Lesson plan should include an 'entry event' that serves to awaken student curiosity and questioning, followed by student questioning, either in person or with a shared Google Doc or chat in Zoom, etc.
Submit lesson plan document on Blackboard, and put in the Google Drive folder for your unit.
Student facing assignments should all be posted to Google Classroom
There are many type of 'hook' lessons.
Examples include:
Video: Show a short video about a child who has a problem that needs to be solved- see From Dream to Design https://youtu.be/c-mwXGqtoLQ
Messing About: With limited directions, give the students a limited kit of materials, and let them just mess about with them, and get familiar with their properties. Read David Hawkins, "Messing About"
Real Client: Bring in a real client that has a technical issue that needs to be solved- see 'What is Human-Centered Design' https://youtu.be/musmgKEPY2o
Discrepant Event: A lab-based demonstration or question that is counter-intuitive.
Examples of Discrepant Events: https://sciencing.com/list-discrepant-event-science-activities-8018044.html
NSTA Discrepant Event Activities https://learningcenter.nsta.org/share.aspx?id=Ug6XucyQFX
Discrepant Questions for Discussion:
What is the weight of the air in your room? What is its mass?
Where do the atoms in a tree com from? Hint: Not from the ground
When you lift up a rock, we say it has gained potential energy. But where did the energy come from?
You can put your hands into a hot oven at 400 degrees for a short time without injury. But why does even momentary contact with boiling water give you a nasty scalding?
Literature: Read the students a selection from children's literature or non-fiction that discusses a problem of the lead character. See Novel Engineering
The entry event can be followed by a discussion where students post as many questions and ideas as possible, using a shared document
List the content resources you will ask students to read or watch, along with the formative assessment and review.
Content types can include:
Textbook chapters
Videos from Khan Academy, Crash Course, BrainPop, or elsewhere( see suggestions under Subject Matter Knowledge tab),
NearPod Slide shows( https://nearpod.com/)
Other slide shows ( Search for topic/format such as "Energy transformation Slide shows")
Websites such as Wind With Miller
followed by a formative assessment/content review, such as end-of-chapter questions, Google Forms, Kahoot!, or EdPuzzle. Submit plan to Blackboard, and post this assignment and assigned resources to your Google Classroom.
Consider having students collaborate on note-taking.
You might consider have different teams watch different materials, then summarize to the class what they have learned.
Submit lesson plan on Blackboard, save in your unit Google Drive folder, and post student-facing assignment with content links on Google Classroom.