Sun, Nov 18, 2018 8:32 AM in Keeping students attention during a science lesson?
Keeping the attention of second graders is tough- but tougher still if they
have things that are cool in their hands.
Never pass out or distribute materials until you go over the rules for
handling them.
I found great success in showing 4 small groups how to work with the
materials at a time at the horseshoe table in the back. I introduced the
lesson whole group, on the mat away from des...
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Fri, Aug 12, 2016 10:56 AM in MakerSpaces
In our school we have a maker space, but only 5th graders were allowed to
use it, and it was unrelated in a direct way to science.
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Thu, Aug 04, 2011 6:44 PM in Why are teachers afraid to release control of inquiry science to their elementary students?
Yes, they used that parking lot question method with our group of instructors also in this training! It is GREAT because it saves you from getting bogged down or derailed. At the end of the training they went over the parking lot questions and most of them were answered from the experience itself. Great, GREAT idea having older kids helping the littler ones with research. I think I will offer th...
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