Teaching this week was a lot of fun. I've realized how much I really love to teach science! I'm so glad that I finally get to create science units and see them through. To my surprise, the students look forward to it every day. From talking to previous teachers, the students didn't get to experience science very much last year. Therefore, I was determined to help them get to know the world of science. I even had one girl ask during the first week of class, "What is science, Ms. Jenkins?" I couldn't believe that the students had no clue about what the word even meant. More exciting, I've decided to implement a unit on Journey North, which I did my unit on in Reading 422. Of course, that unit was for fifth graders, so I'm just picking and choosing activities from it. I have just fallen in love with Journey North since it can incorporate all the subjects, become engaging for the students, and allow them to participate in something first hand. I'm really eager to see how the unit turns out, including the growing of the butterflies! We also started our first science experiment this week. We are seeing the effects of taking away light from a plant. The students did surprisingly well on completing their first page on the lab, including the hypothesis. I think that these inquiry type, hands-on activities really get them interested and motivate them to want to learn.
Teaching this week was a lot of fun. I've realized how much I really love to teach science! I'm so glad that I finally get to create science units and see them through. To my surprise, the students look forward to it every day. From talking to previous teachers, the students didn't get to experience science very much last year. Therefore, I was determined to help them get to know the world of science. I even had one girl ask during the first week of class, "What is science, Ms. Jenkins?" I couldn't believe that the students had no clue about what the word even meant.
ReplyDeleteMore exciting, I've decided to implement a unit on Journey North, which I did my unit on in Reading 422. Of course, that unit was for fifth graders, so I'm just picking and choosing activities from it. I have just fallen in love with Journey North since it can incorporate all the subjects, become engaging for the students, and allow them to participate in something first hand. I'm really eager to see how the unit turns out, including the growing of the butterflies!
We also started our first science experiment this week. We are seeing the effects of taking away light from a plant. The students did surprisingly well on completing their first page on the lab, including the hypothesis. I think that these inquiry type, hands-on activities really get them interested and motivate them to want to learn.