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Day 5: Reflection + Xello Learning Styles + eDynamic

Lesson Overview
Time 50 minutes
Objectives Complete the Xello Learning Styles lesson; complete eDynamic Unit 4.2 Part 2; finalize Health Science favorites in H&L; reflect on whether the nursing pathway fits the student's RIASEC type
TEKS d(1)(A), d(1)(C)
Deliverable Updated H&L Climber Profile with 2-3 nursing favorites + Xello Learning Styles result + eDynamic 4.2 Part 2 unit completion + 3-sentence reflection
Materials Chromebooks, H&L accounts, Xello accounts, eDynamic Learning login, projector

Warm-Up (5 min)

WARM-UP: How has your understanding of nursing changed this week compared to what you thought before?

Take 3-4 responses. Bridge: most students arrive thinking "nursing = giving shots and helping doctors." This week showed nursing is a LADDER with technology, math, science, and constant learning.

Activity 1: Xello Learning Styles Lesson (15 min)

Open Xello and direct students to the Learning Styles Lesson in the 7th-grade Xello task list. This activity helps students identify how they learn best, visually, by listening, by doing, or by reading/writing.

Students complete the lesson, take the assessment, and read their results. They write down their primary learning style.

Then they connect their learning style to the nursing career ladder:

  • Visual learners → may prefer Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology Tech) or Surgical Tech (watching procedures)
  • Auditory learners → may prefer counseling roles (Psychiatric Nurse, Patient Educator)
  • Kinesthetic learners → may prefer hands-on patient care (CNA, ER Nurse, EMT)
  • Reading/writing learners → may prefer documentation-heavy roles (Nurse Manager, Medical Writer)

Students write one sentence: "My learning style is _, which connects to the nursing career of because __."

Activity 2: eDynamic Unit 4.2 Part 2 — Experimenting with Careers (15 min)

Direct students to eDynamic Learning Unit 4.2 Part 2: Experimenting with Careers. This unit provides a structured curriculum complement to the H&L exploration done this week.

Students complete the unit's lesson and any embedded activities. The unit reinforces the concept that career exploration is an experiment, try different things, learn from each one.

[VERIFY IN eDynamic] Confirm that Unit 4.2 Part 2 in eDynamic Learning covers experimenting with careers and is appropriate for 7th-grade Health Science framing.

After completing the unit, students write one sentence about which Health Science "experiment" they want to try next (Day 4 dental, Day 5 medical billing, Wk 6 biomedical).

Activity 3: H&L Favorites + Climber Profile (10 min)

Students return to the H&L app and finalize their nursing favorites. They should favorite 2-3 nursing or related Health Science careers.

[H&L PLATFORM] In the H&L app, navigate to "Hat Finder," filter by "Health Science" cluster, and click the heart icon on 2-3 nursing Hats. Then click "Climber Profile". Students should now have favorites from FOUR clusters: Manufacturing, IT, Law, and Health Science. The Climber Profile shows how the favorited Hats connect to the student's RIASEC type from Week 0.

The teacher circulates and asks each student: "Which nursing career did you favorite, and how does it fit your RIASEC type?"

Facilitation Tip

Some students will struggle to favorite anything because they "didn't like nursing." That's a valid result of career exploration. Reframe: "Knowing that nursing is NOT for you is just as valuable as finding the perfect career. Now you can focus your time on other clusters."

Activity 4: Reflection (5 min)

Students write a 3-sentence reflection in their notebook or on a slip:

  1. "The nursing career I favorited is _____."
  2. "My RIASEC type is _, and this career fits/doesn't fit because ___."
  3. "Next week we explore dental and medical billing. The thing I'm most curious about is _____."

This reflection is a quick formative check that the week landed.

DOK 2: Based on your Xello Learning Styles result from Activity 1, would the education pathway you are most drawn to (CNA certificate vs. BSN degree vs. Nurse Practitioner graduate school) be a good fit for how you actually learn? Explain the connection between your learning style and the amount of time you would spend in a classroom versus hands-on in clinicals.

Exit Ticket (5 min)

EXIT TICKET (Concept Map / Connection Diagram) · Printable PDF:

A nursing career I favorited this week: _____

Connect this career to THREE things:

1. My Xello Learning Style result from today (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or reading/writing)

My learning style: _____. In one sentence, does this learning style fit the amount of classroom study my favorited career requires? Why or why not:

2. My Wk0 RIASEC type (Doer, Analyzer, Creator, Helper, Persuader, or Organizer)

My RIASEC type: _____. In one sentence, does this career fit my type?

3. The Singley Academy Nursing Science pathway (Patient Care Tech / Phlebotomy)

Does Singley's pathway lead DIRECTLY to my favorited career or is it a STEPPING STONE? Circle: DIRECT / STEPPING STONE. One sentence why:

(d(1)(A), d(1)(C))

Differentiation

  • Support: Provide a fill-in-the-blank reflection template. Use Xello's built-in audio narration for the Learning Styles Lesson.
  • Extension: Students research a specialized nursing career not covered this week (Flight Nurse, Forensic Nurse, Nurse Anesthetist) and add it to their Climber Profile.
  • ELL: Xello has Spanish-language support built-in. eDynamic also offers Spanish translation. Pair ESL students with bilingual peers for the H&L Climber Profile review.