Week 7

 1.Who decides what it taught in the science classes?  Is there a process?  If so, please describe it.  Analyze a lesson from your cooperating teacher that you’ve been doing in class.  Does it contain all of the components of a lesson plan as we discussed in class?  Where does the lesson plan originate from?  Does the instructor have freedom to create their own lessons.  If so, how do they go about it? (Next Weeks Blog Post) 

In my practicum experience, it seems like there is a ciruculum that they used in the past, but have since strayed away from that.  My teacher co teaches with another teacher.  They lesson plan together so they stay on the same schedule.  There is also another teacher in 8th grade that does not plan with them.  There is also a supervisor that overlooks the lesson plans but she does not dictate what the lesson plans are.  

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