Observation year 10 SCI

LESSON OBSERVATION

- 9.52 lesson starts with electricity revisions test on the board - reference to yesterdays lesson

- student is told “it will be a tragedy if you are eating”.

- teacher explains the question on the board “explain what you have to do to the ruler to bend the water when you put the ruler next to the ruler”

- teacher explains the question and prompts answers

- teacher asks students to do the next question

- students walk in late, are asked where they were casually as they find their books to sit down

- two other students walk in late, find their seats

- 10.03 teacher continues to write on the board, 2x new questions

- students are writing down the question in their books, class is quiet and focused

- some students are quietly talking at the back of the class off task

- teacher asks “what are you doing? that is my point, please answer the question on the board.”

- teacher continues to write questions on the board to answer

- teacher asks if everybody has done the first question

- 10.05 one last student walks in, teacher comments “finally” and the student sits down

- teacher tells a few students to write the question in their books - ones who are not engaged

- teacher walks around the room and checks the students workbooks, teacher asks the question outloud and explains the question a little more

- volume lowers in the classroom and students are back to answer their questions

- one student asks why they never do practical. teacher replies that they are never in class

- teacher is rubbing a ruler on his arm

- he asks the students what he is doing

- one student begins to ask irrelevant questions

- teacher points to the door and says that if he is going to be annoying there is the door

- student quietens down

- teacher asks what happens to the water after the static electricity has been charged to the ruler

- teacher asks students what is happening to the water, what is making the water move?

- students tell him electrons

- teacher changes diagram on the board

- students answer his questions, he thanks them

- teacher is back to the front of the room next to the question

- explaining the question

- students are silent and writing in their books

- teacher is writing the answer on the board, students are quiet and answering his questions

- student throws rubbish in the bin across the room

- teacher puts their name up under a detention column on the board with 10 points next to their names

- teacher returns to the board to continue answering the questions and prompting the students for the answers

- teacher is calm and asks simple questions, no over complicating the question

- teacher asks “is this correct for the lamps?”

- student answers no, and says the right answer

- teacher asks is this a series circuit? why is it a series circuit?

- Teacher is up at the board, back faced to the class, and the class are writing the answers down carefully

- teacher asks what is the difference between a series and a parallel

- 10.15 alexis answers a good answer, teacher congratulates him and calls him a champion

- all students are in their seats, no one is moving around

- quiet while the teacher writes on the board

- new questions on the board

- students are generally quiet

- teacher walks around the class, approaches the noisy students to stand behind them

- students quieten down

- teacher is always asking questions to the class as a whole

- most students are responding

- one student starts to talk over the teacher

- teacher says “kakariki, detention.”

- student is quiet, and teacher continues to ask questions, students answer

- students are quiet

- teacher walks over to the front table, encourages the students

- teacher tells a student to quieten down

- one student has a phone out, their name is added to the detention list, student kicks up a fuss teacher says that this can go further if he wishes

- another student has her phone out on the desk and teacher explains that he can see her phone, and see she is not using it

- other students kick up a fuss, maxine is asked to put her phone away

- back to questions

- 10.22 one student comments that the questions don’t make sense

- teacher replies that these are questions adapted from the level 1 test in electricity and it is preparing them for the test tomorrow

- teacher questions class as a whole again and continues with the questioning

- teacher quietens the class, asks students to look to the front and tells the class to pay attention

- the class quieten down

- teacher continues to explain the question, students are all listening

- teacher asks if the students understand, students reply yes

- a student playing with her phone is added to the detention list

- teacher is fair with punishment and clear with expectations. Simple statements after a rule is broken, and immediate action

- students are chatting while the teacher refers to question sheet

- teacher writes up new questions on the board

- students ask how many questions there are, teacher replies with a final number and students keep working

- teacher is waiting for quiet, tells the students to listen, asks for quiet

- teacher refers to the level 5 curriculum, and refers to the test being at level 6 where the questions they are learning today are based off

- students are all listening

- teacher explains that the questions are being adapted from the test

- reminds a student to turn around and stop talking

- teacher is waiting for quiet and is saying names until the students respond

- teacher tells student to stop yelling out the answers, because his answers are wrong

- teacher congratulates a student for being on the right track

- teacher tells 3x students that they are on the right track

- 10.31teacher tells a student to stop yelling out over the top of the other students

- teacher refers to a real fusebox in the class and references back to the old lesson

- teacher describes a situation and reasoning

- teacher writes in a relevant question on the board

- students are quiet

- there is a teacher at the door

- the teacher answers quickly but does not interrupt the lesson

- teacher asks a question and prompts the answer by referring to an object that the students use in their everyday life and the students respond

- teacher explains the fact related to the device

- students begin to chatter and humm quietly - it is 20 mins till the end of the lesson

- teacher is writing questions on the board, students are copying them down

- teacher asks the class questions about the question and gets them to explain it out loud

- students describe the correct answer

- teacher asks them to write down the answer as notes

- teacher repeats the answer leaving gaps for the students to speak the missing words

- students write down the notes that they are providing for themselves

- teacher asks the students what the time is

- 10.40 teacher tells the students one more question

- student asks a question “why can some plugs run on two plugs and not 3”.

- teacher explains the reason and relates to back to real life

- 10.42 teacher tells them that that will do them

- and it is time for a science game with the remaining 12 minutes

- teacher does the roll

- Kahoots requires phones to be out

- teacher signs into the computer, students wait quietly with their phones out

- teacher goes to youtube to watch a electricity video on youtube as the cahoots is not working

- 10.50 teacher put on a electricity video

- students are all quiet and watching the hilarious electricity video

- the video is finished

- students are requesting the thunder song

- the bell is about to ring, students are pushing in their chairs and standing up

- teacher tells them to sit down and wait for the bell

- teacher warns them about the test tomorrow

- all students leave except the students with the monitoring book

- students leave after the book has been filled out

REFLECTION / THINGS I LIKE:

- Cruisey pace to the lesson - this relates to the students ability and keeping them relaxed in the classroom

- Teacher explains and explains the same thing. Does not move on from questions until everyone has indicated that they understand

- Very fast relations to students who break the peace

- No messing around, but a sense of humour

- Students are treated equally, names are on the board as soon as something happens

- When the students seem like they have had enough, the teacher responds by moving onto something different at the end of the lesson (youtube + Cahoots)

- Teacher expects silence and gets it. I must expect what I want and do it more clearly

- Relating the lesson to next years level one paper - re-enforcing that it is important to watch and learn from these lessons

- Relating the lesson and facts to real life things “your iPods etc”

- Referring to the level of the curriculum - nice

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