Differentiated Instruction for Science

What is differentiated instruction?

Differentiated instruction, also called differentiation, is a process through which teachers enhance learning by matching student characteristics to instruction and assessment. Differentiated instruction allows all students to access the same classroom curriculum by providing entry points, learning tasks, and outcomes that are tailored to students’ needs (Hall, Strangman, & Meyer, 2003). Differentiated instruction is not a single strategy, but rather an approach to instruction that incorporates a variety of strategies.

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Question: What is “IT”?

Astronomers do IT all night.
Chemists do IT by bonding.
Newton did IT with force.
Eighteenth century physicists did IT with rigid bodies.
Maxwell did IT with magnetism.
Volta did IT with a jolt.
Watt did IT with power.
Joule did IT with energy.
Ohm did IT with resistance.
Pascal did IT under pressure.
Hooke did IT using springs.
Coulomb got all charged up about IT.
Hertz did IT frequently.
Boltzmann did IT in heat.
Ampere let IT flow.
For Franklin, IT was an electrifying experience.
Edison claims to have invented IT.
When Richter did IT, the Earth shook.
For Darwin, IT was natural.
Freud did IT in his sleep.
Mendel studied the consequences of IT.
When Wegener did IT, continents moved.
Classical physicists do IT in perfectly uniform harmonic motion.
Heisenberg was never sure whether he even did IT.
Bohr did IT in an excited state.
Pauli did IT but excluded his friends.
Schrödinger did IT in waves.
Bose did IT with partners.
Einstein did IT on a curved surface.
Oort did IT in a cloud.
Hubble did IT in the dark.
Watson and Crick got all wound up about IT.
Cosmologists do IT in a big bang.
Theorists do IT on paper.
Wigner did IT in a group.
Richter and Ting did IT with charm.
Astrophysicists do IT with young starlets.
Planetary scientists do IT with Uranus.
Electron microscopists do IT 100,000 times.
Feynman did IT in fields.
Hawking wrote a brief history of IT.
And supersymmetric theorists do IT with sleptons.

Answer: IT = science, of course

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As simple as 123..

Teaching Science through experiments, will make it as a favourite subject among the children. despite having fun when doing experiments, the children will a gain a valuable knowledge and by doing experiments it will help you answer a lot of questions asked by your children. Simple, safe and easy science experiments and projects can be achieved with everyday materials and recycled items found around your house. It can be done in classrooms as well as at home. One of the advantages to doing a science project with your child is that you can spend quality time with your children. Click here to know more about the advantages of doing science experiments with your children.

Tips for doing Science experiments with your children:

• Pick Science experiments that are age appropriate. Kids will lose interest quickly if the experiments is either too easy or too difficult.
• Read through the directions prior to doing science experiment with your kids. This will allow for the experiment to go more smoothly. (To know more about the tips the tips click here)

Here are some links to the sites providing easy instructions for doing science experiments with your children. Click here, here or here.

Science Facts for Kids

Science is a fascinating subject, there are so many amazing things to learn or even discover yourself. Thankfully you’ve got a lot of time to research, the average human only sleeps for about 35% of the day while Armadillos and Sloths spend about 80% of their time sleeping, now that’s lazy! Read on to find out more interesting science facts about animals, plants, chemistry, physics, humans, electricity, magnets, biology, planet earth, space and more. There are also plenty of funny facts for those of us that like to see the amusing side of science (Taken from this site). Find more interesting science facts here.

Fun Science Music Videos

Here are some fun science vidoes that I have found. Enjoy watching them!

Lesson Plan: Shoot System of Plants

Theme             :           Systems

Unit 12            :           Shoot System of Plants

                                    A Stem

                                    B Leaves

                                    C Flowers

The Set-up	Theme Goals: This theme aims to emphasise the unifying scientific nature of systems despite the amazing diversity of living things and non living things. Pupils should recognize that a system consist of various part that work together to perform a functions. There are systems in nature as well as man made system.
	Learning Objective(s): At the end of the lesson pupils should be able to: Discover and differentiate the gross functions(s) of each part of the shoot system: stem, leaf and flower Investigate and draw the structure of a named flower: sepals, petals, stamen(filament and anther) and pistils (stigma, style, ovary, ovule) and to relate the following floral parts to their functions: sepals, petals, stamen, pistils and flower stalk Explore that photosynthesis is a process by which green leaves produce food using water, carbon dioxide and sunlight and to relate plant parts to their role in photosynthesis: leaves, stem and roots Identify the floral parts of a variety of local flowers Appreciate the beauty of nature and the benefits that the nature contribute to humans
	Materials: Computer LCD Projector CD-ROM which contains learning resources Printed worksheets Real objects : Pot of flowers, flowers, forceps, magnifying glass, small pieces of cards, transparent plastic bags, glue or tape, scissors, coloured pen, 2B pencils.

 

The Lesson	The Hook: Bring in to the class a pot of plants which could clearly show all the parts of the shoot system of the plants: stem, leaf and flower. Let pupils ask questions about the plants and let them discuss within themselves the answer to the questions asked with minimal guidance from the teacher. Then only, the teacher can state to the pupils that the plants has stem, leaf and flower which happen to be the shoot system of the plants. Then, the teacher can begin the lesson by introducing the unit to be covered throughout the lesson.
	Exploration: By using Microsoft PowerPoint slides, pupils together with teacher explore the functions of each part of the shoot system. Shoot System of Plant PPT Teacher will distribute randomly to pupil the pictures of different shapes of leaves. The pupils will be given time to think on how to describe the shape of the given pictures of leaves then will ask them to describe briefly to the whole class. Teacher will show video on Photosynthesis. The video explains the processes of photosynthesis with background song related to the processes. Pupils will be given worksheet Photosynthesis Worksheetto record on information they found about the processes of photosynthesis provided by the videos and the lyrics of the song. Then pupils will carry on experiment to identify the different parts of a flower and then pupils will explore the functions of each part of the flowers using Microsoft PowerPoint slides.
	Practice: The pupils will practice all the concepts they have explored through playing “Follow-me” cards game. Cards will be given randomly to pupils and teacher will choose one pupil to start with the first question on his/her card, then whoever have the answer to the question will continue with the next question and the process continue until all cards have been read. Who’s Next Card Game To practice the process of photosynthesis, teacher will distribute the lyrics of the song played on the video, then pupils will be asked to sing the song in the class. Photosynthesis Lyrics
	Summary: To help pupils to solidify the concepts they learned, pupils will be doing interactive activities related to the concepts learned. Pupils will be provided with notes to help them review the concepts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/life_cycles.shtml

 

The closure

Assessment: Teacher will conduct a virtual quiz sessions. The pupils are required to answer the questions asked by the teacher to check whether learning objectives were met. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/life_cycles.shtml Each pupil will also be asked to do an interactive homework. http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/plant.htm http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html

The Preview: The lesson on the shoot system of the plant and different parts of flower can be a vital knowledge before pupils can proceed to the next lesson that is Fruits and Seeds

Interactive Sites

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I’ve managed to find interesting interactive sites to be shared with all of you. Feel free to click on the links below and have a go with the activites. Enjoy! =)

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 Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation and merciless to fallacy in logic – Thomas Huxley

 

Introductory Note

Welcome to One Stop Education Site. This site is intended for the use of teachers, future teachers and students especially concerning primary levels. There are links to resources about teaching, lesson plans as well as activities for students to do and download. I hope this site serve its purpose to help you obtain what you are looking for. Take your time, and enjoy browsing through this site.

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