Day 4 Tasks

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Scientific Resources in the Classroom

This week you will look at science in the classroom

If your class do not have science lessons talk to your teacher and try to find out
what scientific concepts are taught (table 7)
Find out what the main scientific concepts are taught for your age group. Write
down a list of the concepts covered throughout the year. (for example floating
and sinking)
Find all the science resources in your classroom and take photographs of them.
Label all the photographs of the resources. The labels must include the name of
the resource and what scientific concepts it is used to teach
Find out how the enquiry approach is used in the classroom to teach science.
Ask your teacher how she uses an enquiry approach to teach scientific concepts
and write down her response

Learning styles task

Make notes about activities you observe in the classroom which use VAK
learning styles (see table 5)
Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?
Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles for the
children?
Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g. read a
story, listen to a story, act the story, and draw the story. Can you find other
examples e.g. math or science?
How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of learning?

Reflections for Journal 4

(Choose one or two of the following starters): When I reflected on observations or teachings

It made me think about..

When I thought about it

When I reflected I thought ..

I believe

When I teach I want to

 I found .. very interesting because

Table 5: Learning styles

Make notes about activities you observe in the classroom which use the learning styles
below:

Math Science Reading

Auditory Making song Listen to steps of The teacher read

about number the experiment the story for them.

Visual the teacher print Open video about Print some picture

the numbers in experiment related to story

small card with

some picture that

related to the

number
Kinesthetic When the teacher When they do the Making activity

tell them to write experiment in after the teacher

the number and class finish the story

draw

Answer the following questions:

Which learning styles did all the children seem to enjoy and why?

Most of children are kinesthetic because they like to use their body and they like
to move.

Why do you think the teacher incorporates a variety of learning styles for the
children?

Because each children have a different learning style.

 Notice which activities are repeated with a variety of learning styles e.g. read a
story, listen to a story, act the story, and draw the story. Can you find other
examples e.g., math or science.

Read the experiment sheet, listen to the teacher when she say steps of the
experiment, do the experiment in front of children.

How can teachers improve student learning by using a range of learning styles?
The teacher can use all learning styles in classroom.

Table 7: Scientific resources in the Classroom

Discuss possibilities for implementing activities using these resources with your peer

A List of resources that target specific scientific skills and concepts in the school:

Resources for Science Scientific Skill(s) / Concept(s) that can be Exploring on possible activities to develop
teaching classroom: developed with it. mathematical skills and concepts using these
materials

Can measures the tooth

Denture Count the tooth in denture

To know the color of teeth

Teach the children how can keep our teeth

Magnifying glasses The children can see parts of the prophets by

using magnifying glasses
Magnifying glasses make things look bigger.

We can see all the small details of an object or part of

the body using a magnifying glass.

When we look through a magnifying glass our eye

looks bigger.