What is important to know as a teacher

These concepts listed below are important to know to be a teacher:

5 Steps Learning Cycle:
1. Engagement
2. Exploration
3. Explanation
4. Elaboration
5. Evaluation

Alternative Conceptions:
Sometimes students develop inaccurate ideas about the way things work

Key them from NSES:
1. We learn science by doing science
2. We learn science by inquiry
3. We learn science by collaboration
4. We learn science over time
5. We learn science by developing personal knowledge 
 - learn how to respect each other

pedagogies as science and art are important?

It is important for a teacher to give positive feedback to his or her students.

It is important for the teacher to know condition, behavior, and criteria to put into lesson plans. It is important for students to know how to write goals and objectives. As a teacher it is important to know both state and national standards.

As a teacher I will have my students do a Science-in-the News due at the end of the week on Fridays. This way the students get to learn some news each week.


It is a great thing as a teacher to show educational videos to my students sometimes instead of teaching a lesson.


As a teacher it is nice to start the class with a Do Now to get the students engaged in the lesson to come. The Do Now can be be a word or a question.


Teachers can use the tool of a graphic organizer to help with teaching a lesson.