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Developing classroom resources for science

4. Creating worksheets and/or transparencies
2 hours

 

In this activity we would like you to produce a teacher support resource or a learner support resource that will support a lesson that you will be teaching in the near future. You may continue to focus on the learning outcomes that you identified in earlier workshops, or you may identify new needs for resources.

You are encouraged to develop resources that suit your needs and your levels of ICT competence. The examples that you will be shown are fairly complex, but they serve only as a source of ideas. Feel free to produce something simpler and more suited to your needs.

 

Follow these steps to complete these activities. Look for contexts that are meaningful to you in your classroom.

 
 
Action
Resources

1

Work in pairs (30 minutes).

  • Look at one of the units of work shown as examples in the resource column.
  • Now answer these questions:
    • What do you think is the purpose of the first page? Who is the resource written to?
    • Is the language used appropriate?
    • Do you think the pictures on the first page give the resource any appeal? What is that appeal?
    • Do you think the graphics are necessary? Why or why not? Do you think the resource looks well organised and purposeful?
    • Is the style and numbering of the headings and sub-headings clear and consistent?
    • Do you think the pages look too crowded or too empty?

 

Examples of units of work:

2

Work on your own but in contact with a partner (70 minutes).

  • Develop a worksheet and/or transparency that you will be able to use in a future lesson. Alternatively, if you are working towards an ICT-integrated lesson, you could develop learner support materials that the learners could use during that lesson.

 

How to write equations in Equation Editor.

How to use Microsoft PowerPoint (this can be used to create transparencies).

How to use the draw tool in Microsoft Word:

How to create charts in Microsoft Excel.

How to draw line graphs

How to draw charts with more than one series

 

3

 

Meet as a class (20 minutes).

  • Share your resources with your colleagues.

 

 
 

Recommended next activity:

5. Creating a lesson integrating ICT

 
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