We worked together over the course of three days to construct the teacher draft of a Concept Diagram on Living Things. We initially had difficulty determining a topic that would work well with the diagram. The first one the teacher wanted to use was to broad to use. Because we could not narrow the topic and cover all the points she felt necessary, we moved to a new topic that work well. Determining the Never Present category was a challenge because the teacher did not see the value in including these items. However, she continued with the process and realized that the Never Present was a good place to show common mistakes that students make when determining if a specific item has demonstrates life. She was pleased with the final product and anxious to present it to her classes.
