Sharon's Third Grade Classroom (Y2 P1)—Energy

Teacher Role Comments (following Video Clip 1, Day 9)

• As is often the case, something interesting that Sharon hears when she talks to the individual groups (Gustavo's idea about racing heavier and lighter people from the previous day) becomes a focus for a whole class discussion as a next move.
   
• Sharon wants students to have a sense of purpose for why they are going outside to do an experiment.
   
• Sharon asks Gustavo to make predictions based on his theory and wonders if his theory extends to apply to all small and large things.
   
• These ideas form the conceptual basis for thinking about faster vs. farther.