LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Student Name: Julia Longo Date: January 26, 2017 Age

Group: FDK

Purpose:
For todays activity I decided to conduct a science
experiment with the children. I noticed they enjoy
exploring the cause and effect of different objects as
Purpose: well as testing how different toys work. I saw them
Reason for colouring the popsicle sticks for their snowflakes so I
developing decided to come up with activity that incorporates
learning colour as well as science. With science there is plenty of
experience. This cause and effect. The students will be able to make
could be in predictions and recognize the changes when mixing
response to an different materials.
observation,
discussion with
the site
supervisor,
Ontario
Curriculum
Objective, etc.

Learning Based on the purpose I have planned a science

Experience experiment for the children
What are you Objectives
planning in 1. Children will enhance their peer group entry skills
response to your (1.3) by entering play by assuming available roles
purpose? and observe before entering play
- Label your 2. Children will develop their descriptive language to
experience explain, explore and extend (3.5) by using
 (e.g. Painting sentences to describe what they see is happening
with cars). during the experiment
- What are your 3. Children will improve their logical reasoning
objectives for (causality, transformations and hypothesizing)
this
(4.9) by observing the reactions caused by mixing
experience?
(i.e. What the different materials presented
interests are Experience
you Indoors
extending? Table & chairs
What Materials
strengths and
Milk
opportunities
for growth are Tray
you Food colouring
enhancing/sup Dish soap
porting?) Q-tips
Please Note: Paper
You should Implementation
refer to I will set up the materials on the table provided
appropriate I will invite the children who would like to
pedagogy to participate in the experiment to the table
support your
discussion
I will explain and show the children all of the
around
strengths and materials we will be using in order to complete the
opportunities science experiment.
for growth
(e.g. ELECT,
I will then ask the children to make a guess on
How Does
Learning what they think will happen once we fill the
Happen, container with milk, add food colouring and touch
Ontario FDK
Curriculum, the food colouring with a Q-tip that has soap on it.
etc).
I will give the children different tasks (ex. Pour the
Describe the milk, drop the food colouring)
experience:
- Who will be
Step by step I will ask the children to perform their
involved in the
experience? assigned task
- Where will the
experience
 Once the experiment is conducted I will ask the
children what they noticed happened
take place?
(e.g. Indoors
or outdoors?
In the
dramatic Teaching Strategies
centre, the 4. Questions- Questions are a basic instruction tool
creative table, and should be tied directly to the objectives. I will
etc). ask the children questions like what do you think
- List the is going to happen when I mix the soap with the
materials and milk? or what is going to happen to the food
resources you
colouring. This will allow the children to make
will use
- Describe the predictions and think about all the possibilities
implementatio with the materials.
n of the 5. Invitations- Invitations can be used for many
experience, activities. With this activity I will invite the children
with a step by who wish to participate in the experiment to the
step table. If need be I will conduct the experiment
description twice this way every student will have a chance to
- List and
participate. I will say Child A would you like to
describe 2
teaching come and try the experiment followed by child B
strategies. and so on. This will encourage the children to want
How will you to come and try the activity.
use them?
Why have you
chosen these
strategies?

Reflection:
- What went well?
Provide
examples for
how you know
it went well.
- What didnt go
well? Provide
examples for
how you know
 it didnt go
well.
- What did you
learn?
- What might you
do differently
next time you
implement
this same
experience
and why?
- Did you have to
make any
adaptations or
modifications?
If so, what
were they?
- What type of
experience
might you
plan to extend
on this one?
Field Supervisor Feedback:

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