UTeach STEP 1- Class #2
Welcome!
 Please sign in
 Pick up your folder and name card
 Sit with your teaching partner
 Double check your matching teams form – is
all of the information correct?
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Checking In
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Turn in background check paperwork to Todd
Be sure to upload safety training before the next
class (under assignments in BB)
Please see syllabus for correct naming format
Any BB questions so far?
Agenda
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Questions, Concerns or Comments from last
Week? BB issues? Submitting docs and
discussion board?
Field Trip!!!
Demonstration Lesson #1
Reading Discussion (Science Labs)
Introduction to the 5 E Lesson Plan Design
Analyze Demo Lesson by 5 E’s
Workroom Field Trip
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UTeach has a lot of resources for you
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Beatriz, Agustin, and Vanessa will take us on a
tour
They will have lesson planning hours here – see
BB course docs for schedule
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Demo Lesson
“Each lightsaber is as unique as the
owner who made it”
-Obi Wan Kenobi
Demo Lesson
Take a look at one and talk to your
partner:
How does it work?
What does it need to work?
Can you build your own? How?
Your Challenge: Can you light
the bulb?
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Wire =
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Prepare a T chart
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Fold in half long way, unfold and then
fold the top down about 2 inches.
Trace the creases.
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Label LEFT half: Things that worked
Label RIGHT half: Things that did NOT
work
Battery =
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Bulb =
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Using only one of each
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Predict :
-least one set up that you think will work
- draw it as your first “Things that worked”
Here we Go!
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Jobs: (elementary modification, colored stickers or #’s to assign roles)
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Materials manager
Recorder
Both = engineers
Using only ONE battery, one bulb and one wire, can
you get the light bulb to light? Try your prediction
first!
As you work keep track of what you tried and draw a
diagram of what worked and what didn’t!
Present your Findings
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Show us what you thought would work, tell
us if it did and then explain why or why not.
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Present one other set up that worked and
one that did not and explain what the
difference is between the two.
Present your Findings
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Get in groups of 4 discuss
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Come up with one or two general rules that all the configurations that worked
follow.
Going further:
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Brain storm additional questions you would like to explore. GO AHEAD
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How many different ways can you come up with to light bulb?
Clean Up:
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Repack your supplies and return. = Materials Manager
Evaluate
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http://www.hasdeu.bz.edu.ro/softuri/fizica/mariana/Electricitatea/Practic/electr
icity%20book/circuit%20question%201.htm
Summarize the lesson
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Take a few minutes and write a
summary of the different elements of
the flashlight lesson
What happened –step by step?
READING DISCUSSION
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Science Labs: Beyond Isolationism
How does what we just did compare to what
was described in the article?
Did we do ABC? Some thoughts from your
posts. How/Why?
Claim: Many labs are too focused on procedure
(pg 1)- what do you think???
Does this article relate to teaching math? How
are teaching math and science similar/
different?
The 5 E’s
(Based On Learning Cycles)
5 E Lesson Cycle
5 E Lesson Plan
How does our light bulb activity
align?
Talk to your partner/
table – write down
your ideas
Be prepared to share
your ideas
The 5E learning cycle
For Next Time
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Complete Lab Safety Training and
submit to BB
Read Introduction to Inquiry and post to
Discussion board by Sat. 9/10
We will have your teaching assignment
ready next week