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Newenergylessonplan
Newenergylessonplan
Teacher:
Diana Bermudez
Grade Level:
6th grade
Standards:
MS-ESS3-1. Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven
distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past
and current geoscience processes.
MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in
global temperatures over the past century.
Objectives (Explicit & Measurable):
SWBAT answer questions on energy use to clarify factors that have cause global
temperatures rise by participating in a class discussion.
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable Assessment: formative and summative):
(formative) questions and points of interest by teacher to check for students
understanding
(summative) quick write at the end of lesson
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (steps that lead to completion of objective; sequence from simple
to more complex):
SWBAT:
Make observations on pros and cons of energy uses
Differentiate between causes and effects
Identify and label renewable resources versus nonrenewable resources
Lesson Summary and Justification: (summary gives detailed information about what
students are doing. Justification why is this lesson being taught)
Students will watch a video on renewable energy with follow-up
discussion questions that we will talk about after the video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4xKThjcKaE). Questions will ask students
to reflect on the pros and the cons of renewable energy.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEeH4EniM3E). Students will create a
Renewable energy versus Non-renewable energy foldable that will allow them to
write and have access to this information at any time during this unit.
Questions: What will happen if we only used non-renewable energy? We
will have a class discussion on this question and end with a quick write.
Background Knowledge: (What do students need to know prior to completing this lesson)
Students will know:
Engage
Teacher Will: (hook)
Teacher will begin class with a question: What
is New Energy? Then after hearing responses,
will play a video on renewable energy.
Teacher will go over the sheet with the
students to assess if they were able to locate
the information.
Students Will:
During the video, students will fill out a
fill-in-the blank sheet based off of the
information from the video.
Students will answer questions and
discuss with class.
Students Will:
Students will discuss and identify the
pros and cons of using renewable and
nonrenewable energy inside their
foldable.
Students Will:
Students will answer IQ by researching
and finding information. They will write
their information on the back of their
foldable. They will then share out their
predictions.
Students Will:
Students will evaluate how much they
attained in their lesson today. They will
write about 3 facts they learned and one
thing interesting idea.