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SA |
A |
N |
D |
SD |
| |
| The instructors communicated
effectively. |
6 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| The instructors made effective use of
class time. |
1 |
11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The instructors generated enthusiasm in me
for the material. |
4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
0 |
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| The materials provided were appropriate
and useful. |
8 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
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| The in-class activities were appropriate
and useful. |
3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
0 |
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| I will use some of the workshop activities
in future classes. |
3 |
11 | 1 | 0 |
0 |
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| I will use all of the workshop activities
in future classes. |
1 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
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| The workshop as a whole fostered my
intellectual growth. |
8 |
6 |
1 | 0 |
0 |
Responses to narrative questions:
What segments of the workshop were the most
interesting and/or effective?
- both hands-on and computer
- Finding astronomical distances, rock observations, data collection, bean estimation activity, geology instruction
- As is the case in class; hands on, inquiry based activities were the best.
- Earth Science / layer / folds; knowledge to use and extend for hand-on minds-on activities
- The segments most interesting were the hands-on activities that we performed inside and outside.
- Doing the labs plus having time to look at websites on the computer
- Most interesting parts of the workshops were the orbits and discovering the distances between far away objects
- The rocks were of greatest interest to me because they fit my standards. The space portions of the workshop made we wish I taught 8th grade!
- earthquakes / volcanoes
- demonstrations / hands on activities
- The measuring of the distance of an object very far away, like the sun, with only a little math and a few tools. Also the identification of rocks
- The hands-on experiments. I also enjoyed the extended explorations from the instructors -- I learned alot! Very knowledgable instructors!
- I really enjoyed the whole workshop! I may have been more interested in the Ohio geology just because I will be using that this year in class.
- I appreciated the lecture portion of the workshop that provided me with more current information on topics that I teach.
- Astronomical distances (inside and outside); also counting stars and galaxies.; geology discussion of Ohio. (Thank you for all equipment!)
What aspects of the workshop could use
improvement?
- More time on presentation
- Some info presented too detailed / in-depth for middle school teacher needs
- Age / Grade level appropriateness
- Seemed to have a lot of downtime
- Need some more activities to do so there wasn't so much downtime.
- N/A
- Some information could be geared down to be more useful to our students.
- Less down time. Shorter day.
- More activities geared at middle school level.
- Some additional practices of concepts taught
- The activities are a little too high level for our student's abilities.
- There is some down times that could be shortened.
- Maybe just a little more direction with the final project
- Some, but not all, activities could be modified to meet needs of average to below average students in middle grades.
- Evolution discussion
What
additional equipment would you like to have to assist you in teaching middle
school science?
-
More of the corkboards to draw ellipses, electric moon, earth, sun. PVC pipes.
- Electric earth-moon-sun models, materials to construct corkboards, PVC piping - varying size/thick, elbows, joints, t-connectors, celestial balls (inflatable). Rocks - similar to those shown in workshop; Hubble telescope posters.
- Commercial models of Sun / Earth / Moon systems. Materials to construct corkboard. PVC pipes + elbows / T-connectors
- digital scales / microscopes / laptops
- Tape measures. Classroom set of calculators. Hotplates.
- Computers and "airports" to have the students be able to use the internet in the classroom. Weather station.
- Computers. Smartboards.
- Our district can make use of just about anything.
- Wireless computer lab earmarked for science department.
- Wireless lab. Lapidary equipment.
- Orbital models of the sun, moon, earth and planets. More digital scales.
- Burners / heaters (just about anything really)
- Wireless notebooks. Flex camera.
- The mention of a wireless computer lab on the first day of the workshop would be a dream come true.
- Electric moon-earth-sun models. Money to make corkboards for all students
- PVC pipes
What other types of support would
you like to have to assist you in teaching middle school science?
- Staying in contact with other teachers to share information
- It would be wonderful if you could visit our classrooms - see how we present these concepts to students in middle school.
- It would be beneficial to have some sort of bulletin board / blog to support one another.
- Continue with workshops.
- It would be nice if we could access more computers available.
- More ideas on how to use, or examples of how to use simulations to present abstract concepts to the students
- More experimental ideas and access to facilities for students to become actively engaged (Observatory, etc)
- It would be great to have Kenyon students come in once a month to assist with labs.
- Lab assistant volunteers
- Ongoing personal development in smaller time frames, like 3 or 4 one-day workshops throughout the year.
- Updated technological equipment
- Books on advances in technology and how it's changed the workplace
- Kenyon college has been so supportive to our school and we are so lucky to have the opportunity for all programs and materials provided by Kenyon. Thanks so much!
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