28 February 2015

All of the Moon Phases in Less Than a Week

4 comments:

  1. What a succinct way to get kids to grasp what can be a confusing concept! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. I love the idea of doing this all in one week. I have found that the moon phases are very hard for the students to grasp. My students would love all the activities you have planned. Thanks for the free worksheets!

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  3. This would be a spectacular way to teach the phases of moons to students in a week without overwhelming them or not teaching some of the important aspects of this topic. The first part of the lesson where students are putting the moon phases in order would be a great way to engage in student centered learning. The students are first discovering the correct order, then by asking the appropriate questions, they are guided to construct a new idea and place their pictures in a circle because they then realize how the moon phases are continuous. The day 3 activity where students are labeling the moon phase boards with post its would be a great way to interactively assess students learning. This is also a form of nonlinguistic representations that allows student to assimilate knowledge by participating in kinestetic activity. Reviewing the phases this way would deepen students learning all together about this concept. These lessons could also be adapted to suit the needs of younger students by using cooperative learning to teach students in groups to incorporate this concept at their ability levels. This is a wonderful lesson that could be used for many grades, it would just need some minor adaptations. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. I love your idea of having an interactive notebook, especially with a spot designated for the input and output of each experiment! I think it is great for students to reflect upon their science labs and activities. I feel that it only broadens their understanding of the content and subject! Have you ever tried gluing foldables in your interactive notebooks? They could work for about anything science related- adding definitions for specific terms, using them as tables to document data and even for recording some observations made during a lab or activity! The students seem to enjoy them and are a wonderful tool for students of all ages!

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