Checking the Fluids - Assessment
How do you know that nothing is wrong with your bus if you don't check the fluids? You can't. You can't tell if one fluid is running low versus another until you check. You've got to have a way to assess which fluids are on track and which ones need some work. In my classroom it's the same way. I have to have way to assess each day that my students are grasping the content they should.
Quizzes/Study Guides/Exit Tickets
- I have recently be utilizing the chromebooks in my classroom more often. I love giving short 10 minute quizzes on google forms, 5 minute exit tickets, and study guides the day before a test. My students can log on and answer the questions and get instant feedback on where they are. The students love this! They instantly know the grade they get because the answer key pops up when they complete it. I tend to get behind on grading in my classroom, so this helps me and my students. They have a better idea of their grades in my class and I don’t have to spend as much time grading. I can also easily get data from these assessments. They upload straight to a google sheets document that I then can work up data on and figure out what I need to reteach or address again before the test. I will also use some of the questions that students struggled with as bellringers for class the next day. The students have really enjoyed this switch and it has been a lifesaver for me with year.
Link:
Electricity Study Guide:
https://docs.google.com/a/westpoint.k12.ms.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNdzpZqv9pfouvc1SW5rRlg5Rz3lhGNYE7l061evAlTODXjA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Solutions Introduction Quiz:
https://docs.google.com/a/westpoint.k12.ms.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcsYRtawTQfDCTAykPvxU9ijQmoHa7m8gEQ3dFAow6CvedpA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Tests
- I give a lot of standard assessments in my room. Our school asks us to do common assessments every two weeks with the other teachers who teach the same subject. These are general multiple choice tests that can data is tracked on each class period to see how the classes are comparing to each other and to the other teachers.
Projects
- I also enjoy doing projects in my classroom. It gives the students a chance to think critically and show what they know about the content we go over. Projects that my students completed over the last two years include a bridge project, s’mores lab, and the density lab (these were all included on the excellence tab). I've also done a density lab where the students had to calculate the density of various objects and then we made a density tower using different liquids, like honey, water, dish soap, milk, etc. The students then had to predict what layer the item would float in and then we dropped them to test. My students enjoyed this so much! The density tower was a hit. It also let me evaluate 2 things. First, how well they understood density calculations, and second the level of precision used in their measurements. Every year, we also make ice cream in my class. We talk about states of matter, freezing point depression, and even brush the surface of emulsifiers. My students love this project because it's fun and tasty. They don't realize you can make ice cream so easily. But after this project they also understand how complex it is to create the ice cream you buy in the stores.
Quizzes/Study Guides/Exit Tickets
- I have recently be utilizing the chromebooks in my classroom more often. I love giving short 10 minute quizzes on google forms, 5 minute exit tickets, and study guides the day before a test. My students can log on and answer the questions and get instant feedback on where they are. The students love this! They instantly know the grade they get because the answer key pops up when they complete it. I tend to get behind on grading in my classroom, so this helps me and my students. They have a better idea of their grades in my class and I don’t have to spend as much time grading. I can also easily get data from these assessments. They upload straight to a google sheets document that I then can work up data on and figure out what I need to reteach or address again before the test. I will also use some of the questions that students struggled with as bellringers for class the next day. The students have really enjoyed this switch and it has been a lifesaver for me with year.
Link:
Electricity Study Guide:
https://docs.google.com/a/westpoint.k12.ms.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNdzpZqv9pfouvc1SW5rRlg5Rz3lhGNYE7l061evAlTODXjA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Solutions Introduction Quiz:
https://docs.google.com/a/westpoint.k12.ms.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcsYRtawTQfDCTAykPvxU9ijQmoHa7m8gEQ3dFAow6CvedpA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Tests
- I give a lot of standard assessments in my room. Our school asks us to do common assessments every two weeks with the other teachers who teach the same subject. These are general multiple choice tests that can data is tracked on each class period to see how the classes are comparing to each other and to the other teachers.
Projects
- I also enjoy doing projects in my classroom. It gives the students a chance to think critically and show what they know about the content we go over. Projects that my students completed over the last two years include a bridge project, s’mores lab, and the density lab (these were all included on the excellence tab). I've also done a density lab where the students had to calculate the density of various objects and then we made a density tower using different liquids, like honey, water, dish soap, milk, etc. The students then had to predict what layer the item would float in and then we dropped them to test. My students enjoyed this so much! The density tower was a hit. It also let me evaluate 2 things. First, how well they understood density calculations, and second the level of precision used in their measurements. Every year, we also make ice cream in my class. We talk about states of matter, freezing point depression, and even brush the surface of emulsifiers. My students love this project because it's fun and tasty. They don't realize you can make ice cream so easily. But after this project they also understand how complex it is to create the ice cream you buy in the stores.
Test:
scientific_notation_significant_figures_accuracy_vs._precision_temperature_conversions_dimensional_analysis_and_density_test.docx |
properties_of_matter_test.docx |
Bridge Project: (Adapted from Teachers Pay Teachers Project)
bridge_project.docx |