Ms.MackScienceFebruary+9,+2009

= Currents Science! =

Schedule
2. fill out Jigsaw worksheet 3. 'What uses electromagnets?' 4. Michael Faraday pg 17 5. Watch magnet create electricity || 1. Recall topics previously studdied from AJ list 2. Matching review worksheet 3. KWL start 4. AJ map? 5. Reminder of what to have and not to have! 6. Groups (again) || 9 am busses arrive, call students down and head out While there take pictures but they are not with me! || 1. Finish KWL 2. Write a thank you letter to AJ 3. Handout/Notebook Vocabulary review || 1. Video Review with worksheet || -'What' article -Michael books onto tables or copies -Flashlight || -term list from AJ -map -matching worksheet -KWL example ||  ||   ||   || -Jigsaw needed better descriptions and more in depth descriptions (NO IT) that i prompted for as i went around -Reading i made sure students were following along with and asked questions to connect to what they have been doing -flashlight was great and got the connection to eco-friendly as well as electromagnet power -electromagnets in stuff reading worked with what they thought (preconceptions) and started thinking of "Does an electromagnet run a motor or do moters run electromagnets" for connection to motors after break || -vocabulary review went well -some students needed prompting for KWL but most could do on own -went over the questions they came up with, worked on getting them more in depth -map look over went alright, but not a great map -what not to wear went well as they were eager to hear the groups again || Went great! || -worked well to finish the kwl (or just l for those who missed tuesday) -the letter went well and most students enjoyed writting about their field trip -great way to incorporate english concepts into the science classroom (3 paragraph letter after they just did their first 5 paragraph writting assignment) -studnets who didn't go could write a thank you to the teacher they spent the day with, or if absent then worked on the review handout and studied the vocabulary and concepts in their notebooks || -went well, most students used the time well and focused. -no behavior issues or anything ||
 * **Day** || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * < **Date** ||= 2/9 : 6 ||= 2/10 : 1 ||= 2/11 : 2 ||= 2/12 : 3 ||= 2/13 : 4 ||
 * **Topic** || Electromagnet Uses || AJ Prep/Review || Field Trip! AJ || AJ Wrap Up ||  ||
 * **Agenda** || 1. jigsaw results
 * **Agenda** || 1. jigsaw results
 * **Homework** || none || be prepared for AJ! ||  || -finish letter || Enjoy Break! ||
 * **Materials** || -Jigsaw worksheet, make and copy
 * **Notes** || -jigsaw went well in most groups yet needed to keep them on task