Second Day of Fieldwork/ Teaching

The second day of fieldwork was a success! It was my groups second and last time to teach for the semester; since we went first. We had the students put on a mineral show. This was super fun and engaging for the kids. First we reviewed what we did for the first lesson, then we explained how the mineral show is going to work. Each group had to pick one mineral out of the 2 they identified. Then they had to create a poster on that mineral including at least 7 facts about the mineral and decorate their posters. 

After 20 minutes was up, the students all had the opportunity to walk around and check out their classmates posters. After this, they had to vote on their favorite poster on a ticket and on the back of the ticket, choose why they picked 
that mineral and how 
their group worked together. The winning team got a medal after we counted up all of the votes. We set up balloons and ribbon in the beginning of the class to make the mineral show as real as possible and create a fun environment for the students. All of the students got a certificate at the end for participating in the mineral show so no one was left out!

I was very happy how our second day of teaching turned out. Our group had it all together this time and since we were aware this time that there was no internet, we worked around it and were all completely prepared. This lesson was a lot more organized and it was less nerve wracking to teach. I am very proud of my group for the great work we all did and how well we worked together! It was definiltely a challenge, but I have learned a lot from both of the days teaching and got a lot of feedback from our peers that will help us for our future!