October 2, 2008
This day in class I was gone because I was at the Rosebud Indian Reservation observing for a different class. In class though, we discussed Ch. 3 and 4 PowerPoint and did a Mystery Box experiment like Ms. Winter's from chapter 4.
The PowerPoint talks about how all young children think of the domains of science similar. An example used in the PowerPoint is that Biology is basically species living or non-living. All children get this core idea. Children also understand cause and effect based on their observations. Children are such observers when they are young, they realize that things are connected. Children, being observers, don't always conceive things as they actually are. Children are misled about things, but because they are active explorers, young children are able to adjust their thinking. Elementary and Middle School years can completely change a child's thoughts about a aspect of science. Children also learn organization skills and when they are able to organize their knowledge, they are able to organize principles of science. To help students learn the organizational skills to apply to knowledge, research shows that building on core concepts over a long period of time is effective. To achieve this goal, teachers must work cooperatively and work to help students gain a deeper understanding of scientific concepts.
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