Engaging Classroom
Learning by creating science experiments are so much fun. I think doing an experiment as a class and to be kept in the classroom can be very beneficial. This would teach students different skills such as communication, time management, responsibility, and sensory etc. There are many different ways teachers can make this possible in a classroom such as having a pet or plant students need to take care of for weeks and observe the changes. During fieldwork we taught the class about different ecosystems and biomes. We wanted students to get the full understanding of what we were teaching so we thought what is better way to teach something than to create our own! This is exactly what we did; each table in the class created their own aquatic biomes!
Students had a fun time learning and creating their biomes. Each table had a different amount of fish (male/female), plants, and snails. They recorded their observations each week and came to different conclusions. I think creating these biomes as a class really added to the lessons. Students were able to go back and relate what they were learning to their biomes. They also had to communicate as a group to create it and discuss what they think should be done. Students had to take a responsibility to take care of their biomes and to record the data. I would definitely add something like this to my lessons when I am a teacher.
Like I said students had a great time learning and creating their own biomes, but there are other ways teaching science can be taken from the textbook to real life. I remember when I was in kindergarten or first grade we were learning about what plants need to survive. We were able to learn by seeing and doing it for ourselves. Each table had our own plants and each person at the table had their own job such as: measuring water, measuring how tall the plant was, or recording the data etc. Once we had our plants and jobs we were able to water the plant as much as we thought and place it in a spot in the classroom wherever we thought it would grow best. This helped me see that how we were taking care of the plant was affecting how the plant was growing.
As a teacher I would incorporate as many projects and lessons into my class as possible. It is evident that students are more engaged in the learning experience and get to work on many different skills. Weather it be a plant, animals, or aquatic biome students will get to see what they are learning from a textbook and worksheets is affected in real life situations, which make students more intrigued with what they are learning.
Students had a fun time learning and creating their biomes. Each table had a different amount of fish (male/female), plants, and snails. They recorded their observations each week and came to different conclusions. I think creating these biomes as a class really added to the lessons. Students were able to go back and relate what they were learning to their biomes. They also had to communicate as a group to create it and discuss what they think should be done. Students had to take a responsibility to take care of their biomes and to record the data. I would definitely add something like this to my lessons when I am a teacher.
Like I said students had a great time learning and creating their own biomes, but there are other ways teaching science can be taken from the textbook to real life. I remember when I was in kindergarten or first grade we were learning about what plants need to survive. We were able to learn by seeing and doing it for ourselves. Each table had our own plants and each person at the table had their own job such as: measuring water, measuring how tall the plant was, or recording the data etc. Once we had our plants and jobs we were able to water the plant as much as we thought and place it in a spot in the classroom wherever we thought it would grow best. This helped me see that how we were taking care of the plant was affecting how the plant was growing.
As a teacher I would incorporate as many projects and lessons into my class as possible. It is evident that students are more engaged in the learning experience and get to work on many different skills. Weather it be a plant, animals, or aquatic biome students will get to see what they are learning from a textbook and worksheets is affected in real life situations, which make students more intrigued with what they are learning.
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