Hook Reflection 1

Hook Reflection

Lizzy Leach and Kelsey Collins

EDT 313

28 March 2019
Hook Reflection 2

For our hook activity, we brought hands-on materials to our students. Our science topic is

fossils, so we brought real and authentic fossils for our students to interact with and discuss. We

allowed our students to sit at the table and look at the fossils for themselves. We provided no

formal instruction to the students, but simply prompted and encouraged them to play with the

fossils. The students were highly motivated with the activity and were really excited to learn

about the fossils. We asked the children open-ended questions such as: “What do you think this

is?” or “Where do you think this came from?.” None of the students seemed to have any previous

experiences or knowledge of fossils, so they were highly interested. We gave the students plenty

of time to interact and ask us questions. The students in our class had a lot of questions regarding

the fossils, which we tried our best to answer. We made it our priority to avoid making this a

formal instructional lesson, but more of an activity to open the children’s minds and interests

towards the topic. The students were so interested and fascinated with the fossils, that several of

them even asked if we had brought them back when we returned the following week.

Overall, we believe our fossil hook activity went very well with the students. The purpose

of the activity was to introduce the topic to the students and gain their interest. All of the students

were interested and seemed highly motivated to learn more about the fossils. Based off our hook

activity, I believe we will be able to plan our lessons in a way that will continue and even

increase the students interest and cognitive development.