Impact+on+Student+Learning

 //**1. What did the students learn from your lesson? How do you know they learned from your lesson? (Attach assessment tools from the lesson.)**// The students learned first hand what type of conditions earthworms prefer. More importantly, the students learned valuable laboratory skills. Students also learned about the scientific method. I know students learned these skills because students followed the scientific method to learn about the conditions that earthworms prefer. Students tested whether earthworms prefer light or dark conditions and wet or dry conditions.
 * Analysis of Instructional Planning and Impact on Learning **

While planning my lesson I thought about how the students could be engaged in my lesson. I did not want the students to sit through another boring lecture. I also thought about the maturity level of the students. I thought about how the students would react when I presented the earthworms.
 * //2. What did you think about or consider when planning the lesson? (Be specific.)//**

The most effective part of the lesson is breaking the students in groups and having them follow the scientific method to solve a problem. Every scientific problem should be approached using this method. I believe it is much more important for students to fully understand this method, than learn about any other subject in science.
 * //3. What do you think was the most effective part of the lesson? Why?//**

I followed the lesson plan exactly. I took away the water droppers in the second lab because students were using them inappropriately.
 * //4. How closely did you follow your lesson plan? If you deviated from the lesson plan, what decisions did you make during the lesson and why?//**

Yes the activity was appropriate. The 7th grade students really enjoyed experimenting with live earthworms. Although few students behaved immaturely, the majority of the students were able to approach the problem with maturity and a scientific mind.
 * //5. Were the activities/materials/visuals/aids appropriate? Why? Why not?//**

I would set the experiment up for each group, because a few groups were having difficulty setting up the experiment and it wasted time that those groups needed to complete the experiment.
 * //6. What part or parts of your plan would you consider changing before teaching this lesson again?//**

My teaching strengths are motivation of students and engaging students.
 * //7. What do you see as your teaching strengths?//**

I would like to have my field-based supervisor assist me in my classroom management skills. ,
 * //8. Identify a goal you would like to have your field-based supervisor assist you in achieving.//**