Complete Lesson Plan #2: Developing the Driving Question or Design Goal:
As the teacher, you might want to pose a very general driving question which students working in teams would make more specific- "What are some causes of air pollution in our town?"
The overarching question or design challenge may be chosen by you(the teacher), such as
"What is energy? How can it change from one form to another?"
"What are some environmental problems in our community?"
Create a model amusement park using Lego Robotics with three rides
Create a 2-player video game using Scratch
Next, especially for older students, describe how you would have your students, working in small groups, brainstorm and narrow the driving question or design goal, such as
"How can the energy of sunlight be converted to electricity? How can it be stored?"
Create a Lego merry-go-round
The Driving Question or Design Challenge must engage the student and excite them- what is the real-life( or literature-based) goal we are trying to solve?
A good Driving Question is an open question, meaning that it has multiple valid answers( vs a closed question, which has a single right answer)
Save your completed lesson plan in your Google Drive unit folder, and attach to Assignment #2 in your Google Classroom.
Submit the completed lesson plan on Blackboard
Lesson Plan Form.docx - Alternative Formats
, list the content resources you will ask students to read or watch, along with the formative assessment and review. Content can include:
Textbook chapters from texts such as Motion, Forces, and Energy
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.
Basic terms:
What is energy?
What are different forms of energy?
Academic Language: Therms, Calories, kilowatt-hours, Joules
How does energy change forms?
What are alternative sources of energy?
What is work? How is it measured?
What is power? How is it measured?
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.