Science lesson

This week's assignment was interesting.  Normally when I create my lessons I do not go through such an intense process.  I believe this assignment made me analyze every part of my lesson to make sure it is effective in the classroom.  The lesson I created was about the changes of state.  I assigned groups of four one change of state and they researched and learned about it.  After gathering information, each group designed an experiment to demonstrate that change of state.  For instance, one group that was assigned sublimation used dry ice to show the change of state.  I thought the 5 E strategy was very helpful in that it guaranteed an active learning environment.  I think I am going to start using this strategy when I develop future lessons.  One thing I would change about the lesson is the time it would take to complete it.  This lesson would normally take about 2-3days.  To shorten the time, I could have a list of possible experiments my students could conduct instead of them creating their own.  I hate cutting their creativity, but I believe this modification would help the lesson flow better.