Evolution Readiness - Activity Feedback 2011 Texas

1. Feedback

After completing each activity with your students, please let us know about your experience.

Note: Questions with an asterisk (*) require an answer.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Which activity did you do with your students TODAY?

Classroom: Life on Earth (book)

Classroom: Timeline activities

Classroom: Fast plants

Classroom: Planting lettuce

Classroom: Clipbirds (beaks and food)

Classroom: Lego tree of life

Classroom: Food Web

Computer: Activity 1: The Virtual Greenhouse

Computer: Activity 2: The Virtual Field

Computer: Activity 3: Mystery Plant Adaptation

Computer: Activity 4: Changes in the Environment

Computer: Activity 5: The Mystery Plants Mystery

Computer: Activity 6: The Virtual Ecosystem

Computer: Activity 7: Variations and Adaptations

Computer: Activity 8: Natural Selection

Computer: Activity 9: Predators and Prey

Computer: Activity 10: Experiment with Ecosystems

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How long did the activity take?

Less than 30 minutes

30-45 minutes

45-60 minutes

More than one hour

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* 4. Please rate the following on a scale of 1-5. (1 means that the reading level was NOT APPROPRIATE for your students. 5 means that it was APPROPRIATE FOR ALL STUDENTS.)

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Was the reading level appropriate for your students?	Was the reading level appropriate for your students? 1	Was the reading level appropriate for your students? 2	Was the reading level appropriate for your students? 3	Was the reading level appropriate for your students? 4	Was the reading level appropriate for your students? 5

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* 5. Please rate the following on a scale of 1-5. (1 means the students were NOT ENGAGED. 5 means the students were VERY ENGAGED.)

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How engaged were the students in the activity?	How engaged were the students in the activity? 1	How engaged were the students in the activity? 2	How engaged were the students in the activity? 3	How engaged were the students in the activity? 4	How engaged were the students in the activity? 5

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* 6. If applicable, describe any technical difficulties encountered by you or your students while running the computer-based activities. (Select all that apply.)

Trouble logging into portal.

Activity took a long time to load.

Models froze.

Computer crashed.

Activity did not save student data.

No problems!

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Please describe anything you did in advance to plan for using this activity in your class. (Select all that apply.)

Reviewed teacher guide.

Ran the activity yourself.

Created assessments.

Pre-taught certain concepts or vocabulary.

Displayed part of the activity with a projector.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. If this was a computer-based activity, did any of your students use the Spanish version?

Yes

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* 9. How did you assess student work on this activity? (Select all that apply.)

Based on my in-class interaction with students.

I used the portal to generate reports for students and reviewed their work to get a sense of their responses.

I gave students individual feedback based on the reports I generated using the portal.

I gave my students an assignment I created myself specifically to assess concepts covered by the activity.

I did not assess this activity.

I plan to assess the unit as a whole at a later time.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Describe your students' experiences with this activity. Please provide specific examples of what students liked and did not like, where they had trouble, where they had an "aha" moment!

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* 11. Do you have any other comments regarding the teacher guide, activity content, or your general experience with using the activity in class?

Thanks for completing this survey. Please be sure to complete this feedback after each Evolution Readiness activity!