Before the class began, I was somewhat dreading teaching science. I like science, but was never very good at it and having to teach it was something I was worried about. As a result from watching the movies and doing the posters that we did in class, I feel that my thoughts about teaching science have changed in some way. I do feel like the way I was planning to teach any subject has changed. Through these activities, I am learning better ways to focus my lessons on the students and learning how the students are going to respond to me as a teacher. Getting the insight of how students think and how they are going to respond to the lessons is something that all teachers need, and something that I have been given in this class. I know that even though I'm not that great in science, teaching it won't be as hard as I expected. I know now that its okay to learn with my students, when I don't know about the subject.
I really liked the activity we did about the National Science Education Standards and I personally like them better then the Iowa Core Curriculum for science. Instead of splitting the different science subjects and giving them one standard to teach, having a list for all of them is a lot nicer. The standards make a lot of sense, and not only will I use them in science, but in other subjects as well. Science seems like a subject that is going to be a ton of fun to teach, because of the inquiry based teaching that is needed. I'm excited to watch my students learn and explore with science.
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