High Expectations (QUALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT)

Video Snippet of Timed Energy Riddle Challenge (Lesson 2)

This video shows students working in two teams to solve time-limited riddles identifying different forms of energy. Students had ten seconds to think record and justify their response before peer marking occurred. The activity required students to actively interpret each scenario, apply prior learning, and make quick conceptual decisions in a competitive setting. The structure made student thinking visible through written answers, verbal justification and followed but the feedback from peers.

Video snippet for Station Investigations: Energy Transformations (Lesson 2) 

This evidence shows students rotating through five investigation stations where they conducted short experiments, observed energy transformations and constructed energy diagrams under strict time limits. Students worked in pairs to interpret what was happening in each system, explain the direction of energy transfer and represent their reasoning using scientific diagrams. Teacher questioning during circulation prompted students to clarify, refine and justify their thinking, making students’ understanding visible through discussion and written work.

Video Snippet: Culminating activity at the end of the lesson 2 where students were requested to choose items from the pool of everyday objects and create their own energy transformation. This required linking between few concepts and show their own product. This activity (Exit ticket) was clearly showing high expectations from students

Completed students' notes, checked by another team. High expectations element was demonstrated through a strict time limit (10 sec. per question) during Riddle Activity (Hook), checked by another team when answers were revealed. Teams received the same amount of points.

Completed Worksheets during a Mystery Box activity where students were required to create energy diagrams showing energy transformation. This activity allowed choice and creativity yet requiring High Expectations from students to suggest the right sequence