Investigating Life Around Us...
This week we completed our Life Science projects which consisted of the Six Kingdom's. Our group designed a google slide representing the Plantae Kingdom, which was a lot of fun! Again, this course has showed me the opportunities we have as teachers to use technology not only in creating lesson's ourselves but this could have easily been a project for the students to share information with their classmates on what they researched. Being allowed to work in groups on our own projects solidifies the benefits of cooperative learning as it gives us the opportunity not only to work together but to learn from our colleagues. I find myself being able to retain more information as we are able to communicate through discussions.
Six Kingdom's Project Link
There is so much to learn about Life Science, as it is all around us! One of my goals for this summer is to do a lot of reading to further master more content material and broaden my knowledge in the different areas of science that I will utilize in as both a teacher and student teacher.
My colleagues did a great job presenting and teaching us about the different Kingdom's. I still find myself getting nervous in front of my peers but I realize that like anything else in life, ease will come with time and experience. Practice makes perfect!
Jill,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed working with you for this project. I know that this project was supposed to be a part of the Jigsaw Method, but we did it a little differently. If we went through the Jigsaw Method the way it is structured to go, do you think that you would still be nervous teaching to your base group even though we are in small groups and not in front of the class?
I enjoyed working with you too, Kim. I definitely find it easier to speak in smaller groups, however, I think for me it's a matter of relaxing when I'm at the forefront and going with the flow rather than worrying about what I might say wrong. Good luck in the future and congratulations on graduating!
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