TPACK Overview

For our groups science lesson this week, we chose to focus on the different stages of matter. We also focused on how temperature has an effect on water changing from a solid, then a liquid, then finally to a gas.

The pedagogy we used in our lesson included observing, acquiring data, and analyzing data. I think these strategies were a good fit to use for this content because there would be observations done by the children as they watched the water change from one stage of matter to another. They also would acquire data from the chart on the computer, and then analyze the data that was shown. This would allow them to clearly see the influence temperature has on water and its changing state.

The technology that we used in our lesson was a temperature probe that allowed us to chart information on a computer, simply by holding the probe in the different temperatures. This technology is a good fit for this content because the stages of matter are an important thing to learn about, as is the way in which temperature has an influence on those stages. By using this technology, the kids would be able to quickly see results from the probe and its interaction with the changing stages of matter and the temperatures. This technology is a good fit for our pedagogy used because it allowed them to observe the stages, acquire the data from the chart, and analyze their findings. Overall, I think this technology was a great help in making this lesson a lot more exciting and interactive.