OpenSciEd Unit 8.2 · Lesson 01 · 1.B
Look for: Circulate around to see students’ questions n…
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Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
1.B Ask questions about patterns in observations that can be investigated to figure out how sound travels and causes movement in other objects.
What to look / listen for
- Circulate around to see students’ questions now and again when they share to build the Driving Question Board.
- Open-ended, testable questions that are asking how or why something is happening.
- A set of questions to support investigations as you begin the unit.
What to do
The Driving Question Board is another opportunity for pre-assessment. You can see the types of questions your students are asking and what they are asking about. If students are struggling to ask how or why questions, guide them through practice turning yes/no questions into how or why questions as a class.
HOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Based on your group of students, instead of taking class time to capture questions, you can assign this for home learning.
Wrap up day 2. Remind students that they have come a long way in a couple of classes. They have seen an interesting phenomenon, they have come to some agreement on what they think they know, and they also have some questions to pursue about this phenomenon. In the next class or so, they will be coming up with concrete questions they will pursue as a class for this unit.