Transcript Intro An Apple-A-Day Analyzing Practice (ppt)

An Apple-A-Day
• Work independently to develop a list of
the characteristic and properties of your
apple.
• Your list should be as extensive as possible.
• Be prepared to share your list with the
class.
An Apple-A-Day
• What if anything did you discover about
this apple or apples in general?
• Add items from the class list to your list,
as necessary.
An Apple-A-Day
• Examine the model of the apple and
cross the items off your list that you can not
determine using the model apple.
An Apple-A-Day
• Examine the
picture of the
apple, cross all
characteristics /
properties off your
list that you could
not ascertain from
the picture.
An Apple-A-Day
• Look at the following, cross all
characteristics / properties off the list
that can not be determined from the
following.
An Apple-A-Day
Apple n 1. The usually round,
red or yellow, edible fruit of a
rosaceous tree, Malus punila
2. Fruit with red or yellow or green
skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish
flesh
An Apple-A-Day
• Examine the list of remaining items.
• Based on this list what, if anything, did
you discover about this apple or apples in
general?
• What part of this activity made the
biggest impact on your understanding /
knowledge about apples?
An Apple-A-Day
• If you wanted students to “learn” about
apples, which of the previous methods
would you use?
• Which method would most likely make
the greatest impact on the students’
understanding of an apple and its
characteristics?
An Apple-A-Day
• Which method would most likely have
the least impact on a student’s
understanding?
• Which of the previous methods best fits
your learning style?
• Which method did you experience more
often when you were a student in, college,
high school, elementary school?
An Apple-A-Day
• What implications, if any, does the AppleA-Day activity have on you and your
teaching style?