Alexandra Bender

FL

Parts of a Plant Collection

Wed, Mar 24, 2021 2:00 PM
Great collection on plants!!

Hi Susie! I really liked your collection because I thought the articles in your collection provided great teaching ideas for kindergarten, but also for grades K-8. My favorite article to read was "Learning About Plants with STEAM" and I'm going to be using the ideas presented in the article for my future lessons about plants. I especially liked that students can observe fall leaves and then they created posters at the end of the lesson and I think that's a great idea when breaking down the concepts to understand the different parts of a plant. However, I liked reading all your resources because I liked how some of your resources explained how photosynthesis works and how plants make their own food, which would be helpful for teachers to read before teaching the lesson and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. Great job with putting together resources teachers can use for K-8 when teaching about plants and I can't wait to use these ideas when planning my future lessons on plants. Thanks!

ELLs Learning Science Collection

Sun, Nov 24, 2019 3:09 PM
ELL Learning Science Collection Review

The author of this collection is Kathleen Sparrow and personally I really like this collection because most likely there will always be one or several students in your classroom where English is not their native language. Even if you are the one teacher that doesn't experience this then just even being aware of how to teach students that don't speak fluent English is important and a teacher's duty. There are several articles in this collection that I think all teachers should read but the article "Strategies for ELL Success" is the one article that stood out to me the most because I think these are strategies that all teachers should implement in their classroom to help students who speak other languages feel more comfortable in the classroom and to make sure they are not missing out on any important or future science opportunities. All of the articles provide great detail of what teachers should do if they do have ELL students inside their classroom and again how to create an environment that is comfortable for them to learn instead of them feeling inferior to science in general. And if they don’t have ELL students then just being aware to share with colleagues is also another great reason to read these articles in this collection.