Scope & Sequence

Yesterday was a fun day. Professor Morales gave us an real life example of science inquiry. We've read in books and seen it in films, but yesterday, we were the students in an inquiry class. Our assignment had four segments: observation, research, verbal presentation and experimentation. I enjoyed the observation because we were given ample time to look at 5 or 6 photographs and try to say what was the problem and what we thought the cause of the problem was. We called out many good ideas and we were able to recognize the theme: water pollution.

The research was taken from K12Science.org I was in charge of explaining the sample testing for Nitrates. The eutrophication of South Beach and the Keys were given turns out to be below what makes it a problem. That means that the plant life do not hinder the environment for other organisms.

Professor Morales explained that in one of our classes, the student would be able to use "real-time" with their collaboration project with the Global Water Sampling Project. The K12Science.org is one of many great resources that we can use to help our students gain the best that they can from the learning experience.

After class, Professor Morales spoke to use individually about our progress. I had been e-mailing her about Scope & Sequence. The Livetext document she showed us is not in any of the places I've seen. Luckily, I've recorded most of the expectancies of Scope & Sequence in my notes from the get go. All I need is for her reply. Scope & Sequence is an interesting concept. This is the way we introduce our field experience notebook. The segment include: a picture of the school, a sketch of the classroom(s), the demographics of the class, professional development and so on.

Sources:

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education.
2008. Retrieved on March 4th, 2008 from:
http://www.k12science.org/