Journal 9

I had another observation this morning and it was quite productive. All the teachers give out a Chemistry Performance Assessment question that involves all the labs they have done and they have to use the labs as references to answer the question and write up a formal report. It was a great way to web pieces of knowledge together into one cohorent group report. Also, which I think is a great idea, my teacher gives her students who are all Juniors a project on investigating science course curriculum by analzying two colleges they would like to consider going to and choosing science as a major and obtaining information. After collecting all the information, they put it into a table and a formal lab report and today I helped my teacher by going online to various schools including Rutgers and going to the web pages where they showed course outlines, major requirements, etc. which she projected on the screen. I think its a great way for students to begin to get involved with the college process and navigating through college websites.