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Caption 1:   Self Selected Lesson Plan

1. Date:	October 8th, 2001
                
2. Description:  Lesson plan to teach cellular structure
                
3. Connection to Goals:  This assignment meets instructor goal three because it is a use of a 
                                        hands-on and art-related instructional technique in order to try and 
                                        create a connection for the students in a way they may not be used 
                                        to.  It is designed to help those students who are more right-brained
                                        (art oriented) to find a way to relate to science material which is 
                                        often very left brain in type.  It also meets instructor goal six because 
                                        it forces the students to select, use, and evaluate a variety of formats, 
                                        and materials in designing their particular cells.
                
4. Reflection:  When I next do this project, I plan to specify that the cells, when completed, 
                          must be completely three dimensional.  My reasoning is that while it might
                          be OK to just print a picture of a cell and sick it to a piece of paper, that does 
                          not make the student THINK about, or learn about the cell structure as much 
                          as those who build it in some fashion or those who design computer 
                           simulations of the cell.





Caption 2:  Evaluations of my first semester of teaching

1. Date: Received on Dec 7th

2. Description:  Following are two evaluations of my first semester of teaching.  One is by Mark 	
                         Christian (Principal at Heights), the other is a joint review by myself and Linda 
                         Hoobler (my Peer Consulting Coordinator).

3. Connection to Goals:  These evaluations meet professionalism goals one and two as they 
                                         show that I am willing to listen to criticism and hopefully to learn 
                                         from it, also they show that I am more than willing to share information
                                         and foster relationships with other faculty and teachers.

4. Reflection:  I have read these evaluations and have used them to attempt to better my methods 
                        of educating.
 


  



Caption 3:   Evaluation of my second semester of teaching

1. Date: Received on May 11th

2. Description:  Following is an evaluation of my second semester of teaching.  It is a joint review by myself and Linda 
                         Hoobler (my Peer Consulting Coordinator).

3. Connection to Goals:  This evaluation meets professionalism goals one and two as it 
                                         shows that I am willing to listen to criticism and hopefully to learn 
                                         from it, also it show that I am more than willing to share information
                                         and foster relationships with other faculty and teachers.

4. Reflection:  I have read this evaluations and have used it to attempt to better my methods 
                        of educating.
 


 


Caption 4:   Sample Physical Science Test

1. Date: Given on May 3rd

2. Description:  The following is an example of a test that I gave at the end of a unit on work, 
                         energy, and machines.  The day before this test, I reviewed the material with 
                         the students by having them compete with each other to answer questions from
                         the test.

3. Connection to Goals:  This test meets instructor goal seven as it is a formal evaluation of 
                                      the knowledge the student has aquired about the topic.

4. Reflection:  I believe that this test is appropriate to the topic, and the only possible change 
                       I would make is to put the number of points possible (82) on the test so the students 
                       would be better aware of the effect of the test on their grade.

 




Caption 5:   Biological Timeline

1. Date: Assigned on April 3, 2003

2. Description:  The following is a project the students were assigned to help them 
                         better understand geologic time and the time periods involved in natural history.
                         The students were assinged to work in groups (randomly selected) and given the 
                         criteria along with a 4 meter long piece of paper.  Some of the work was done outside
                         of class.

3. Connection to Goals:  This assignment meets several program goals including, the use of assignments for 
                          varied learning styles as well as varied instructional approaches and materials.

4. Reflection:  This assignment fit well with the material that I wanted the students to learn, and I 
                       believe that most of them came away with a better understanding of how long history is
                       compared to how short the human span of life has been.


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