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The approach is for the lessons to be discovery based. Lessons are experiments with
physical objects, movement, social exchange, and reflection. The interactive lessons
allow children to exercise autonomy, have social interaction in a psychologically safe
environment, and develop curiosity, initiative, and confidence in learning (Gredler,
2009). Furthermore, social interaction and discussion helps clear up any
misconceptions the students might have (p. 298).
These lessons below are intended to be interactive and create the opportunity for
logical operations, ideation, disequilibrium, and social exchange.
Goal of Instruction: Students explore the five senses through hands-on activities.
Activity: Students pretend they are dolphins, marine mammals. One side of the
classroom is considered air and the rest of classroom is imagined to be
underwater. The teacher places grapes or crackers in various locations in the
imagined underwater area. Students have to hold their breath and can’t use
their hands while fetching a cracker or grape on a napkin to bring back to air side
of the classroom to eat.
o What animals are very small? What animals are very large?
o Do all sea animals swim? Can you name a sea animal that doesn’t swim?
Activity: Tub with about 3 inches of water. One side of the tub propped up by
books, so the tub has a shore on the bottom of the tub. The students have to
make waves without touching the water.
How are the ripples different from the water around them?