In this exit activity, teachers can assess or pre-assess their students comfort level as they walk out of the door.
For this simple exit activity or pre-assessment activity all the teacher needs to do is draw and label the graph on the board.
The students are then able to walk up and place their “sticky note” in the column that represents how comfortable they are.
That quick the teacher has a graph of what would likely represent the distribution of scores if a quiz or test was given that day. Of course this all depends on the honesty of the students so encourage them to answer honestly.
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In this weeks free worksheet I wanted to share with you a graphing worksheet. We all know our students need more time and practice graphing.
In this graphing worksheet students watch the videos on graphing from Paul Anderson at Bozeman Science. Students follow along in the video and answer questions on the Graphing Worksheet that I created to go along with the videos. Students create their own graph and compare it to the one in the video and record their differences.
This activity is a great way to introduce graphing to your students. Sometimes as teachers we just expect that students come to us with these skills but we need to teach it to them or at least remind them of the proper way to set up and read a graph.
To allow students to explore the part of the cell a gave the students a blank plant and animal cell along with a copy of the PPT on Cell organelles. Students were instructed to use the notes and other resources to identify the cell parts. Students were expected to color code their notes with the animal cell and the plant cell organelles. Any items in the notes that were not visible to label on the diagram were to be copied in pencil all other notes were to be written using the same color they used identify the organelle.This activity goes along well with my Cell Boxing Activity that you can have access to along with other free goodies here on my free lesson page.
In this activity we focus on the structure,function and pictures of the 6 cell organelles (chloroplast, mitochondria, ribosome, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi bodies, nucleus) . I have developed an effective lesson that uses printable cell boxes that my students really enjoy using. There are 3 different games or activities that I use to help my students grasp this concept. This lesson is more than worth a try. It is easy, you will love this and so will the kids. It includes several hands-on, competitive and effective games I developed using printable boxes. There are 3 “Boxing” activities.
This week we returned from break to a 3 day week. I started the week by reviewing cells using a webquest. I then moved on to photosynthesis and respiration. I began class showing the student a gift I received for my birthday. The gift was an Eco-sphere. The concept of the Ecosphere was developed in NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory. It is a completely closed off system that sustains 3 shrimp, algae and bacteria. It really got my students asking questions.
