Natalie Skalla

IA

Hi Julie, I am currently a student at the University of Northern Iowa and just finished up taking my science methods class. Within this class our professor had us use science notebooks using seesaw. I really enjoyed this method of assessing and evaluating us. It was something I knew we weren’t being graded on but it was a way of showing the teacher what was going on in the class in our groups wit...

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Hi Caroline, I took a class this semester that was my science methods and we had to create a science lesson. My group and I created a 5E lesson plan covering the phenomenon of animals using camouflage. It was an interesting topic to my students because there able to use lots of inquiry throughout the lessons and had lots of visuals which sparked interest. We started the lesson off focusing on cha...

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Hi Nicole, I am currently a student at University of Northern Iowa studying elementary education. I am currently taking a science methods course and have learned a lot of great tips for teaching it. Something that has been good to do with this kind of lesson planning is making it hands on. Students learn better when they are hands on so having activities that are hands on. Another great way is ma...

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