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Group 4 went on 11/2/21 and 11/4/21and presented their lessons about energy transfer, engineering, and electricity. They did a wonderful job keeping the students engaged and incorporating past lessons taught by others groups really made their lessons connect everything back together and that was great.
For lesson one which was on 11/2/21, the teachers introduced themselves, explained the class rules and expectations and the attention grabber of “macaroni and cheese” and the students said “Everybody freeze”. The teachers shared a code for the Nearpod which started off with an 8 question game based on energy to get the students prior knowledge rolling. Then they transitioned to a "Observe, Think, and Wonder" video about the previous lessons and teachers asked the students if they think they could make a chain reaction, and then a video was showed about a young boy who makes chain reactions, “Berg Awesome” and the students made predictions on how the chain reaction was going to work. The students were shown a chain reaction simulation on Nearpod and this marked the beginning into the engineering part of their lesson. The students then created a model of their own chain reactions. The students recorded their responses on a Flipgrid and talked about their ideas which was their independent practice.
For the second lesson which was on 11/4/21, I believed everything flowed smoothly because they continued from where they left off. Teachers let the students share their Flipgrid videos of the chain reactions they created.The teachers used a Nearpod and had the students play a game where they matched pictures to the corresponding type of energy. Students then saw a video on electrical energy and then on Nearpod they answered the question "if you didn’t have power how would it affect you?" and many students had interesting things to say, then they were able to share their thoughts aloud. Then they did a lightbulb and battery simulation which the students were very curious about and they were able to share their conclusions drawn after the simulation. Students were shown a quote of the day, and they filled out the independent practice worksheet.
The teachers did a very good job, and I was engaged throughout the lessons and I can say the same for the students. I love that they shared the students flipgrids with us. I was distracted by notification dings going off I really wish that was muted. Group 4 you did a great job!
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