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Teaching Gravity

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Click on the  gravity presentation  to learn more about gravity and defying gravity. Presentation Results

Fieldwork Experience

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This fieldwork experience was quiet different then what I have been exposed throughout my time at Mount Saint Mary College. If I am being completely honest, I did not find it to be extremely effective for us future teachers. There were more expectations than I feel any of us were prepared for, and we were made aware of the expectations that were not met through feedback at the end of class. As for teaching science, I felt the groups adapted and remained professional throughout each lesson to ultimately conduct effective and education lessons for grades 2-6. Students were provided an array of resources and materials over the course of the program that they will hopefully take with them throughout their academic careers. It was interesting to observe the students who gravitated more towards books / hands on materials compared to those who enjoyed technology and navigating through different activities on the computer. I really was able to see the importance of technology being integrate

Book Trailer

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Follow link to see my Book Trailer  Gravity By: Jason Chin I found myself enjoying this assignment more than I ever thought. Initially, I thought it was going to be time consuming and not to my interest. I found this book Gravity, that goes along with my groups lesson objective and was immediately hooked. This isn’t your typical read aloud the way Author and Illustrator Jason Chin made this book is what really intrigued me (as I assume it would young readers) and no I will not tell how it is written or the images, you just have to read it for yourself! Anyway, it was my first time using Powtoon and I think it was the most easy to use perfect resource for a project like this. The user (myself) has the ability to completely customize the video to how you want it to be. I thoroughly enjoyed putting my own twist on this book, and cannot help but laugh every time I watch it and listen to my want to be movie announcer voice HA ! I was not expecting to be as enthusiastic about this ass