Lietty Roig Aloma
FIU Student

Force and Motion Collection

Mon, Feb 29, 2016 5:19 PM
SCE 4311 Review

Hello Jessica, I noticed that your collection is based entirely on force and motion. I appreciate that they are not randomized topics and that the science objects all relate to one another. I also think it was a smart move to include science objects about gravity since gravity is a major force. Furthermore, I looked through the science object “Gravity and Orbits: Orbit” and I found that it focused more on the orbiting of satellites – the effect mass has on it, the concept of weightlessness and microgravity. I thought that it was very well put together. I also thought it was strategic to include a journal article about gravity is, because not only will it be useful to someone who doesn’t know it, but to you as an instructor on how to teach it to your students. That being said, given that the point of the collection was to be able to use it for the SCE course in another way, I think you were successful. The resources in your collection will prove to be very helpful and effective as you plan your instruction for the students in your field placement class. Not only do you have access to the very useful article on the concept of gravity, but you have an entire list of vocabulary words that you may chose to pre-teach. The resources in your collection can also help you as you do your lesson planning worksheet because it provides you with many quiz questions you can use as a base to create some of the questions to ask during your inquiry lesson.