Rocket Ballon Essay

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1. At the beginning of the class the teacher went over what the students were going to do that day, which was a science project that would help teach the kids about the scientific method. The lesson was called “rocket ballon”, so yea the kids were very excited to hear that they were going to do a fun experiment.
2. The students did not get to go straight to the experiment part of the lesson, first they had to work on project packets in small groups and come up with a question then a hypothesis. During this phase she kept reminding them of the awesome experiment they would get to do as long as the all helped out and did there parts.
3. I think they main goal of the lesson was to use the scientific method in order to teach the students how …show more content…

Mrs. Mayhew was always encouring the students for their thoughts and when they gave an answer that was correct she would tell them “great” or “good job”, when the student needed to think a little harder she would suggest, using body language, to keep trying. She always had a up beat attitude and a smile on her face.
8. Yes, the whole lesson was done with four groups composed of five students each. The teacher would go page by page through the packet, she would pose the questions and then the students were allowed to interact within their groups to come up with a unified answer. The purpose of this I think was to teach the students good teamworking skills.
9. Yes, the questions posed by Mrs. Mayhew were the driving force behind the project, they kept things moving and at times served to keep the students on topic. Some of the pivitol question were “what do you think will happen if we have more in the balloon” and “What could we change about the balloon, that might alter the experiment”.
10. Some of the materials Mrs. Mayhew use were the project packet she had filled out, she would show it to the students as an exampl of how the should be filling theirs out. Also she use the smartboard to write down different students ideas. While she was working on her packet, she would use a projector to enlarge her packet so all the students could see what she was

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