Scavenger Hunt

The day had come for us to choose our fieldwork groups we would be teaching in. I was very excited to get work in the same group as Emma and Kristie. We had to come with a group name before we could do anything. We decided on the group name The Mighty-Chondria. We all agreed that this was a funny name for our group and we even found a logo for our group.

After deciding on a group name we had to do a scavenger hunt together as a group. The scavenger hunt consisted of 6 tasks. For the first task we had to go to the Division of Education office and take a picture with Theresa Egger who is the administrative assistant, and then go to the student teaching office and take a picture with Evelyn Calviccio. Unfortunately they did not want to take pictures but were nice enough to let us take pictures with their name plates.


For our second task we were asked to put a a picture of all the assignments and resources we had in the class from eclass and give 3 reasons why they were important. The 3 reasons we came up with were they keep us updated on new techniques and information, reading classmates blogs helps us see different perspectives, and the KA 6 helps us reflect on our teaching experiences. 

For task 3 we were asked to come up with a list of class rules. We came up with 5 rules which we thought were essential to the class. 

Class Rules:
1) Attendance is mandatory for all classes and fieldwork even if your group is not teaching

2) Students must show up on time

3) Students must dress professionally to fieldwork

4) Students are not permitted to use cellphones in class or fieldwork

5) Students are not allowed to cheat on assignments.

For task 4 we were asked to come up with three questions we still have

1) Are we only doing direct instruction and inquiry-based lessons?

2) When will we find out what topics we are teaching about?

3) How many students are in the class?

For task 5 we had to list 3 things we were surprised about from the syllabus

1) “Scientific Me”. It is your story. You are being asked to reflect on your school science experiences from your earliest memory to the present.

2) You can not wear overpowering scents

3) We start field work the last week of February / first week of March

For task 6 we were asked to share some things we noticed or stood out from the syllabus

1) We have a learning to teach science tab

2) Tab for science teachers to discuss school

3) Inquiry is a theme in this class

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