instruction, meaning the students were more engaged in this lesson. This day was the chance for the students to ask any questions they have, put use to what they learned in day one and gets hands on. From the very beginning, the lesson was engaging. It started off by the students answering questions on what was taught last class. Then a video was shown and an activity on the iPad was presented. Although they ran into the problem of the iPads being dead, they proceeded with confidence and a plan. This is the down side of working with technology, you have to expect the unexpected and always have a backup plan. As a teacher, you should always have a few ideas in mind when it comes to teaching any lesson. One thing the teachers of group 2 did was incorporate a funny/fun, but on task, aspect to the lesson. At the beginning as part of the pre-assesment, they showed a funny video of

Direct Instruction VS. Inquiry Lesson Direct instruction is the use of straightforward, explicit teaching techniques, usually to teach a specific skill. It is a teacher-directed method, meaning that the teacher stands in front of a classroom and presents the information. VS Inquiry -based learning is a form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios—rather than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth path to knowledge. They are both needed in an effective classroom!

This week in class we were divided into 6 groups. Each group were given one topic in Science and given a whole lesson plan to complete.  My lesson plan assignment goes over the 5 E’s. Engage Explore Explain Apply Share Reflect Elaborate In the lesson plan we were presented with videos and articles to help us understand where the planets are in relation to each other, and interesting/unique facts about the planets. What I liked about activity: Interactive and a lot of activities to learn from It gave us a chance for discovery We got to explore the Solar System Directions for activities were clear and understandable. The project (selling your planet to travel to) is more engaging than doing a worksheet. What I disliked about the activity: Activities were repetitive Here are my Video Notes Planets orbit the Sun. Moons orbit a planet. Planets and moons are spherical objects in space.