Lesson plan Template

Teacher Candidate: Lauren Piche Date: May 7, 2018

School: Educational Technology: Spring 2018 Subject: Earth Science Grade: 9th or 10th Grade
Lesson Objective Comments:
Objective and 1. Students will be able to categorize celestial objects within the Universe.
Evidence (s): *All italicized
Evidence items are left
out of this
1. Graphic Organizer mini-lesson
2. Universe Sorting Game for timing
Agenda for 1. Balloon Modeling purposes. In
Board: 2. Universe Scale http://scaleofuniverse.com/ a regular 40 –
3. Vocabulary Graphic Organizer (using Microsoft Word) 80 minute
4. Universe Sorting Game period each
http://ibexwtst.space.swri.edu/games/IBEX_sorting_en.html task would be
performed
Materials: ● Balloon with buttons and
● Index cards potentially
● Internet Access/Adobe Flash expanded
● Microsoft Word upon.
● Vocabulary Sheet
● Glow-in-the-dark ceiling celestial objects OR stickers
Procedure:
Hook:
Include: ● The teacher will begin the lesson with a review of their last topic; the
Voyager Space Mission. The teacher will reflect on how many students felt
Key academic small and slightly insignificant compared to the large scale of our solar
language system. She will inform them that our solar system is in fact quite small
compared to the “vast cosmic arena” that is our universe (Sagan, 1994).

Cognitive Expanding Universe Demo:*

engagement & ● The teacher will demonstrate how the universe is expanding using a balloon
formative/ model (visual). The teacher will ask the students to write down their
formal observations as she blows air into the balloon.*
assessment(s)
Rumors Strategy:*
● The students will use the “Rumors” strategy to walk around the room and
Possible share their observations with three other classmates. Each time they share
adjustments an observation they will swap cards. After swapping cards 3 times they will
based on return to their seats.*
formative
assessment ● The teacher will ask for volunteers to share what is written on the card they
ended up with.*

Key transitions Scale of Universe Demo:

● The teacher will show the students a brief scale of the universe using an
online simulation (visual).
Any grouping
Vocabulary Graphic Organizer :
● The teacher will hand out vocabulary sheets with words, definitions and
Differentiated photographs of applicable vocabulary. Directions for their first activity will
Instruction also be included on the vocabulary handout (Key Academic Language –
Introduced).

● The teacher will explain and model the Microsoft Word Graphic Organizer on
the projector. Explanation will include that the students need to make 4
shapes and label each shape a different category; 1 - Earth & Moon, 2 –Sun
& Heliosphere, 3 – Milky Way Galaxy, 4 – Universe. Within each shape,
students will add textboxes of the vocabulary. The vocabulary words must
be properly placed in the correct category (Cognitive Student Engagement)
 (Formative Formal Assessment) (Key Academic Language – Practiced).

● The teacher will ask two students to repeat the directions (CFU – directions).

Transition:
The teacher will use the call and response of “To infinity… and beyond” to gather the
student’s attention for the next activity.

Universe Sorting Game:

● Students will be asked to save their work and to access the teacher’s
website.

● The students will be directed to the Resources page and will be asked to
click the first link.

● The teacher explain the directions and will ask one student to repeat the link
directions (CFU – directions).

● The students will download Adobe Flash Player and play the Universe
Sorting Game (Cognitive Student Engagement) (Formative Informal
Assessment) (Key Academic Language – Assessed).

Transition:
The teacher will use the call and response of “To infinity… and beyond” to gather the
student’s attention for the closing activity.*

Closure:
● The teacher will have each of the four groups listed on the board. She will
pass out a glow in the dark star, planet or galaxy to each student. One by
one students will be asked to stick (with tape or sticky-tac) their glow in the
dark celestial object in the correct category. Once each student has
completed their task, the teacher will turn off the light so the students can
see the glowing items displayed in cosmic scale.*

● The teacher will ask two students to repeat the directions (CFU –
directions).*

Homework The teacher will announce further resources listed on her page for students to view if
and/or they would like to learn more about the scale of the universe.
Announcements