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My second artifact is pictures of some of the reversible changes the students had created.

This
lesson really ties well with TQS 3: Demonstrating a professional body of knowledge. Early on I
found that the students in this particular classroom have a very hard time focusing and staying on
task. This led me to make highly engaging lessons that allowed students to explore what they
were learning with their eyes, ears, and hands. I set up six stations for the students to explore
different types of changes whether they were reversible or permanent. The students loved this
activity, they were very focused and at the end when I brought them all together they were able
to tell me which stations had reversible changes and which had permanent changes. It also got
them thinking about whether a reversible change could ever be a permanent change (for
example: inflating and then deflating a balloon is reversible but not if you pop the balloon).
Overall they not only learned a lot but they had fun doing it which I think is what teaching
should be as often as you can manage it.

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