Module 12 Reflection

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by Leah Illingworth56 views·Updated Nov 5, 2021
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  1. bed in there.
  2. Right?
  3. So my name is leah only more than this is my module 12 reflection I am in my
  4. third term of the cal state teacher credential program
  5. and this module 12 was on behalf of science.
  6. So here we go. The thing that impacted me the most was
  7. there was it was a good reminder for me now,
  8. teaching 7th and 8th grade science in the school that I am teaching it right now.
  9. And doing my third term of the credential program for um I
  10. had a very good reminder of um bringing science to life.
  11. It's a very interactive, very engaging subject, which is why I love teaching it.
  12. But uh there was some real great reminders that you can still,
  13. even though these kids are trying to
  14. b
  15. educationally designed to be more academic when it comes to science.
  16. Um it never hurts to incorporate angelic lessons.
  17. So taking the content of what they need to learn and
  18. changing the context of it to where it's more hands on.
  19. It's more kid friendly, even though these teenagers are
  20. diving more into their books and thinking more critically and
  21. there's more of an expectation about how
  22. they relate their material and relay their um
  23. what they're learning and it's not superficial,
  24. but what I loved is that the last couple of lessons that I've done,
  25. especially with the cell unit that I'm doing with my kids,
  26. I did interactive labs with them where it's stuff that they remember
  27. um they connected with stuff that they did when they were in fifth grade and I
  28. thought that is just wonderful because it allows
  29. this connection to remind themselves science is fun
  30. and they're also learning at the same time.
  31. Uh So one lesson that I did on behalf of the steam project with
  32. the kids was I did green eggs in him and I had the kids
  33. make a hypothesis that Sam I am knew about osmosis
  34. and that's how he turned the eggs green and we related it
  35. back to the cell membrane and its properties and how it behaves.
  36. Um so that
  37. to me that was just a really impactful moment for me being a teacher,
  38. is that even though these kids are learning higher level science curriculum,
  39. it's okay for them to act like a kid.
  40. Once in a while
  41. my skill set and my tool sets change where again I'm just gonna implement,
  42. especially with
  43. um the conceptualized sciences, I think I'm gonna
  44. remember to um incorporate more engaging activities with the kids.
  45. So in my Science eight class today for example,
  46. uh the kids are learning about cinematics about how things move and friction and
  47. potential energy versus kinetic energy and the way that I infiltrated that
  48. is introducing them to roller coasters and showing them how much it takes
  49. Fit on a physics level.
  50. Scientific,
  51. mathematically how much it takes to make their 32nd experience on a roller coaster,
  52. amazing and exciting and exhilarating and it takes so much work.
  53. So I'm having the kids design paper
  54. roller coasters and they're gonna take marbles and
  55. roll them down into their paper roller coasters
  56. that they designed and they're gonna time and do
  57. a distance to speed ratio as to their
  58. overall speed and acceleration of their roller coasters.
  59. So I'm making it feasible and relatable and I'm
  60. just going to continue to add hands on kid friendly
  61. context into the curriculum with the same content. So you need to learn this
  62. in this type of unit, you need to learn this in this type of unit but
  63. make it kid friendly approaches and I feel like
  64. it's just going to resonate with them more,
  65. especially kids in covid,
  66. they have been doing stuff on computers for the past 18 months,
  67. so I want them to get hands on again.
  68. So I'm trying to have them avoid even though I want them to be digital citizens,
  69. it's very crucial
  70. I think that
  71. they've been deprived of the hands on and the
  72. communication and the socialization experiences in an academic setting.
  73. So I'm incorporating that and then eventually when they start, you know,
  74. wanting to dive into their digital technology again, I'm gonna Sprinkle that in.
  75. But right now they're enjoying the aspect of
  76. working with their classmates hands on with lab materials.
  77. So I'm just going to keep doing that.
  78. Other questions that I have is just um other ways
  79. that I could integrate science into history and to arts.
  80. Um I love the unit that I did with um
  81. with the kids in science where I have them do a compare and
  82. contrast of what society deems is what scientists look like from a very
  83. stereotypical perspective.
  84. And had them watch one of the videos from cal state teach,
  85. showing them true honest to God. Scientists.
  86. And just it could be it could be one of them, it can be their parents,
  87. it could be it's me, we're all scientists in some way,
  88. shape or form if you explore the world around you.
  89. Um If you're curious, if you love messing around with things that's you
  90. thinking like a scientist and I had them draw out what a scientist looks like.
  91. Um The other thing that I did is I had them do a life
  92. cycle of pumpkin where they colored life cycles of pumpkins in their faces.
  93. Um So I just want to incorporate more of that
  94. and how I can without making them fall asleep.
  95. So
  96. that is it for me and my reflection. Thank you so much.
  97. Have a good one.