This week was all about interest approaches. We were tasked with teaching an interest approach on any topic we wanted. I chose to create an interest approach to be used in my agriculture ecology unit in the spring. At first, I had a difficult time coming up with an idea. I wanted to do an activity that would have students move around rather than just playing a video clip. Finally, after much brain storming, I decided to create a role-playing type activity where students would be given a specific organism to act as and interact with each other around the classroom. While this activity may seem silly, it forces students to get out of their comfort zone while still learning important information. Overall I think that my interest approach went really well. One thing that I would be cautious of in the future is that the activity would work best with a medium to large size group of students. Stay tuned for my next reflection!
When we first started labs last fall, I found it difficult to grasp interest approaches at first. They don't always have to be a video or something magnificent. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be ready to rock and roll!
ReplyDeleteOlivia, thank you for describing your interest approach activity. One of the important parts of these lab reflections is to discuss your gems and opps and what/how you would do to improve the lesson for next time. Please include these items in your next post.
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