OpenSciEd Unit 8.3 · Lesson 08 · 8.A
Look for: This is an additional place you can assess st…
From Teacher Edition
Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
8.A Ask questions and carry out investigations to answer questions about how the pattern of energy flow compares in different systems using a speaker, a wire coil, a lightbulb, a battery, and a computer.
What to look / listen for
This is an additional place you can assess students’ ability to ask questions to clarify gaps in their understanding about the flow of energy from a battery and a computer. Examples of things students might ask about are
questions about what is different about the current coming from the battery and current coming from the sound generator,
questions about how the current is changing to make the LED shine red and then shine green,
questions about how the current from a sound generator is like the current coming from the battery when it is flipped, and
questions about what is going on inside the computer that allows it to change the current over time in the first place.
What to do
If students do not generate productive questions, ask them to formulate questions that start with “how” and/or “why.”