Investigating Producers in Ecosystems Lesson Evaluation Form Question Title * 1. Please enter your Teacher Project ID below. This should be written down in the front of your binder. If you used the BCM suggested ID, the eight digits will be as follows:First 4 digits of your driver license #, 2-digit birth month, 2-digit birth day. Question Title * 2. Which set of lessons did you do today? Day 1 - I am a Scientist Day 2 - What’s the Green Stuff in the Jar? Day 3 - What Do We Know About the Green Substance? Day 4 - What Makes a Good Science Question? Day 5 - What Question Will You Investigate? Day 6 - What Kind of Information Will I Collect? Day 7 - What Tools do Scientists Use? Day 8 - Setting Up Student Investigations Day 9 - Why Do Certain Organisms Live in the Same Place? Day 10 - Why Are Producers So Important? Day 11 - Who are the Producers in Aquatic Ecosystems? Day 12 - What Is Algae? Day 13 - How Can Changes in a Food Chain Affect an Ecosystem? Day 14 - What is Scientific Evidence? Day 15 - Analyzing the Data Day 16 - What is a Science Meeting? Day 17 - Preparing for the Science Meeting Day 18 - Preparing for the Science Meeting, Part 2 Day 19 - The Science Meeting Day 20 - Making Connections Question Title * 3. What is the date for today's lesson? Date Date Question Title * 4. Approximately how long (in minutes) did your class spend on today's: Reading mini-lesson (if applicable) Student inquiry circles (if applicable) Whole group science lesson (if applicable) Question Title * 5. What, if anything, did you change or add when implementing today's lessons (e.g., organization of instruction, additional examples or resources). Question Title * 6. Please provide AT LEAST ONE suggestion to improve today's lessons. Question Title * 7. Please rate the effectiveness and quality of today's lesson on the following aspects: Very Poor Below average Average Above average Excellent Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Very Poor Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Below average Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Average Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Above average Overall effectiveness of the reading mini-lesson Excellent Comments Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Very Poor Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Below average Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Average Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Above average Overall effectiveness of the science lesson Excellent Comments Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Very Poor Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Below average Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Average Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Above average Alignment between the reading mini-lesson, student inquiry circle work and whole group science lesson Excellent Comments Overall quality of the learning experience Overall quality of the learning experience Very Poor Overall quality of the learning experience Below average Overall quality of the learning experience Average Overall quality of the learning experience Above average Overall quality of the learning experience Excellent Comments Question Title * 8. Please rate the ease or difficulty of implementation for today's lesson on the following aspects: Very difficult Somewhat difficult Average Somewhat easy Very easy Preparation for today's lessons Preparation for today's lessons Very difficult Preparation for today's lessons Somewhat difficult Preparation for today's lessons Average Preparation for today's lessons Somewhat easy Preparation for today's lessons Very easy Comments Teaching the reading mini-lesson Teaching the reading mini-lesson Very difficult Teaching the reading mini-lesson Somewhat difficult Teaching the reading mini-lesson Average Teaching the reading mini-lesson Somewhat easy Teaching the reading mini-lesson Very easy Comments Teaching the science lesson Teaching the science lesson Very difficult Teaching the science lesson Somewhat difficult Teaching the science lesson Average Teaching the science lesson Somewhat easy Teaching the science lesson Very easy Comments Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Very difficult Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Somewhat difficult Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Average Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Somewhat easy Facilitating the small group inquiry circles Very easy Comments Question Title * 9. Please share any additional comments about today's lessons. Done