GEOL Lesson Plan 4 PDF

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Lesson Plan Assignment for GEOL 4406. Very detailed with TEKS, ELPS and a LAB activity....

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5E Lesson Plan GOL 406 Earth Science PRE-ACTIVITY PLANNING CONTENT AREA/ GRADE LEVEL: 5th grade - Science UNIT THEME: Rotations and Revolutions of Sun, Moon, and Earth TEKS: 5(8)C: Demonstrate that Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every 24 hours causing the day/night cycle and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky FUTURE CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: Rotation or Revolution MATERIALS: Educational video, prezi presentation, balloons, plastic straws, markers, string/tape, flashlight, PURPOSE: Learners will discover how the Earth, Sun and Moon rotate/revolve around each other through an interactive laboratory activity where they demonstrate the rotations and revolutions with their bodies. ELPS: Speaking 3(H): Narrate, describe and explain with increasing specificity and detail as more English is required. LANGUAGE PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVE: Beginner: Learners will verbally recite the vocabulary words; rotation, revolution, sun, moon, and earth. Intermediate: Learners will verbally narrate and explain a basic summarization of what the lab activity represents using vocabulary terms. Advanced: Learners will verbally narrate a detailed explanation of the lab activity and how it represents what happens in the solar system. Advanced-High: Learners will verbally narrate a detailed explanation of how and why the moon moves around the earth and why the earth moves around the sun using vocabulary terms and definitions. PRIOR STUDENT KNOWLEDGE: Basic knowledge of the solar system planets, Knowledge of the order of planets and solar system objects, Sun is the center of the solar system.

ACTIVITY PLANNING Engage: The teacher will: 1. Have all of the students engaged to the front of the classroom. 2. Introduce an educational video about the revolutions of earth, moon and sun. 3. Engage students in a “popcorn review” about the video. a. Focus Questions: What was the earth revolving around? What was the moon revolving around? What if the difference between revolving and rotating? Explore: The Teacher will: 1. Have all of the students stand up from their desks and stand to the sides of the classroom. 2. Call on one student to stand in the middle of the classroom. (This students will be the Sun) 3. Tell the rest of the students that they are going to represent Earth and to revolve around the sun. (assess students’ knowledge of revolving and rotating based on when students walk around, and which students spin in place) 4. Make sure all students are walking around the sun in one direction. 5. While the students are revolving around the sun, instruct the students to begin rotating as well. This will the students to spin around while they are walking around the sun. 6. Instruct all of the students to stop. 7. Pull a different student to stand in the middle and he will be representing Earth. 8. Tell all of the other students they are representing the moon and to do the same thing they just did. Revolve and rotate. 9. Instruct the students to sit back in their desks. Explain: The teacher will: 1. Have a couple of volunteer students explain in detail what they just did in the engage activity. (encourage use of vocabulary words) 2. Introduce a short mini lesson with an interactive Prezi presentation.

a. Continue to ask series of questions to assess students comprehension and knowledge about the content. Elaborate: The teacher will: 1. Instruct the students to get into groups of three for the lab activity. 2. Have students listen to the lab instructions and safety procedures. Lab Instructions: o Blow up the yellow balloon as large as possible and blow up the other balloons in proportion to sizes needed to represent the earth and the moon. o Label each accordingly: Sun=yellow, Earth=blue, Moon=white o Place an “x” on one side of the Moon, to represent the “near side” (Earth facing side) of the moon. o Have 3 students, each holding a different color balloon (the sun holds the flashlight), stand in position to represent the sun, earth, and moon. o As students stand in place, have them roll the rods in their hands to represent rotation. o Have the students with the earth make one revolution around the sun. As the earth revolves around the sun, have the students with the moon make revolutions around the earth. o The student holding the flashlight, will rotate in place while continuously pointing the flashlight at the earth. This will represent the change in days and night. 3. Explain to the students that as the earth revolves, and rotates around the sun, the days and nights will change on different sides of Earth. Explain that the earth completes an entire revolution around the sun in 365 days/1 year. 4. Explain that the rotations from earth represent each day/night we have (24hrs). 5. After the groups all finish their activity, have them write a short summary of what they learned. Evaluate: -

Assess student comprehension and knowledge of content through consistent question/answer throughout the lesson.

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Assess student knowledge during the engage activity by observing their ability to rotate/revolve.

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Assess student’s knowledge of content during the lab activity.

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Formally assess comprehension of content through their summaries of what they did in the lab activity.

References: SFA Department of Geology. (n.d.). Rotation or Revolution. Retrieved April 20th , 2021, from https://d2l.sfasu.edu/d2l/le/content/326046/viewContent/3958201/View Chapter 111. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics Subchapter A. Elementary. (2013). Retrieved April 20th, 2021 from http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter111/ch111a.html T. (2009). English Language Proficiency Standards. Retrieved April 20th , 2021, from https://ipsi.utexas.edu/EST/files/standards/ELPS/ELPS.pdf YouTube. (2015). Earth's Rotation & Revolution: Crash Course Kids 8.1. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64YwNl1wr0 ....