Lesson 15 · Check-in 4

The gallery walk of different models is an opportunity for you to use a more structured peer feedback protocol. For example, use the sticky note peer review process. In this protocol - shared on Tools for Ambitious Science Teaching - students use sticky notes to leave questions and comments on posted student work. There is time built in for students to respond to feedback.

Conduct the gallery walk. Have the groups rotate around the room, moving to the next poster set every 5 minutes. Remind students to first read the posters quietly for 1-2 minutes, then discuss with their groups for 1-2 minutes, and then record one similarity and one difference on the comparison T-chart for that poster set.

Remind students that they should try to come up with something new that has not already been recorded on the T-chart by another group. Note that there may be more than one small group at each poster set at any given time. Remind students that they will need to move from poster to poster in the set to make room for the other groups, and to take turns adding their group’s ideas to the T-chart. Step in to manage traffic if necessary. After 15 minutes, have all the students come to a Scientists Circle with their science notebook and a chair.