Unit:

_____Science Lesson – Week 3 __ Lesson #: ___1_

Outcome(s) of Lesson: (Blooms or I can statement)
1. Compare samples of various kinds of rock, and identify similarities and differences.
4. Recognize that rocks are composed of a variety of materials; and given a course grained rock and magnifier, describe some of the component
materials.
How will I know students have achieved the learning outcome(s)?
Student will go to a certain part of the room if they thin a picture on the slideshow is a rock or a mineral

If called on after rock has been shown and they picked a sides, students will be able to tell me why it is a rock or a mineral.

Hook:
Rock Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=nEJXaWRptQo&feature=emb_logo - also linked in PowerPoint)

Learning Opportunities:

Time Learning Opportunity How do I check that students

understand what to do?
6 mins Video
Based on the video we just watched who knows what the difference between a rock and a While students are still in their desks, I
mineral? (One you have some answers flip to next slide) That’s right, a rock is a bunch of will ask them to point where they go if
5 mins minerals mixed together whereas a mineral is a crystal of just that one mineral. they think it’s a rock, and then if it’s a
This is an important distinction because we need to know if we are looking at a mineral or a mineral.
rock that contains many minerals. Now just because a rock is all one colour does that mean
it doesn’t have different minerals? No, rocks can be all one colour and still have multiple
minerals in it. Materials Needed
rules: PowerPoint
5 mins So now we are going to go thought this slides and you are going to go to side of the room Rock and Mineral wall labels
with the sink if you think it’s a mineral or the other side with the chairs if you think it’s a
rock. There are some rules when we do this:
- No pushing/shoving/touching other people or their things
15mins - Don’t just follow your friends, we need you to go where you honestly think the
answer is because I’m going to ask you
- We need to walk and move safely around the classroom, if I think you are being
unsafe or it’s a zoo we will just sit at our desks and raise our hands.
Now you will show them the picture and they have to decide, by the count of 10, which side
they will stand on, then you will ask one person to share why they think it is what it is and

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then tell them the right answer! You will do this 10 times (the slides are not in a pattern so
that they need to think about it)
How do I differentiate for ALL learners? Accommodations (ISP’s)
Beginning: Rock and mineral tags on walls, if they get overwhelmed by the moving they can sit in I am going to put the words rock and
their desk and point. mineral up on the wall near where they
are supposed to stand, that way they
Developing: Same as beginning can see them. This activity has no
reading or writing so they should feel
Achieving: like they can achieve this.
M– will have aid in the room, she will
Exceeding: just help her to keep up with peers, if
she isn’t handling the moving around
well she can sit in her desk and point to
where she would go.
K – will also need help, I will ask him
personally each round what he thinks it
is and why
D – will probably go to the side with the
least amount of students because he
dislikes crowds, I will ask him if he
would rather stay in his desk.
Transition: (what will students do when they are finished?, how will we move to the next learning opportunity?)
• If we were to finish early we would go over what the three types of rocks learned about last week were and add those to a wall in
our classroom, I am planning to make a word wall with them next class but we could start early if we needed too!

CLOSURE:
• Thank you for working so hard to learn what rocks and minerals are, next time we have science class we will be looking at the
similarities and differences of rocks

Lesson Plan Analysis: Using your lesson above, describe the following: (This information MUST be in your learning opportunities)

Cooperative Learning Paired sharing

Strategies used
Movement Breaks Working in partners

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Modes of Learning Visual, Verbal, Physical, Social, Solitary

Higher Order What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
Question(s) Can you explain why you think this is a rock or a mineral?
Can you tell me if this is a rock or a mineral?

Reflection and Revisions:

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