SamanthaHartman

SCE4310
LessonAnalysis

Thislessondoesnotcontainthethreelegsofscience.Theonelegthatitmaybepartiallyable
tostandonistheprocessskills.Thelessonmentionscommunicationwhentheessential
questionisread,however,itdoesnotmentionwhatcommunicationis,howscientistsuse
communication,orwhycommunicationuntilonceattheendwherestudentsarereflectingon
theirinvestigation.Also,thelessondoesnotleavealotofroomforchildrentofreelyexpress
howtheyconductedtheinvestigation.Thelessonincludesascripted,maidoutresponseforhe
children,"WhenusingtweezersIcanpickupthemostbeansusingmy________hand."This
leadsmetothequestioningofhowthelessonisscience.Thelessondoesnotmentionhow
scientistscommunicateinthefieldandwhypickingupbeanswithdifferenthandsandrecording
itwillcontributetothateffort.Thereisalsonorealdifferentiationfordifferentstudents.When
youthinkaboutconductinghislesson,therearemanycomplicationswiththebasicsofthe
lesson.Forexample,studentswillhavetorememberthroughoutthislessonandbereminded
whathandisleftandwhichisright.Thenstudentswillhavetoknowhowtoworkthetweezers
andbeabletopickupsmallbeansandmovethemintothecup.Theseimplicationstakeaway
fromthemaingoalofthelesson,whichistogetchildrentotapintotheirinnerscientistand
communicatetothepeoplearoundthemaboutsomethingheyarediscovering.Thentheyneed
totransferthatcommunicationontopaperandeitherdraw,write,ortalkaboutwhatthey
learned.Theseareallexamplesofscientistscommunicating.Thereareplentyofplacesinthis
lessontoimplementNOSsuchasthesciencedemandsevidencewiththedatachartorthe
sharingwithpartnersasscienceissocial.

ModifiedLesson:
EssentialQuestion:Howdoscientistscommunicate?
Objective:Wewillusewords,pictures,andwrittenrecordstocommunicateinscience.
3LegsofScience
ContentHowdoscientists,specificallyastronautscommunicatewhiletheyare
inspace?Whyisisimportantforthemtocommunicate?
ProcessSkillsCommunication
NatureofScience:
Gatherstudentsonthecarpet.
IntroduceEQ:"Asscientiststoday,ouressentialquestion,whatwewillbeWONDERING
andASKINGOURSELF,ishowdoscientistscommunicate?
Relatecommunicationtowhatstudentsdoeveryday.Ex:Greetingyourteacher,
communicateourthinkinginmathbydrawingpictures,etc.
Talkabouthowitisimportantforscientiststocommunicatebecausetheyarespreadout
throughouttheworld.
AskstudentswhatNASAis?Tellthemitisanagency,groupofscientists,thatallows
shuttlesandrocketstocarryhumansandtechnologytospacetoexploreand
communicatetoEartheverythingthattheysee.
IntroduceScottKellythescientistwhowassenttoliveinspaceforayear.Tellthemhe
hasatwinbrother.NASA'sgoalistoseewhathappenstothehumanbodywhenitisin
spaceforawholeyear.Theyhavetocommunicateandrecordthedifferencestheysee

betweenthetwobrothers.ScottKelly'sjobistocommunicateeverythingheseesin
space.
Presentpreziwithdifferentpictures.ShowhowthepicturesKellytakesofthesunset,
sunrise,lunch,andotherdiscoveries,helpscommunicatetothepeopleonEarthwhatis
differentinspace.
https://prezi.com/jd3d8kay3_9q
Watchyoutubevideo:WindowontheWorldanddiscusswhatScottKellyusesinthe
videotocommunicate.
Tellstudentsabouttheirmission.Theywillbeshootingoffintospacetodiscovera
mysteryplanet.Theywillbelookingatpicturesontablets(thewindowoftheirshuttle)
andtheymustcommunicateinanywaytheycanthatwillhelpthemtotelltheother
scientistswhentheygobacktoEarth(carpet)
Playrocketsoundvideotodismissstudentsfromcarpet(Earth)totheirdesks(planets)
Studentswillbegroupedbydifferentshuttles:Atlantis,CHAMP,Cassini,andApollo.
Tabletswillbeateachgroupsdeskwithdifferentpicturesofdifferentplanets.
Asstudentsareworking,playSpacemusic
:http://youtu.be/nTXeWIL1vhA
Donottellthestudentswhatplanettheyareobservingandcommunicatingon.Allow
studentstoexploreandrecordtheirthinkingintheirsciencenotebook.
Haveanchorchartinfrontofroomtitled,"Today,asanastronaut,Icommunicatedby...."
Circulateandmonitorsmallgroups.Astheyarefinishingtheirobservationsand
communicatingwithgroupmembers,passoutpostitsforthemtoanswertheanchor
chartquestionon.
BringbackwholegroupinstructionandreviewtheEQ.Gooverthedifferentwayseach
scientistcommunicatedduringclass.
Iftimepermits,allowstudentstoleavesciencenotebooksontheirdeskandhave
studentsdoagallerywalkwheretheycangotoeach"planet"andseewhattheirfellow
scientistshavecommunicatedintheirsciencenotebook.

Withthisnewlesson,studentsareputintotheshoesofscientistsandareabletorelatetowell
knownscientists,liketheastronautScottKelly.Thestudentsareengagedinthecontentofwhat
workanastronautdoes,whatplanetstheyencounter,andwhattheydowiththatinformation.
Theyarestillusingthesameprocessskillofcommunicating,excepttheyarealsousingthe
NatureofScienceaswell.Bycommunicatingwiththeirpeersandactivelyrecordingeverything
theyseeinthepicturesofthemysteryplanets,theyareshowingthatsciencedemands
evidenceandthatscienceissocial.Also,theyevengettoexplorethattheworldis
understandable.Thestudentsknowaboutspace,buttheyhavelittlegrasponwhatplanetsare
whichandwhatthoseplanetslooklikeindetail.Eachstudentalsogetstoparticipateineach
styleoflearning.Thosevisuallearnersgetpictures,kinestheticlearnersgettomanipulate
tablets,andaudiallearnersgettoengageinconstantconversationandrespondtovideos.By
creatingascienceenvironmentforthestudentswithshuttlenamesandspacemusic,students
begintorealizethattheyarerealscientistsandthattheycandiscovermorethantheyalready
know.