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**Standard 4** ** Teachers know how to teach. ** The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

Evidence 1: Beginning of the Year Lab Safety Power Point Project

Rationale 1: The Lab Safety Power Point demonstrates the varied use of technology to enhance students’ learning. In this lesson plan, students created a presentation based on the beginning of the year lab safety. Students were asked to take pictures of each other demonstrating the proper lab safety procedures or in some cases where the lab equipment is located in the classroom.

KSD //I understand that through the use of computers and digital cameras student learning is enhanced and the student is engaged because it is hands on.//
 * 4.K.3 The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety ofmaterials and technological resources (e.g.computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, referencebooks, literature, and other print resources).**

//The student is using problem-solving skills by choosing what pictures they through would identify the different safety rules. Students are responsible for completing the project, working with a classmate, and then presenting to their classmates.//
 * 4.S.2 The teacher uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote thedevelopment of critical thinking, problemsolving, and performance capabilities and thathelp students assume responsibility foridentifying and using learning resources.**

//Students worked independently from the teacher in coming up with their ideas of lab safety.//
 * 4.D.1 The teacher values the development of students’ critical thinking,independent problem solving, and performance capabilities.**