Strand 1: Experience excitement, interest and motivation to learn about phenomena in the natural and physical world.

The drawing illustrates students manipulating materials while seated facing one another at lab tables. Text within the drawing suggests that students are engaged in hands-on, small group work. This example was assigned a score of 0 because we did not see evidence in the drawing of excitement, interest, or motivation to learn about phenomena in the natural and physical world. Students are illustrated seated at lab tables without their faces showing and we did not notice evidence of the students or the teacher smiling in the drawing. Thought bubbles or comments expressing excitement, interest or motivation are also absent. Therefore, we did not see evidence for this strand and assigned the drawing a score of zero.