Scientific Revolution

The most important component of the Scientific revolution lesson was the integration of science and social studies. With the lack of time in the day too many schools cut out on one or the other, I see this in my practicum classroom. It is very rare that the teacher has enough time for both subjects but she does try to integrate as in this lesson as much as possible. The hands on experiements provided an engaging learning opportunity to truly learn rather than listening to the teacher's discussion or blindly reading from a text. And i will say it, some of the experiements were "FUN". Hands on materials are a motivator for students to actively participate and when students are active they are learning. I also like working in groups, working in groups is a social learning experience and this strategy should be used in the classroom whether the students are in first grade or 11th. In addition to working in groups, i like how the groups were randomly selected by the colored erasers, by using this method throughout the school year students will get acquainted with all of their classmates instead of the select few they are friends with, this also eliminates the teacher from placing the weaker students with the stronger which is benefecial but not good to do all of the time.