04 summer - full cohort
energy
At our first summer meeting, we were given the task of deciding on a common theme we would all pursue for our lesson study. We came up with the theme of energy, a broad topic with many possibilities in chemistry and physics. We split up into two groups, chemistry and physics, and discussed the directions we could go within our subject. Then we split further into a total of four groups. For physics, one group would study conservation of energy in ideal situations (no friction), while the other group would look at how to define a system. For chemistry, one group chose to build a lesson on Hess's Law, while the other started a lesson on exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Looking back at the documentation we have from this meeting (more included in the subject-specific nodes) I am surprised at how far we got in our various lessons. We were all basically able to come up with a complete lesson, nearly ready for the classroom. But also in retrospect, it is easy to see how naive we were in our lesson designs - I know I personally felt a little cocky in terms of being able to write a good lesson.
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