Category: Environmental science

Human activities are greatly influenced by geologic processes and hazards and
vice versa. Because Earth is ever changing (and so are the people that live on it) we are
increasingly faced with environmental problems to be solved and decisions to be made. Many
of these issues have become popular in the media and are progressively receiving more local,
national, and international attention.

The instructions are to create a science lesson plan for a class between kindergarten-2nd grade using the attached lesson plan template,
In your lesson plan, you must:
follow the lesson plan format attached
incorporate at least one best practice of Inquiry-Based Learning – cite it in the Rationale section
incorporate an ELA standard and component
employ a reading comprehension strategy (choose one of the following strategies:   pre-teaching vocabulary, visualizing, activating prior knowledge,or self-monitoring  ) – cite it in the Rationale section
make your lesson student-centered
The PowerPoint attached contains explicit instructions about what to do in each section of the lesson plan. Watch each slide, and go through all the material.
Remember, a student-centreed lesson means that the students are doing most of the work. I don’t want to read about the teacher lecturing, giving worksheets, giving lots of explanations, giving quizzes, etc. I want to see students making hypotheses, recording data, experimenting, adjusting their hypotheses, drawing conclusions, researching using authoritative sources, etc.
Also, your lesson must be grade-appropriate. You cannot have second graders boiling water or kindergarten students writing paragraphs. Quizzes should generally be avoided before second grade. Make sure your lesson makes sense.
A few points to remember: The goal of teaching science is to promote critical thinking in students, not to spoon-feed knowledge. Learning should be hands-on, trial and error, outdoors, etc. You want to have the students asking the questions and finding the answers. You, the teacher, are just the guide on the side.
Attached are:
-Lesson plan template
-Powerpoint with detailed instructions how to fill out the lesson plan template
-additional tips on creating a good science lesson
-the rubric