Hi Amy,

Your lesson plan sequence of science activities to understand the mathematics principles is very effective in terms of your teaching strategies employed all through your activities. You have set objectives that are challenging for children at the same time ensuring there is enough scaffolding for them to feel secure around taking a risk and exploring the learning environment, both indoor and outdoor.

I loved the idea of incorporating the 5E model to base your study on. I may take this as an inspiration for my practical experiences when I go for placements.  Your instructions were adequate, very detailed and precise. You have included the usage of various types of graphs in the learning objectives, for example, lesson 4, which is a great teaching approach and my personal favourite for practising analytical skills.

The only addition/ improvement I can suggest perhaps will be to consider varying abilities and characteristics of students.  As a teacher exploring the scope and the need for differentiation’ to the content/ process ensuring differentiation techniques for students at different learning starting points so that all students can comprehend and work with ease in this type of topic.  I would have liked to see this component covered in all activities.

Cheers,

Nupur