Social Studies VS Science

One semester can really make a HUGE difference. 

When I entered Science and Tech Methods, I almost died.  The pressure, amount of work, and difficulty level was overwhelming to say the least.  I never thought I would make it out alive and with as much knowledge that I had gained.  When writing my science and tech methods lessons, I was flustered, confused and overall a mess.  My group and I were frustrated with the lesson topic, the format and the overall expectations.  This was also the first time I had ever dealt with practice edTPA's, and eFolio, and two different types of lesson plans (direct and inquiry).  Because of this, everything was new to me and it was hard to grasp at first.  During the process I was just frustrated and over it.  However, the take away was amazing. 

When I entered Social Studies Methods, I expected the same crazy frustration that I experienced in Science.  I expected to have my lesson plans fall apart, my presentations completely lack the quality they needed to have, and be extremely overwhelmed.  I quickly realized that this was not the case.  I had developed such a deep understanding for the structure during Science and I didn't even know it.  When writing my lesson plans in science, the information was too much for the students, the slides were too packed, our guided practice was off and we were just unorganized.  When I created lesson plans in social studies, my group was extremely successful.  We contained classroom control, our powerpoint flowed extremely well, the students stayed engaged with us through our lessons, the activities were exciting and knowledge based, and by the end of our time, the students had master the bank concept.  I was so proud of the group I had worked with.  

Now as I am filling out my eFolio, I am able to breeze through it.  I have learned so much from my time in Science and am very thankful for that.  I survived! You can too.