In my time in the TEP here at the University of Iowa I have been exposed to the website quite a bit. I actually really like this website. I like that they split up each grade and each subject into multiple sections. It makes things so much easier to navigate through.
As I looked through the science section, I noticed that it was a lot smaller than most of the other sections. I'm not sure what this means, but it seems like maybe Iowa is not focusing as much on science than the other subjects? I decided to focus on second grade, but when going through each separate subject of science there wasn't much to look at. Life science seemed to be the longest, so I picked that because it had more to look at. After reading each of the essential concepts, I really thought that the ones they had chosen fit well with the age group. Many of the concepts if taught correctly could be a ton of fun for kids to learn. One idea I had was when teaching the life cycles, having the entire class act out the life cycle. It's a fun way to get the kids moving and learning through experience.
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