Good/Bad Classes

Within my short span of my teaching career I have had some bad and mostly good experiences with resources. The bad experience being very recent and to make matters worse I was having a lesson observation. The turning point quiz, which I have included in my blog, requires remote controls to function but the remotes were not sending any signals to the PowerPoint quiz. The problem was that the signal was not registered with all the remotes therefore it didn’t work at all. I was unaware of this and the quiz had to be aborted but when I called the specialist he explained and I used it for the week after it worked but the right answer was not coming up more bad experience. Eventually it was cleared up and worked well. Another lesson that didn’t go to plan involved a practical of making bath bombs (water softener). The worksheet that included the recipe had the wrong amount of acid written down; therefore when the acid was added the whole experiment fizzed out of control.
It hasn’t been all bad majority of my classes have had good experiences with resources such as videos, PowerPoint, most practical, youtube, handouts, worksheets etc
Particularly practical in making shampoo, all the students are excited to make it and most of all they understand the science behind. Worse bit is getting the complaints the week after about the color of their hair.....
Designing poster is one of my favorite resources, the students enjoy making posters and once they have been put on show the students get a sense of achievement.