I decided what to include in this video based on what I needed the students to know and understand before starting the lesson. 

When watching this video, you'll see me breaking down the instructions for the students. This ensures my learners can follow along with taking notes. I give reminders to pause and take notes and show learners where they should be in their notes as well. 

I made the video using Screencastify and showed science videos from other creators. While you will create many of your own videos, sometimes you'll find other great resources, and this is a way to personalize them!

You'll notice that I also added this video to Edpuzzle to allow for checks for understanding. Overall, this gives students a well-rounded experience. 

For the guided notes, I break my content into sections so that the work is chunked. Each section has its own theme. 

I also use the principles of Universal Design for Learning when creating the learning task. Students were given a choice in how they wanted to learn the material. The lesson either contained a video to watch or, if it had an article, the student could decide to read it or to have it read to them by the immersive reader (through Pear Deck). This is all found In the learner's guided notes.

I use a new program called Giant Steps to create practice sets for the students to complete. Giant Steps has gaming elements to Increase student engagement. Learners can earn "experience points" and get custom swag for their avatars. They also receive feedback on their work and have many opportunities for repetition.

To the left are some images of the questions my students will see.

For this lesson, students will answer the questions embedded in the Edpuzzle video. Students will check their scores on Edpuzzle and look at my feedback on their guided notes sheet. That will help them to determine if they have reached a high enough level of understanding to take their "Growth Check." 

Students will then take the end-of-lesson Growth Check to ensure that they truly have mastered the concept. To the left is my "Version A" of the Growth Check. I also have a "Version B" for learners who need to reassess. 

This progress tracker was created in conjunction with the 5E Instructional Model. 

Students will complete each of the 5 E's for the Must Do activities. In the remaining assignments, students are completing higher-level tasks to deepen their understanding of the content. 

The progress tracker is color-coded by lesson type, with a key at the top.