Characteristics to be observed Comments

(Please describe what you

observed)
2.1 Students have the opportunity to
design ways to try out their ideas (not
expecting to be told what to do)
2.2 Students carry out investigations
handling materials, observing,
measuring, recording data, making
tentative conclusions
2.3 Students have the opportunity to
share their own ideas (orally/ in
writing)

2.4 Students work cooperatively with their

peers

2.5 Students listen to one another and

respect others ideas

2.6 Students ask questions What questions were asked?

2.7 Students respond to teachers

questions

2.8 Students are actively involved

throughout the lesson

2.9 Students use the languages of the

processes of science in their
communication and argumentation
(eg. observe, infer, predict,
hypothesis, conclude)
2.1 Students are given time to write in
0 their notebooks independently

2.1 Students notebooks show records of

1 the processes of inquiry