In this activity, you will thinking ahead and design a classroom management plan suitable for a middle or high school science classroom Your plan should include classroom rules, rewards and consequences. 

Materials

management plan chart

Procedure

1. List the rules that you would use in a science class. The rules should be based on the principles discussed in the chapter.

2. Identify the consequences for breaking the rules.

3. List a series of rewards and how students can earn points to achieve the rewards.

4. Design a large classroom management poster that could easily be read by all students in a class.

5. Present your classroom management plan to the class.

Minds On Strategies

1. What general principles guide the management of student behavior?

2. How effective, in your judgement, are your plans.

3. Show you plans to a practicing science teacher for feedback. What suggestions does the teacher make?