Science and Technology
Planning KLEWS Charts for Science Experiments
In my science class I have learned how important science experiments can be in building students' inquiry skills by developing their questioning and processing skills. A KLEWS chart can be an excellent tool to use in a classroom for this purpose but KLEWs charts require a large amount of preparation by the teacher for the charts to be effective. In my science class, we were assigned the task of planning and creating three experiments that could be made into a KLEWS chart. As a group we decided to create experiments for grade two 'Understanding Structures and Mechanisms - Movement', grade three 'Understanding Earth and Space Systems -Soils in the Environment', and grade six 'Understanding Matter and Energy - Electricity and Electrical Devices'.
Below I have shown the layout that I used to develop the preparation for these KLEWS charts and the description of each experiment for the three grades.
In my science class I have learned how important science experiments can be in building students' inquiry skills by developing their questioning and processing skills. A KLEWS chart can be an excellent tool to use in a classroom for this purpose but KLEWs charts require a large amount of preparation by the teacher for the charts to be effective. In my science class, we were assigned the task of planning and creating three experiments that could be made into a KLEWS chart. As a group we decided to create experiments for grade two 'Understanding Structures and Mechanisms - Movement', grade three 'Understanding Earth and Space Systems -Soils in the Environment', and grade six 'Understanding Matter and Energy - Electricity and Electrical Devices'.
Below I have shown the layout that I used to develop the preparation for these KLEWS charts and the description of each experiment for the three grades.