CASE Lesson Plan- Science Lesson Temperature

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At your school site you will use this form to plan your lessons. You will send it to your supervisor 24 hours in advance of a prescheduled observation and he/she will offer feedbac . !se the glossary to help you thin throu"h your lesson plannin". Name: Rebekah Hershey Super'isor: Date: September !"#$ % (bs) *: Sub&ect: Science

Things to do to prepare for the lesson: (What materials will you need? What examples will you need to have prepared? What visuals (i.e.
charts, diagrams, organizers, etc.) will you need to prepare ahead of time? What homework will you need to do to make certain you really know the material you are a!out to teach? What will you need to have prepared if you are using an "#$%? &f you are using we!sites, do you need to !ookmark them ahead of time?) #ist all of these things !elow to remind yourself.

#encils #opsicle %tic s )eather *ournals

$rayons &'eal( thermometer &+emonstration( thermometer

$ut out thermometers for each student

Learning goal(s): ('emem!er( )hese are not tasks !ut statements that will guide your planning for learning. *sk yourself, What do & want children
to learn? +ow does this goal help me understand what & need to teach and what tasks do & want to design to extend this learning? learning.) )he focus is on the

,he students will understand how to read a thermometer and the difference between weather &words( and temperature &words.( State Standards for the lesson: (,se http(--www.pdesas.org to help you with this). )his is a .* /epartment of "ducation we!site designed to
align with 0ational 1ore 2tandards.

3.1.2.B6: Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data. Class plans: (refer to the glossary) Times Detaile+ +escription an+ purpose Cautions / Notes Super'isor 0ee+back (estimates to help o, task-s. (things you need to keep in mind) with pacing) (what are you doing and why; prepare some questions and possible responses Structure for discussions) ("roupin"behavior e.pectations) /ntroduction: 0-12 As the students file into the /f students are wild- tell them that minutes- lar"e classroom- the teacher should "ive they need to show you they are "roup them instructions to sit at their des ready to learn and be"in and be ready to tal about today3s somethin" new in science.

temperature. ,he teacher should as the students- &is it hot or cold out today4 ($all on student to answer this 5uestion- or if it is very obvious say &is it hot or cold out todayclass4).( ,hen say- &%ince it was (hot or cold dependin" on the day) what type of clothes were people wearin" because of the weather4 +o a lot of people have boots on4 6r flip-flops4 +o people have on shorts4 6r pants4 ($all on a few students to answer these 5uestions). 7)hat do people say or do when they are cold4 (%tudents should respond with free8in"- or they may shiver) )hat do people say or do when they are hot4 (%tudents should respond with they sweat or say they are burnin" up).( &)e have been tal in" about weather for the past couple of wee s- but we are "oin" to add in the temperature= $an anyone tell me what the word temperature means4 ($all on student- they should respond with an answer li e tells us how hot or cold somethin" is). )hat are some other words we can use to describe the word temperature4 (%tudents could say hot- cold- warm- etc.). )hat is the hi"h temperature today4 ($all on student to answer). )ell- how do we measure temperature4 )hat tool do we use4 (%tudent should respond with thermometer).

/t will be helpful to use popsicle stic s durin" this discussion because most students will probably want to answer.

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<ive them hi"h e.pectations if they do not seem interested. ,ell them they will be doin" more than >ust >ournals today. )hen tal in" about thermometers- teacher should be holdin" them in her hands. ?aybe as if anyone has thermometers in their house. )here do you eep them4 /nside or outside4

&)e have two classroom thermometers. 6ne is a wor in" thermometer and the red "oes up when it3s warm- and "oes down when it3s cold. ,he other thermometer is where the person holdin" it can chan"e the temperature on the thermometer whenever they want (teacher should demonstrate this). )hen we tal about temperature- we "ive the units in de"rees @ahrenheit. You can also measure temperature in $elsius- but the !nited %tates does not use that system (?etric). %o a temperature "iven in de"rees @ahrenheit can mean the same thin" in a different number of de"rees $elsius. (,eacher should point this out on the sides of the thermometerone side is @ and one side is $). Bave the entire class answer these 5uestions since they should %o if there was a fire in the be easy. classroom- and it was very hot in here- where would the red "o on the thermometer4 (%tudents should answer up) Yes- it would "o up because it wants to e.pand- but can3t "o further out to the sides so it has to "o up. )hat would happen if it was winter- and we opened all the windows in the room- what would the red do4 (%tudents should say the red would "o down). &Aow we are "oin" to practice recordin" the temperature on a paper thermometer. (Bave student helpers

pass out thermometers and put teacher3s paper thermometer under Clmo). )hat did we say the hi"h temperature was today4 (%tudent should answer with correct de"rees). $an someone come up here and show us where that would be on the thermometer ($all one student to come up to smart board and point out the line and then the teacher should draw a line on the sheet on Clmo to show where the temperature is. ,ell students to do the same). Aow where will you color the red in the thermometer4 Above the line or below it- class4 (All students should answer below line). Yes- you should color below the line. 9efore / pass out the red crayon for you to color your thermometer- you should write your name at the top of the paperwrite the date where it says date- and underneath that line record the temperature for today. (,eacher should model this for students usin" Clmo then pass out red crayons. <ive them a couple minutes to fill out their thermometers). &Aow we are "oin" to record the weather and temperature in our >ournals= (6nce >ournals are passed out- be"in as in" about the weather). )hat is the weather li e outside4 /s it rainin"4 /s there sun4 )hat did you see outside at recess4 ($all on one student to "ive a stron" sentence about the weather). ,han you-

,eacher should be wal in" around as students color in their thermometer. /f needed- tell the students each line represents one de"ree on the thermometer. ?i"ht help to tell them to write their name- date- and temp before discusses where the colorin" "oes.

student D- for "ivin" us such a "reat sentence. /f you a"ree with student D- "ive me a thumbs up- if you disa"ree put your fin"er on your nose.(+ependin" on what students do with their hands- decide on a sentence).( %o we said our weather today wasE (teacher will write down this sentence in her >ournal). Aow we have another sentence to write. )e will write what the temperature for today was. %o today3s temperature wasE.( <ive students time to write the sentences and then draw their pictures. /f needed- remind students that they need to draw their weather before addin" any details. $all students up to share their drawin"s usin" the popsicle stic s or callin" on them. ,he number of shares depends on the time left in the period. /f more time- review what was learned about thermometer and temperature. As if anyone can define the words.
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