Formative assessments

The objective is: Express and analyze information using research poster related with homeostasis

A formative assessment to evaluate if students are understanding this part of the unit can be:

• After explaining the parts and the distribution of a Science poster, I will ask students to make a draft indicating the names of the parts that should be covered in a good poster.This draft doesn’t need to have information related with the content, it just to make sure the students know the structure; title, author, abstract, method and procedures, result, conclusion and resources consulted. The design of that information depends on the author, but it has to be coherent and well organized.

•  Students will seat in groups of three and I will give each group a poster related with homeostasis. They will have to evaluate it; they have to analyze structure and content. After 30-40 minutes, they will have to make a brief resume about which parts of the poster they like the most and which ones the least. I will ask them a question related with the content of the poster to check if they can analyze the information and get the main idea.