Observations

5. List and give a brief explanation of the steps of the scientific method. The

The Scientific Method is represented by a reasonable order of steps used to come across a conclusion obtained by an experiment or attentive observations. There are five orderly steps which are the following; asking a question or stating the problem, creating a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, evaluate the results, and create a conclusion. A method used by scientists to find an answer a question or the solution to a problem. Now, let’s take a closer look of what each of these five steps consist of.

What went well? How do you know it went well? (pupils reaction to the task and how much time available)

I observed the kindergarten classroom of Sarah House. During my observation, Ms. House completed a language arts lesson with her students. Ms. House used both whole class instruction and one on one instruction during her lesson. I felt that she did an amazing job with classroom management and created lessons that were not only engaging, but fun for the students.

Using your textbook as a reference, write down the steps of the scientific method in the correct order.

The scientific method is a tool that enables a person to seek out new knowledge, or correct and integrate new knowledge. It is composed of eight individual steps: which start out with defining a question, gathering information and resources, form an explanatory hypothesis, test the hypothesis by performing an experiment and collecting data in a reproducible manner, analyze the data, interpret the data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting point for new hypothesis, publish results, and ends with a retest. The steps can be grouped into four different essential elements: operation, observation, model, and utility function.

My activity used many steps to the scientific method. Each student formed a hypothesis without even trying. Many would say that they were going to do better with my right eye open, or with both eyes open. Then they were to do the experiment, where data was taken. After the experiment they could analyze their data and could detect where they had actually done the best and why.

As teachers we need to state and continue to follow the classroom expectations, for the students to take us serious. If we aren’t able to support the rules, the students will not support them as well. I believe this was an awesome classroom to observe. I was very surprised to see how the teacher had control over everything, without doing any shouting or saying “shhh”. This is a classroom I would love to continue observing.

During the class, she had the class create a foldable of ways they can remember the names of the elements. Then, she told them to take the foldable as homework so that they could explain the foldable to a family member and have them sign it. She also related the content to movies and created a song for them to remember the elements. Before they left for the day she mentioned the project to come where they would have a chance to present a designated element to the class. One requirement before turning in the finished product was to turn in a rough draft before turning in the finished product. Above all, the best strategy she had was that she checked for student understanding and quickly reviewed the day’s assignment before they left the

The next thing we did was break the class into five different groups. Since this was our first project working with this class, we felt that it would be important for us to pick the groups ourselves. We wanted the children to work with some people they would not usually work with and if we let them choose

Currently, the children are preparing for New York State tests to determine if they are ready to go on to the next grade. The children are currently taking last year's test as practice. I helped the teacher Ms. Tingling grade the practice exams that the children took. 90% of the class did horribly. The teacher was disappointed, because she knows they know the work. However, they did really badly on the test. So, instead of showing them she was disappointed, she went over the test with them without giving the answers or hints, gave it back to them, and told them to compare answers and figure out where they went wrong and why. One thing I did like was that although the teacher told the students their answers were wrong, she allowed them to figure out themselves why they were wrong rather than just giving them the answers. Although the children became frustrated with the teacher not giving them the answers, they didn't give up on trying to figure out where they went wrong. And in my opinion, it was more rewarding for them to know they figured it out all on their own.

The scientific method is known to be a series of various steps that lead to the different discoveries of new scientific principles. The different steps in the scientific method are as follows: gathering a certain set of observations or even measurements from natural experiments or phenomena. Analyzing all of your collected data to form a hypothesis. Formulate one or more hypotheses to better explain the data or observations. Make a set of predictions using the hypothesis you formulated. And lastly, test your theory and figure out the status of your theory.

I could tell that she recognized some of the numbers and with some help she was able to appropriately mark them on the card. The next activity was reading and a test of memory at the end in the form of a worksheet where the students glued pictures in appropriate boxes according to the story. After this, we spent the end of the day doing the classroom jobs with the students: recycling, backpack check, etc.

On the times/days of both my observation, I walked in, ordered my (light bulb) mint lemonade, and took a seat on the - inner most, and consequently also closest to the cash counter – corner table (made for 1-2 people); then I set my timer. At these times, I didn’t use my phone (except for timing my observations), put in headphones or any other such activities that would distract me from the goal in place: to observe my surrounding. I chose this place precisely due to several of hundreds of posts on Instagram of the “light bulb” teas, where the teacups were recycled light bulbs, this was what intrigued me most about this site. Additionally, lots of my friends had told me of this place being great for students, thus selling me on this site.

Each and every day, you are faced with having to make split-second decisions, and the need to solve random problems that you encounter. To reach those decisions and work those problems out you are subconsciously using the scientific method. Apply the steps of the Scientific Method to two situations that could occur in your everyday life. Use the scientific method in the first scenario provided by your instructor to solve the problem at hand.