Lesson Study

Energy Transformations

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Which GLEs are consistently the lowest in MAP scores? matter and energy

What types of activities are hardest to set up and use effectively? stations

What concepts do students have the most difficulty understanding?

First Meeting

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

EliminatingOrdering

Organizing

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Creating a Learning Cycle

Eliminated activities based on --prior teachinglearning targets

Ordered activities based on which would be best for each step in 5E process

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

• Engage: Making a wet cell battery

• Explore: Using motor as a generator

• Explain: How to illustrate an energy transformation

• Elaborate: Lab stations over transformations

• Evaluate: Notebooks, discussion, ticket out

The Learning Cycle:

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

elaborateDecided to focus on Elaborate--Stations

Most difficult part --to make learning stations productive

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Second and Third Meetings

Backwards DesignRefining

PIcture source: http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/giant-building-blocks-1.jpgEliminated stations Refined time frameSet up expectations for notebooks/activities Made procedures for doing the lab activities

Decided on what we wanted students to be able to understand and present at the end, then...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Fewer stations--2 of each station

students discuss after each activity and

compare data/notes/drawings

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

First LessonStudent Work

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

4th Meeting: Debrief

Ticket OutDiscussion Questions

Time FrameAdjustment to Stations

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Ticket Out: formative assessment of student learning--where to go next

individual reflection on what they did

Added Discussion Questions:assist students in focusing when sharing

added structure to conversations--heat as byproduct

Time Frame:needed more time for activity part

Needed less time for discussion

Trouble with solar car and lighting

eliminated cars

had students set panels up in series

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Second Lesson

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Science Students Succeeding

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

FinishingLesson Study

Making positive changes permanent

Energy Transformation Learning Cycle

Evaluated second lesson

Discussed the effectiveness of changes we made

Finished editing learning cycle

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

What Next?

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

• Considerations

• Time

• Logistics

Next Lesson Study

Know where you are going to meet/# of meetings

2 hours teaching time2 hours pre-observation meetings2 hours post-observation debriefing11-12 hours plan time from start to finish

Tuesday, February 22, 2011