Working on Stage 3 with colleague

4/7/09
I met with my colleague after school to discuss Stage 3. She was impressed with the websites that I have incorporated into our Science unit. I will be using these sites to instruct both classes. She asked why I did not included a microscope as an observation tool. She was not aware that the microscope we have used in the past, has software that we can not upload on to our computers. She suggested that I have students use a digital camera to take pictures of the caterpillars during observation times and use the pictures to create a slide show or a class book. My colleague stated that she does not use the Stage 3 format to create lesson plans and found it too complex to incorporated.