STAT21+Lessons

__STAT 21 lesson plans__

I. Subject area: Earth Science Grade level: 8th Lesson title: Objects in Space || S.E.2.2 Students are able to differentiate the influences of the relative positions of the Earth, moon and sun 21st Century Skills: communication and collaboration, creativity and imagination || Following the activities, students will take a teacher created (Achievement Series) post-test. My goal is a 10% improvement in test scores from pre- to post-test. Hopefully this will translate to a 2% improvement in STEP test scores. ||
 * ** McREL Technology Solutions (MTS) Lesson Plan Template ** ||
 * Name: Marlys Hauck-Fenner
 * ** Brief lesson description ** ||
 * After researching one aspect of space, pairs of students will develop a movie about that area of Space Science. The movie will be presented to the class. ||
 * ** District/State content standard/benchmark addressed ** ||
 * S.E.2.1 Students are able to compare celestial bodies within the solar system using composition, size and orbital motion
 * ** Instructional Strategy (Marzano’s) ** ||
 * Cooperative Learning ||
 * ** Technology resources needed (hardware and software) ** ||
 * Computers—internet, Movie Maker ; movie cameras; music CDs and MP3 players; SMART board ||
 * ** Procedure ** ||
 * I will incorporate technology into the space science unit by having student pairs use digital/movie cameras to take still and moving pictures. They will use Movie Maker to develop these pictures into movies about celestial bodies and their impact on the Earth itself. Examples from Teacher Tube will be shown for "inspiration." As a class, students will develop a rubric to score the movies. Movies will be shown to the class and peer/teacher scored. Each team will be responsible for creating review questions related to their movie to use as a graphic organizer during the movies and as an interactive class review on the SMART board. ||
 * ** Assessment Method ** ||
 * Using the information collected from the previous 2 years of STEP test data, I will design a pre-test for Standard S.E.2 using the Achievement Series and administer the test to students prior to teaching the unit.

II. Subject area: Earth Science Grade level: 8th Lesson title: Weather || S.E.1.3 Explain the factors that create weather and the instruments and technologies that assess it. 21st Century Skills: communication, initiative and self-direction, creativity and imagination || Each student will participate in a weather blog by recording their observations at least twice and responding to another student at least once. || Following the activities, students will take a teacher created (Achievement Series) post-test. My goal is a 10% improvement in test scores from pre- to post-test. Hopefully this will translate to a 2% improvement in STEP test scores. A rubric will be used to evaluate the Power Point presentation. ||
 * ** McREL Technology Solutions (MTS) Lesson Plan Template ** ||
 * Name: Marlys Hauck-Fenner
 * ** Brief lesson description ** ||
 * After researching one aspect of weather, students will develop a Power Point presentation about that weather topic. The Power Point will be presented to the class. Students will also participate in a weather blog for a period of 2 weeks. ||
 * ** District/State content standard/benchmark addressed ** ||
 * S.E.1 Analyze various structures and processes and structures of the Earth system.
 * ** Instructional Strategy (Marzano’s) ** ||
 * Setting objectives and providing feedback ||
 * ** Technology resources needed (hardware and software) ** ||
 * Computers—internet, Power Point, Live Journal (blog) ||
 * ** Procedure ** ||
 * I will incorporate technology into the weather unit by having students use the computer to create a Power Point presentation. The product will be shown to the class and teacher scored.
 * ** Assessment Method ** ||
 * Using the information collected from the previous 2 years of STEP test data, I will design a pre-test for Standard S.E.1.3 using the Achievement Series and administer the test to students prior to teaching the unit.