My Science Experience : My fieldwork Experience

A couple of days ago our class had finished our last day of fieldwork at Bishop Dunn Memorial School. This was such a great learning experience not just for me, but for my colleagues as well. We all learned so much as a class and I am sure we will carry this experience throughout our learning and even when we do become teachers. Even though we did finish our fieldwork, we did not finish our class and I am excited to see what else is in store for us going forward!

Lesson Plans

During my time at fieldwork I got to see two types of lessons, a direct lesson and a inquiry lesson. Since we were split into groups of 3 or 4 I was able to see how each group did their lesson and the different ways of teaching the content with the lesson plans. Direct lesson is the direct teaching of the information. You are giving the students the information on the topic and then giving them guided practices to then challenge their knowledge on what was just taught. In inquiry lesson, you are providing the students with a problem to solve and they will go through the steps of inquiry to solve it. While watching my groups present, I was able to see how much the students progressed and how much they loved all of our lessons!

Another part of this experience that I learned a lot from was creating the lessons. Each lesson has a different format. For direct, it is introduction, development, guided practice, closure, and then assessment. When creating a inquiry lesson, you use the format of the 5E's, which are engage, explore, explain, extend, and evaluate. After we would create our lessons Dr. Smirnova would give of feedback on what we should work on and how to improve our lessons for the future. I think that it was a great way for us to see where we need improvements on that way we can better ourselves as teachers. It also helped when actually teaching our lessons.

Below is the link to my group's lesson plan for Direct and Inquiry lesson!

Direct Lesson

Inquiry Lesson

Reflections & Feedback

Not only did we create and actually teach our lessons to a classroom of students, we were observed by our fellow classmates. We were expected to watch each group and fill out a form and answer questions based on each groups teaching and lesson. We were also at the end of creating our lessons were exceptions to reflect and add questions for us, as a group, to reflect on at the end of teaching. I thought everyone did an amazing job teaching their lesson. Especially since, for most of us, it was our first time teaching in front of an actual classroom. Each group work extremely hard on their lessons and did the best they could! Below is a link to each of my observations on each group, including the reflection of my own group!

Group 1 (my group)

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

We were unable to see their direct lesson.

Inquiry Lesson