05+Lesson+Plans

Part I: Lesson Plan- Child Astronomer

ASSURE Model

Analyze the Learner: · The learners will consist of a class of Second grade Science Class. · The children’s skill levels will be around the expected level of other second graders. There will most likely be students who are above or below the level of an average second grader. They will have some ability to read and comprehend what they are reading, but will be unable to take in large amounts of information. · All learning styles will have to be taken into consideration, and ultimately I must incorporate each learning style into how I implement my lesson. This will incorporate visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.

State Objectives: · My intent in this lesson is to have my Science Class have a basic understanding of Astronomy for their age group. · They will be able to state the names of the planets, how each planet received its name. This will also include a little history of the evolution of Astronomy from ancient times till now. They will also have an introduction to the stars and star gazing. They will be able to name off the better known constellations, and what they look like in star form. · Each student will be able to know and name of each planet with its location and describe a significant aspect of its makeup that makes it unique. They will know why life is not presently found on the planets surfaces, and why the planets look the way they do. Also, the identification of certain star formations will be integrated in their understanding, and they will be able to draw what the constellations look like. · In regard to the planets we will review and try to understand the various ways that animals depend on plants for survival on Earth, know the common and distinguishing characteristics of groups of vertebrate animals, understand similarities and differences among plants, understand that although plants and animals are different, they also share common characteristics. Once we have discussed them here on the planet Earth we will discus why life may not be found on other planets in our solar system. · By watching a movie and having a class discussion, the students of my second grade class will draw a picture and write a brief summary of what they have learned. According to Bloom’s Taxonomy in Comprehension and since this is a third grade class, I am only asking for a brief paragraph that will have to contain an accuracy of 100% of what they have learned. We will also use Microsoft Movie Maker to create a story that compiles what the class has learned about space and astronomy.

Select Methods, Media, and Materials: · The form of instruction I will be presenting the students with are mini lectures, and later on in the class use discovery and creation of student projects as supplemental tools. · As for media I will be incorporating tools from the internet from scholarly and educational site. Show one or two movies to the children, one of which will incorporate the “Magic School Bus” series. These media tools will be the best educational tool for the children by keeping them informed, but at the same time entertained and involved. · I will need a television, access to a computer, materials for arts and crafts, and a video camera/scanner and microphone.

Utilize Methods, Media, and Materials: · The different methods will permit me to reach all the children. By using multiple ways in teaching the information will be understood in a faster manner. I will use the media in the first few days to create a strong foundation and build on that foundation. I will have a class discussion and allow the children to tell me what they have learned and I could focus in the next few days on the topics they couldn’t grasp so well. · The movies will be shown in the first two days of the class. Then I will go on line and show the children in the class some web pages discussing astronomy on the projector. On the forth day I will have the students draw pictures and write a few sentences to a brief paragraph under their pictures about what they have learned. Once they have finished the pictures I will scan them into the computer and then I will have them read their sentences in a microphone and create a small little movie on the computer using Windows Movie Maker. · My instructional strategy will be to incorporate multiple techniques to emphasize the topics we will be going over. The Movies will help with the visual learners, the stories will help the audio learners, and then I will assist the students in creating their own movie to give to their parents and let them see what they do in class.

Require Learner Participation: · The students will be required to actively participate in the class. We will have open discussions in the class, discus what we learned from watching the movies, read from our Science text books, and write sentences about planets. I will evaluate their papers, and once they are done they will read aloud what they wrote and have it recorded for the last part of the lesson. · The student will be actively participating to create an understanding of the topic that will allow other ideas to form from. They will be able to grow and develop more concepts of astronomy as they acquire other science courses in their future studies.

Evaluate and Revise: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The objectives were to have them name the planets, constellations, understand why some planets can or cannot support life. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Most of the students will be unable to use the technology properly. This is of course a second grade class. So most of the technological work will be done by me, the teacher. I will of course be grading their papers that will be incorporated in the movie, and the discussions we have about what we have learned. <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· When it comes to revisions and improvements, it will be taking part after the first implementation of the class. Whatever subject didn’t work I will know for next time to emphasize what the main idea was. And if there is to much information about one specific topic I will need to omit that to allow the students to get the information without being overwhelmed.

This assignment will follow under the Sunshine State Standards regarding Earth and Space, and Process of Life.