Description
Verb
Discuss
Place in the Hybrid Sequence
- Prepare for Class
- ✔️In-Class
- After Class
Template
- Students think about a question, concept, or problem for a short period of time.
- Students pair with another student and discuss their findings for an additional period.
- Student pairs join the large group and discussion their conclusions.
Example
From Heather Macdonald on the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College website
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
- Individually, students review images of rock formations as a proxy for observation.
- These images are examples of interesting geologic puzzles, such as faulted strata, interbedded shale and limestone beds that have been tilted, and beach rocks of different lithologies.
- Individually, students write answers to the following questions:
- Are these igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rocks?
- Are the layers continuous across the outcrop?
- Can you identify any unit that is present on both sides of the image?
- How can you explain this?
- What type of fault is shown in this image?
- If you could get closer to the outcrop, what do you look for?
- Students pair up and share their answers. Do partners agree or disagree? What is the evidence for their conclusions? Which questions do they agree with and can argue for?
- Students from 3 to 5 pairs share their findings with the class.
Reference
Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation. (n.d.). Examples. Retrieved October 31, 2023, from https://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/interactive/examples/morrisonpuzzle.html