Download - Beginning a Chromatography
We began in the Science Center with
Dr. O’Connor
Team 3Tamara Miles, Documenter
With Sandra JacquesAnd Christina Wood
We then moved to the “Authentic” building in the South West corner
Where Tamara (the documenter) and Sandra
and Christina (participants) met and
discussed…
… “Beginning a chromatography study”
Tamara and Sandra were not able to view the movie, but
Christina, who had voice issues in the beginning, could
play it on her end.
How do we fix it? We have no idea…
First: He Identified the concepts, activating the student’s prior knowledge
Then he arranged the information so patterns could be found while he explained the components of the experiment
Last, he guided the students to the objectives, promoting social interactions and allowing them to advance schema construction
What scaffolding does the teacher do to present the chromatography?
We began with question number
one:
“These are the suspects, let’s start with the
crime scene…”
“These are actual chromatography
papers”
“Why don’t we
all do it at once…”
Hold on! Wouldn’t some examples be
helpful here?
How about a lap top with some real-world
Chromatography playing on YouTube?
Or even a handout with some
explanations.
What other questions might you ask to ensure that students are
understanding the process?
On to Question number two:
What do these colors we see
actually represent? Why is it
important that the paper not touch the sides of the
beaker?
Every student benefits from identifying the objective
Closure completes the process of schema production
Finally we discussed question number three:
What suggestions might you make to the teacher to get more participation
from the students?
“Which one do you want
to talk about?”
There was a lot of excitement!
“High five!”
The objectives were clear and
they produced an outcome.
The approach was very good!
Presenting to the judges was a great way to show cooperation and understanding!
But wait a minute, couldn’t the teacher have asked more questions to get everyone involved?
Maybe if they had a list to follow it would have
been easier for everyone to participate?
At the end of the day we all agreed that this was a
fantastic, well thought out activity that engaged the
students and created healthy interactions
between them!
Case Closed!