Allen-Lesson Teaching Reflective Summary

Water Testing
Teacher Candidate for Science Endorsement: Chinita Allen
Instructor: Chinita Allen
School: Chalker Elementary

Grade: 4th

Lesson Topic: Water Testing

Write a brief summary or blog of your experiences teaching this lesson,
addressing the following questions:

What went well? What did not go well? (Cite specific examples)
This lesson went very well. Students were able to test rain runoff in our outdoor nature trail. For this lesson students worked
alongside the Adopt A Stream Water Environmentalist. They
used real data collecting equipment and tested water for pH
levels, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and temperature.
Were the lessons student performance objectives attained?
Students were able to work together collaboratively and record
data to later analyze and draw conclusions.

Did classroom activity center on science understanding, inquiry,

and sense-making by all students? Yes, students were able to
research and investigate healthy streams using real and
authentic equipment and assessments.

Did your scientific content knowledge enable you to support

students construction of knowledge and understanding of
important scientific concepts and processes? Yes, I was also able
to utilize learned knowledge and resources from experts in the
field. I also attended an educator in-service training.
When you have the opportunity to re-teach this lesson, what will
you do differently (strategies, teaching tools, assessments, etc.)
to improve student learning for all students? I would like to invite
parent volunteers to help students as they performed their actual
investigations. Id also like to record more of their collaborative
discussions as I think the teachable moments transpired as
students were doing the science.