Topic

Goal
Learning objectives
Materials
Introduce material
Practice material
Apply material (students do alone)
Reflection (with students)
Evaluation

4MAT Lesson Plan Template

Date

Topic/Unit/Lesson The Egg Drop Challenge

Time allotted: 1 hr

Learning Objectives -Facilitate creative thinking

AKA: Goals-What do you want students to take away -Practice using a logical framework to solve problems
from the lesson? -Help students to better understand simple machines and where they exist around them

KSA Knowledge: Students will practice using creative thinking to solve the problem at hand.
This is for the teacher to keep in mind Skills:
What kind of skills would you like them to take away from the activity?
Attitudes:

Materials and Equipment For facilitators: box to specify the largest their projects must be; water bucket, rag to clean up, soap,
For students: 2 eggs per team, tape, glue, glue guns, string, scissors, newspaper, plastic drop cloth, recycled materials like packing peanuts, sponges, straws, Styrofoam, plastic bags, foam, cotton, noodles, etc

Possible problems

Possible solutions

Lesson Stages
Lesson stage/ Time Teacher’s Activity Pupils’ Activity Methods Skills to be evaluated/
Materials Techniques Evaluation
Forms of activity
I. 3 mins (Get Students Involved-Activate Background knowledge) (Get Students Involved-Activate Background knowledge)
Evocation/ 1. Opening 1-2 minutes max 1. Opening
Motivation Introduce yourself What will the students be doing?

Materials: Typically, this is used as an “attention” grabber. Address the issue: How can you What is the student’s role?
List any needed get them interested? How are they playing the game?
materials. Ie: Games, Videos, etc IE: What are they doing during this time
IE: paper, pens, pre- 3. Warm up activity 3. Warm up activity
made poster with rules, An extension of the opening. Students answer the question after brainstorming with their group.
etc Use this as a transition piece into your main activity.

Show the students a raw egg and ask what they think would happen if you dropped
the raw egg on the ground.

II. Realization of 3 mins (Introduce vocabulary & scientific principles if necessary) (Introduce vocabulary & scientific principles if necessary)
Sense/ What information should they know before starting?
Information Discuss gravity, motion and other forces.
Materials: Hand out small “FYI” worksheet on principles at hand- go over
Handouts, pictures,
power point, computer,
etc

III. 3 mins (Practice vocabulary / scientific principles) (Practice scientific principles)

Reflection/ Is there anything they need to practice before getting started?
Practice Students will be directed to get into groups of 2-3.
Materials: Rules will be explained
Poster of rules, bulk of 1…..
materials 2…..
IV. Extension/ 45 mins (Apply) (Apply)
Application The bulk of the lesson.
Materials: Facilitator goes around the room to answer any questions and to encourage students
Timer on phone to be creative.

Reflection 5 minutes Discussion with students

Facilitate the discussion of what the students learned/ remind them of what
principles you talked about in the introduction

Homework (Apply and consolidate new material introduced in class through homework assignments)
Circle all that apply:
Homework assignment:

Evaluation of the Lesson:

1. Did I accomplish lesson objectives?
2. What worked well and why?
3. What didn’t work well and why?
4. What would I do differently?
5. How would I improve the lesson?