Sarasota, Florida: 7th and 8th grade
gifted and high-achieving Science
Ashland University is partnered with many school districts in Florida and South Carolina. The goal of this internship experience is to expose students to an altogether different experience.
I spent six weeks of my senior-student-teaching experience in Sarasota, Florida under the tutelage of Mrs. Dorothy Rieger at McIntosh Middle School. I was lucky enough to student-teach in their HAWK program where gifted and high-achieving students participated on a looped curriculum grades 6-8, with a STEM focus.
The students also participated in bi-annual weekend field-trips where they would take learning outside the classroom and practice their skills in the field. I planned and executed a unit on the Solar System and the phases of the moon. We also worked through chemical and physical changes, and the rock cycle. This was an excellent experience in STEM as well as incorporating ActiveInspire technology where students created projects and presentations using the Promethean flipcharts and presenting these to the class as well as during parent nights.
In this classroom I used the TechActive Classroom of Tomorrow technology, which gave me a chance to really integrate my instruction with meaningful technology, furthering 21st Century skills the students need to develop, and furthering my own STEM integration skills.
For more information about the TechActive COT, please view the video below:
I spent six weeks of my senior-student-teaching experience in Sarasota, Florida under the tutelage of Mrs. Dorothy Rieger at McIntosh Middle School. I was lucky enough to student-teach in their HAWK program where gifted and high-achieving students participated on a looped curriculum grades 6-8, with a STEM focus.
The students also participated in bi-annual weekend field-trips where they would take learning outside the classroom and practice their skills in the field. I planned and executed a unit on the Solar System and the phases of the moon. We also worked through chemical and physical changes, and the rock cycle. This was an excellent experience in STEM as well as incorporating ActiveInspire technology where students created projects and presentations using the Promethean flipcharts and presenting these to the class as well as during parent nights.
In this classroom I used the TechActive Classroom of Tomorrow technology, which gave me a chance to really integrate my instruction with meaningful technology, furthering 21st Century skills the students need to develop, and furthering my own STEM integration skills.
For more information about the TechActive COT, please view the video below:
Lesson Plans and Student Work
In Mrs. Reiger's 7th & 8th grade gifted and high-achieving Science classes, I created and instructed a two-week unit plan on rocks, the rock cycle, weathering, erosion and deposition. The students completed numerous activities including mini-labs, creating foldables, and creating comic-strips and informational posters from their own self-guided research.
Below is the teacher-version of the flipchart I created. Students had a different version which were sent to their computers, and which they used to complete bellwork. In order to upload my work, I had to save the flipchart (which was also my unit lesson plan) as a PDF. The interactive Promethean ActiveInspire component is visible, but as you view it, you will not be able to manipulate images and words the way the students could.
I invite you to flip through the flipcharts, and peruse the student work below!
Below is the teacher-version of the flipchart I created. Students had a different version which were sent to their computers, and which they used to complete bellwork. In order to upload my work, I had to save the flipchart (which was also my unit lesson plan) as a PDF. The interactive Promethean ActiveInspire component is visible, but as you view it, you will not be able to manipulate images and words the way the students could.
I invite you to flip through the flipcharts, and peruse the student work below!
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