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Assessment 1A child’s ideas about a science concept:Part A Science Research (Suggested word count 700-900)Research ONE science concept from the choice below.ElectricityWeathering and ErosionLight (absorbed, reflected and refracted)Forces including direct and indirect forcesWrite a brief report on your science concept to at least a Year 6 level.1.Explain your chosen concept and define the key terms associated with it2.Provide valid labelled and/or annotated diagrams to support your discussion3.State three different teaching strategies that could be used to teach the concept.4.Reference your key ideas using appropriate academic resourcesPart B Questions:Create a minimum of 10 well-considered interview questions. (Maximum of 15) You may want to refer to a concrete example (diagram, photograph or object etc.) that you plan to use in your interview. It is expected that your questions will change throughout your interview as you adapt the discussion to accommodate your child’s responses. These initial 10 questions, however, should not be altered in this report as it is important for your tutor to be able to reflect on your initial thought process and observe how you have adapted your questioning in the interview (but you can add questions if it becomes clear that yours are not working and indicate this in a different colour, in the written transcript that you have included in the appendix)Use the table below to show your questions.Interview Date: 7/12/2024Time: 1:15pmPlace (at child’s home, park etc): Child’s homeChild’s age: 12Child’s year at school: 6Child’s gender: Male1 [type your 10 questions here & include diagrams/pictures or other resources you will use as prompts – “What happens to a puddle after a few hours?”]2 etc.1. What is weathering and how is it different from erosion?2. Can you take a look at this photo here (Appendix A) and Can you answer the question of what happens when rocks crack because of ice?3. Can you give me an example of how plants or animals can break rocks?4. Would you happen to know what chemical weathering is and how it changes rocks?5. And how do you think rain that is slightly acidic can affect rocks? (Had to morph into this question as it was relating more to the topic at hand)6. Would you happen to know about some ways that rivers and streams move, bits of rocks and
soil?7. If you could just look at this diagram here (Appendix B). Could you please just answer as to how does the wind shape sand dunes in the desert8. And if you could also see this photo here (Appendix C), how do you feel like glaciers can affect and change the land of a specific area?9. Why do you think weathering an erosion is important for making soil?10. Could you please answer as to how weathering an erosion help shape places such as a beach. For example, like this one here (Appendix D)11. What do you feel like are some ways that people can make erosion happen faster?12. How do you feel like farmers or builders can stop erosion from damaging their land?Part C Responses: [Suggested word count 700 - 900]Use the table below to record your analysis of the interviewScience concepts or misconceptions the child holdsHow you know: quote the student.Explain misconception and link to relevant academic literatureAccording to the child, weathering is brought on by animals and the general weather conditions, but erosion "comes from the earth.""Erosion comes from like from the earth. And weathering is like from the animals and like how the weather is like rain or like how hot it is and just basically the environment."The breakdown of rocks into smaller fragments through physical, chemical, or biological processes is known as weathering.The movement of such fractured fragments due to gravity, wind, water, or ice is known as erosion.The child acknowledges rain as a contributing factor, but they do not explicitly connect it to the breakdown of minerals in rocks by acidic rain."Chemical weathering like rain and rain affects rocks."When rainwater mixes with minerals in rocks, especially when the rain is slightly acidic, the rocks dissolve or break down, a process known as chemical weathering.The explanation lacks detail on how acidic rain causes rocks to weaken “Umm like makes the rocks more fragile because it's acidic."Certain minerals in the rock undergo chemical reactions with acidic rain, which
by reacting with minerals.causes them to dissolve or break down and weaken the rock.The child’s answer implies that rivers only make rocks weak, missing the key concept of erosion—the river moves sediment and breaks down rocks over time."Rivers can like flow onto rocks for a long period of time, making the rocks like weak and less strong."Rivers cause erosion by carrying sediment and water flow that wears down and transports rock pieces.Wind erosion moves sand and deposits it in a specific direction, forming dunes that often have distinct shapes.It just like blows the sand like into whatever the direction, creating like a shape, like a mountain or like a hill."The child oversimplifies the process by failing to clarify how dunes are formed by the wind depositing sand grains.Part D Planned Learning Activities: [Suggested word count 200]Based on the information that you have obtained from the interview conversation; research literature and readings suggest two (2)activities that could address this child’s misconceptions so as to progress her/his science learning. These are not lesson plans and are not aimed to be taught to a class, but activities that you could run with the child in a one on one situation.Whilst it is accepted that you will take your activity ideas from other sources, you must adapt them, not merely drop in a full activity from elsewhere. Include the reference of the original idea/activityUse the proforma to present two activities in this formatLearning ExperienceMisconception addressedOutline of Learning ExperiencesLinks to Learning Theories [Name of 1stone here]Part E Reflection[Suggested word count 200]Based on the information that you have obtained from the interview conversation, curriculum documents, research literature, readings and activities reflect and answer the following questions: 1.What changes did you make to your original set of questions and why? You may need to refer to Blooms taxonomy in your answer2.What changes did you make to your original learning and teaching planned activities? What reflection framework did you use in identifying these changes? How could this strategy be used in your teaching to evaluate teaching programs to improve student learning?
3.You have found out about one child’s misconceptions. How would you address the possible misconceptions of an entire class of children?ReferencesInclude all references here following APA guidelinesAppendixInclude your transcript here and the evidencefrom the interview (artwork/drawings/photographs (Blur out identifying characteristics of the child as per privacy criteria)MUSTinclude signed consent letter from Parent. No consent = zero mark.Notes:1.Delete the blue writing2.Be sure to resizethe images BEFORE you put it in this Word document for ease of upload. 3.The word limit for this assessment is approximately 2500 words. (+/- 10%). This includes EVERYTHING except reference list or appendices. 4.Only record the audiofrom the interview and retain the audio file in case you are asked to produce it by the Unit Coordinator.5.Do not include a cover page6.Arial, size 11pt.
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