LESSON PLAN



Description: The students will working with objects on a flat surface to determine if they will or will not roll. Throughout the activity the students will work with objects to figure out the main characteristic that allows something to roll. This lesson has the ability to intergrate math concepts such as T- charts and bar graphs. LETS GO ROLL!


Student Learning Map

Course/Subject: Science                                      Team:

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Key Learning: (this is linked to the Unit Essential Question)

Unit Essential Question: (the Unit EQ)

Concept: Test objects to see if they roll.	Concept:	Concept:
Lesson Essential Questions: What is the main characteristic that allows objects to roll?	Lesson Essential Questions:	Lesson Essential Questions:
Vocabulary: ·        Circular ·        Side	Vocabulary:	Vocabulary:

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Acquisition Lesson Plan

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Essential Question: What is the main characteristic that allows objects to roll?

What do students need to learn to be able to answer the Essential Question? Assessment Prompt: ·        The students will use reasoning and experimentation to answer the question to whether an object will or will not roll. At the completion of their investigation with the objects they will be able to identify the main characteristic that allows an object to roll. Assessment Prompt: Assessment Prompt:

Activating Strategy: Have a pile of common household objects along with familiar objects that the students would recognize set out on the table. Allow them to figure out what the materials have in common and what is different. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key vocabulary to preview: Circular- objects that have one continuous side Side- edges that make up a object

Teaching Strategies: Graphic Organizer: Use a white board to tally predictions and results.

Instruction: Instruct the students to choose about ten of the objects from the pile in the middle. This allows the children to experiment with objects that they are interested in. the power of choice is important in the classroom! AP#1: ·        The students will pick their objects and look at them. They will tally if they think they will roll or not on a t –chart. Instruction: Make sure the students don’t try and roll materials yet. This step is for predictions only. ·        The students will take each object one at a time and try and roll them across the table. They will then tally the number that rolled and don’t roll on a second t-chart. ·        The student will analyze their data to see if their predictions were correct. Instruction: Take all the tallied results and create a bar graph in front of the class. This gives you the opportunity to integrate your science and math content. You can open the discussion up for terms such as more and less when comparing your two bars in the graph. AP #2: AP #3: Assignment:

Summarizing Strategy: At the conclusion of the lesson ask the students what they think the main characteristic that allows the object to roll is. If the students struggle, allow for scaffolding to the correct answer. (Circular- one continuous side).