Evaluations

Activity Evaluation

Student Survey

Please check a single response that best describes how you feel for each of the following questions according to the following scale:

SD - if you strongly disagree

D - if you disagree

N - if you neither agree nor disagree

A - if you agree

SA - if you strongly agree

Activity	SD	D	N	A	SA
1. The food web activity was fun.
2. Before doing this activity, I had a good understanding of food webs.
3. Before doing this activity, I understood food webs and why they are important.
4. Before doing this unit, I did not know how food webs were organized.
5. When I had to make my own food web I was totally confused.
6. Making my own food web helped me to understand how a real one works.
7. This activity made me think.
8. The activity questions were too hard.
9. I learned a lot from doing this activity.
10. This activity prepared me for the field trips to Rocky Point and Catalina Island.
11. After doing this activity, I have a good understanding of food webs.
12. After doing this activity, I have a good understanding of why food webs are important.
13. This activity prepared me well for the activities I am doing now in class.
14. After doing this activity, I can explain to a friend how food webs work.
15. This activity helped me to understand the world around me better.

Please honestly and completely answer the following questions:

1. What did you like best about the food web activity? The least?

2. When I do this activity again next year, what should I do differently?

3. What did you learn from this activity?

4. How has this activity prepared you for the rest of the Marine Biology unit (be specific)?

Marine Biology Unit Evaluation

Student Survey

Please check a single response that best describes how you feel for each of the following questions according to the following scale:

SD - if you strongly disagree

D - if you disagree

N - if you neither agree nor disagree

A - if you agree

SA - if you strongly agree

Activity	SD	D	N	A	SA
1. The marine biology semester was fun.
2. Before this semester, I had a good understanding of marine biology.
3. Before this semester, I understood marine biology and why it is important.
4. The evaluation standards were clear—I knew what you expected.
5. When I did the activities I was totally confused.
6. Writing my own procedures made me think more.
7. This marine biology unit as a whole made me think.
8. The unit questions were too hard.
9. I learned a lot from doing this unit.
10. The unit prepared me for the field trips to Rocky Point and Catalina Island.
11. After doing this unit, I have a good understanding of marine biology.
12. After doing this unit, I have a good understanding of why marine biology is important.
13. This unit prepared me well for being a successful student.
14. After doing this unit, I can explain to a friend how many marine biology concepts work.
15. This unit helped me to understand the world around me better.

Please honestly and completely answer the following questions:

1. What did you like best about the marine biology unit? The least?

2. When I do this unit again next year, what should I do differently?

3. What did you learn from this unit?

4. What is your overall opinion of the value of this semester-long unit?