Kristen Harold

IA

Chelsea,  I am a preservice teacher and have had a lot of experience teaching science to elementary school students.  Depending on the age would help me determine if I have my students work in small groups or individually. The only thing with having them work in a group is I would make sure they are all contributing. I think while conducting the crayon activity you could have your ot...

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Yanely,  I think you've asked a very good question.  I am a preservice teacher and will be student teaching this coming up spring semester. I think we need to make time to teach concepts in detail.  If our students don't know what we mean and we keep moving forward they can be lacking crucial information. I think taking a step back to explain concepts and misconceptions ...

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Hi Matt,  I'm a preservice teacher at University of Northern Iowa and have quite a bit of teaching science to 2nd grade and 6th grade students!  My second graders were very capable in learning about science whether it was about matter, ecosystems and even engineeering.  It was easy for me to tie in real world problems because they're natural learners and observers. ...

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