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In this lesson, students learn the life cycle of a frog through discussing and acting out their growing stages. The objective is to identify the stages of amphibians from egg to adult.
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Amphibians come in many shapes, sizes, and colors and can be described and identified using language that appeals to our senses of sight, touch, and hearing. When students compare different amphibians, they are more…
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In this lesson, students describe and demonstrate the movement of amphibians and reptiles through a relay race. The objective is for students to be able to describe the characteristic movements of amphibians.
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In this lesson, students will color and hide amphibians to learn about camouflage and use their sense of sight to search them out. The objective is for students to be able to demonstrate their knowledge of how…
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In this lesson, students move through an outside area or school hallway to discover picture cards with messages that describe migration challenges. The objectives are for students to be able to describe migration as a…
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In this lesson, students discuss the ingredients that make up a healthy frog pond. The objective is for students to be able to describe the components of a frog pond to include living parts—plants and animals—and…
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In this lesson, students create a list of living and nonliving things found within a frog pond habitat and discuss their relationships to each other through the creation of a simulated web using a ball of yarn. The…
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How the Brain Visually Perceives the World
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These classic activities explore how our eyes and brain receive and process visual information. Each activity requires approximately five minutes. For a richer experience with these activities, consult a neuroanatomy…
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Why Did I Completely Change My Classroom?
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The key to mastery learning is that students are required to show mastery of a concept before they are allowed to move on to the next concept. The teacher determines at what level the mastery must be accomplished—for…
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Research-Based Techniques Incorporated Within Mastery Learning
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This chapter begins with a brief explanation of cognition and how we learn. This explanation will serve as the foundation for understanding why the various aspects of mastery learning have the impact that they do.
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Practical Implications of Mastery Learning
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The research supports the belief that mastery learning results in improved student learning and motivation. But how do you actually do it? What are the implications of revamping a course to make it a mastery learning…
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How Mastery Learning Might Look
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In this chapter, the author describes what their mastery learning classroom looks like and presents several variations that could be used to make mastery learning fit specific circumstances or people.
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It’s very daunting to consider completely changing the way your classroom is run. The author went back and forth many times in the month before school started before making the switch to mastery learning. The author…
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Butter Battle: Physical Changes Versus Chemical Changes
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When passing hot rolls around the dinner table, buying popcorn at a movie theater, or making cookies, it is there: butter. Creating butter in a bottle helps students see how a physical change can be more drastic than an…
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