Based on your opinion, why is prior knowledge so important for students? Did your teachers activate your prior knowledge? Is so, what activities were done in class? If not, were you still able to understand the material or do you believe it would have made learning the material much easier? Will you include prior knowledge activities in your lesson plan? If so, why? If not, why not?

Please write a 2-3 paragraph reflection on Activating Prior Knowledge and Interest. This is an opinion reflection based on your experience. You may write more than 3 paragraphs. Please try not to mention any instructor’s name or name the school/district. You may write “I remember my freshman Physical Science teacher who…”.