Welcome to Standard 2.2: Science section of my online portfolio.

In this section of my portfolio, I have included various artifacts from my Childhood Education preparation program that show how I have met this standard.

I have included a lesson plan that was written using specific textbooks for ideas, and it fits into the New York State Learning Standards for Science. The content area of this lesson plan is science and it focusing on heredity. The lesson plan follows a 5E model template and it includes Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Expand. This lesson plan includes three additional worksheets that will help the students see and understand what heredity is. The science lesson is introduced using a children's story from my science course textbook.

By completing this artifact, I have learned about how important it is to create lessons that have children actively engaged throughout the experience.  I have also learned about how important it is to follow the 5E model in order, because the students will learn best if they have a chance to explore something before it is explained to them. This assignment has taught me how to develop an inquiry based lesson plan using specific literature to teach science. I also learned about the importance of productive questions, and how to stay away from questions that consist of yes or no responses. I learned how to incorporate dialogue in my lesson plan, and this makes my lesson plan easy to follow.