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Questions:
1. Using the powerful ideas we know about light draw a diagram of light passing through a pinhole camera. Under the diagram, explain what is happening and what powerful ideas about light are being used.
2. What is the tilt of the earth and how does this relate to the temperature fluctuations we see in Oregon?
3. Draw a Position/Time graph, a Velocity/Time graph, and an Acceleration/Time graph of a person walking away slowly and at a steady pace from a motion detector. When finished, explain the lines on the graph and what they mean. What powerful ideas about these graphs are being used?
4. You are trapped in your bedroom during a house fire. You have three doors in your room leading out, all made of different materials. These materials are wood, metal and glass, with handles of the same material. Using the powerful ideas about thermal phenomena and explaining these ideas, which door would you try to escape through first, second, and third?
5. How might a graph look different if you heat up water at a constant rate versus heating up ice at a constant rate? Draw a graph for each.
Reading Reflection:
I really like the idea that you need to teach to the student. Each person learns differently so it is important to know how your students learn so you can better teach them. Because of this difference in learning, I think it is very interesting that this teacher decided to use motion detectors to help all students learn. I don’t know if I would have thought of doing that on my own, though it really seemed to work for this class. When you are able to teach to all your students using only this device, by all means, use it!
Sequential directions are important for students because they will be using directions their whole lives. We see this importance by the standards that teachers are required to teach. This stresses the importance of order words, such as first, next, then and last. These are used not only in real life but all throughout school. The sooner they are able to use sequential directions, the clearer their directions for anything will be in the future.
I might use this idea in my future classroom one day because it helps incorporate many different kinds of learners in my lessons. This will also be exciting for about any kid you have in your classroom. Using the motion detectors can get the kids involved and excited, and this is as much as any teacher can ask for. When students are excited about something this is when real learning happens because they want to see what happens next. If this is all it takes to get my students involved and excited, it is definitely worth it.