PROJECT
PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES
FORMAT
FOR INQUIRY SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS (to be included in your
portfolio)
Each laboratory exercise you select for your portfolio
should include separate sections related to I, II, III
and IV. You MYST cite your source if the lab, activity
or demonstration is one that has been modified from a published source.
* items required in written
lab, activity and demonstration write-ups
I. Lesson
Plan for the teacher with:
Heading that
identifies science course and topic. e.g. Living Environment – Mitosis
II.
Pre-Lab Assignments/worksheets for students with:
Aim: e.g. How does
mitosis occur?
The
pre-lab worksheet: e.g. Use your
knowledge of science and a science text to answer the following. You could include a variety of open-ended,
interesting questions with real-world connections to the science topic
involved.
Any assignment related to topic in preparation for lab
activity.
III.
Student’s Laboratory Instruction Sheet with:
* a. Title of
lab: e.g. HOW DOES MITOSIS OCCUR?
* b. IOs / Student
objectives e.g. You will be able to:
* c. Materials and Safety Precautions
d. New
or review vocabulary words used in lab.
* e. Procedure. Simple
guidelines or specific instructions 1,2,3
* f. Follow-up
questions related to procedures in a through h.
* g. Tables, references that students will use to
plot, analyze data etc.
* h. Drawing
conclusions or wrap-up section.
* i Extending the concepts, focusing on
applications or implications.
e.g What do you think
governs the process of mitosis? Explain why cells in the lining of the small
intestine are replaced every few days while other cells, such as those of the
nervous system, don't
divide at all after maturity.
IV.
Student’s Laboratory Report Sheet with:
* a, g,h,i. Include important questions that require
students to use inquiry skills to compare outcomes, evaluate answers and
implications, analyze
explanations and conclusions, generate hypotheses. Include open templates for
graphs, data tables.