West Virginia State University

College of Professional Studies

Department of Education
Professional Development (PD) Reflection

Name:

Major Content Area:

Circle one:
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PD Topic/Title:


PD Date: PD Units:




Please respond to the following prompts:
1. Summarize the key points you learned from this Professional Development experience.






2. Discuss how these key points connect to your content area.






3. Share how you might use this new information in your future classroom.










Note: Make sure you upload this document to your professional portfolio along with your
scanned PD letter and/or PD certificate.
Matthew Chesebrough
Science Education
COSI on Wheels
Spring 2013 3 Units
1. That kids can be easily engaged in the sciences whern presented with activities their involved in.
2. Students react to outside stimulus when presented with explosions and flames.
3.That large groups of students (100 2nd graders) can be managed effectively with the right classroom
management skills.
4. That Science is an absolute blast!
I am a science education major and was able to see the effectiveness of planning advanced activities.
The young woman who led the activities had no educational background, but she was fully engaged in her
presentation and really cared about the students ability to comprehend and process the information. I enjoyed
her dynamic and the way that she incorporated the students into her activities, and I look forward to doing the
same in my own classroom.
The activities and experiments that she did for the students could be easily scaled down for application in my
classroom. I have3 already seen the way that the students interact to the experiments, so I know that they are
engaged and involved. Great way to put the sciences in the students hands. Literally!