Lesson+Plan+Reflection

===One of the advantages of using the NTeQ format is that you are forced to write down the content standards that you are teaching and the outcome that you want your students to achieve. (I am writing this reflection and leaving it on my wiki for my students to see because this reflection activity, like the writing of a lesson plan, leads to a certain transparency in the process of teaching and learning.) ===

===When I began this lesson on the scientific method, it was with the idea that this is a review of content standards from previous years and that there could be great variation in student understanding of the scientific method. This issue was addressed by allowing students who are more comfortable with the topic to select a more difficult "discovery" than students who are still becoming comfortable with the use of the scientific method. ===

===The lesson plan format made me think about the diverse groups of students and then I created a lesson with a rubric that would meet all of the different needs that exist from content interest all the way to demonstration of knowledge. As a result of the self-reflection that goes into creating a lesson plan there will be an increase in the amount of student interaction with the content; an increase in the interest level of the student because of the opportunity to self select a topic; an increase in the participation between students in class and eventually content understanding will increase. ===

===This lesson plan format requires teachers to make sure that the lesson that they are planning meets content standards and that there is a clear and well explained set of objectives for students to demonstrate their mastery of those standards. ===