Observation Task 4: Observing a teacher during a Science Lesson

Objective
To observe Science teaching in action and begin to understand effective strategies for
Science teaching and learning in groups.

Procedure

You will need a copy of the Observation Table:

Before the Observation

Arrange to observe a lesson that focuses on Science and discuss the lesson with
the teacher beforehand, so you can know the Objectives and the lesson
development.
Ask the teacher what strategies she will use to help her deliver the lesson.
Get an idea of the Inquiry/experiment the students will do.

Objective:
learn the steps of the plants growing and the parts of the plant.
Strategies:
The teacher is singing a song about the know words for the students.
The teacher is using objects to explain the idea.
The teacher is using reputation with the students.
The teacher put for the students a national song while they are answering the questions in the
book.

Inquiry/Experiment
Before the lesson the teacher asked the students to planting a plant a observed how it will
grow and how steps it have a let it comes to a plant.

During the Observation

Complete the Table and make notes in the appropriate column on:
How the teacher introduces key terms and engages students.

By showing them video like what the she did which she showed a video about
plant and she asked them that what do you think how this plant grow?.
The topic and how its introduced.
 The topic is about how plants grow and how they are formed, and the teacher
introduced it by asking the students questions about their plants and what did
they observed.
How much of the lesson is teacher talking time?

45 mins
How much group work is used and if students are active participants

They were 4 groups with names and they were active when they are doing the
activities in groups.
What materials were used and their purpose.

Smart board: for presenting the videos and pictures and showing the important
points of the lesson.
Objects: for explaining an idea of the lesson.
Students experiment: for the students to understand the lesson more.
How much Arabic is used?

The whole lesson.

Title of Science Lesson: How plants grow and how they are formed
Grade: 3-3
Objective(s): learn the steps of the plants growing and the parts of the plant.

Template for Task 3 Observing a Sciences Lesson

Teacher (activity and Student (activity and Purpose / objective of

Activity Time Interaction
actual language used) actual language used) Manipulatives the activity

observing the 10 the students were using song about the students repeat the students to know the steps of the

result with the mins asking questions parts and the steps for song of the plant parts experiment plants life.

steps and the about some steps the students during and growing of the

parts of the of the growing explaining so, the idea plant.

plant and the parts of it will stay in their

experiment. the plant so, the mind.

teacher answered

them and explain

it to them.
After the Observation:
1. What was the objective of the lesson?
That the students will learn the steps of the plants growing and the parts of the plant.

2. Was the objective achieved?

Yes, because when the students did the activity in the book must of the students answered
write.
3. How was the concept introduced?
By asking the students about their plant and what they observed then the started
explaining for the students about the lesson and link it to their plant to understand more.

4. How much teaching was done in L1?

The whole lesson.

5. Why do you think the teachers used L1?

Because, this is the language that the students know it more and understand the role of
this language.

6. Did the teacher use manipulatives? What were the purpose of these?
Yes, she was using smart bored, objects and students experiment.
She used the smart bored for presenting the videos and pictures and showing the
important points of the lesson and the objects was for explaining an idea of the lesson and
the students experiment was for the students to understand the lesson more.

7. Were there any other resources/materials used to deliver the lesson?

Yes, she was using different materials like scissors and gum and colours for making plant
or animal models.

8. What strategies/method did she use to teach the concept?

She was putting for the students a song while they are doing the activities.
She was using the 5Es method.

9. Did teacher do whole-class teaching or group work?

In the begging of the lesson she was presenting the she was engaging the students to do
the activities in groups.

10. When did she work with the whole class? Why?
In the begging od the lesson. Because, this period that the teacher start explaining the idea
of the lesson. Also, when she was explaining the activities.

11. How much of the lesson were the students using the book?
When the teacher finish explaining the lesson and when the students finish of the
activities then they open their books for pointed out the important points.