OpenSciEd Unit 8.6 · Lesson 15
Look for: evidence from the activities and lessons they…
From Teacher Edition
Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
What to look / listen for
evidence from the activities and lessons they have done in the unit to support their answers
logical reasoning connecting the evidence to their answers
What to do
If students struggle to provide the evidence and reasoning, give students examples and use questions to guide them. Ask them, How do you know that? What did we do in class that made you answer that way? How did that activity change your thinking?
- If students need more challenges, ask them to connect their answers to the models or sketch the part of the model that their answer is about.
- Review and share the questions that students think we have answered. Present slide B and have students mark on the class DQB with sticky dots the questions that they think we have made progress on.✱ Then have students move into their Scientists Circle.
Revisiting the DQB is important for students to feel as though their questions are valued and recognized. While not all questions will have been addressed (it’s more likely that 50-75 percent will be at least partially answered), this helps students see that they have done this hard work to answer many of their own questions.