Lesson/ Activity
Objective:
Students will be able to explain why we need light.
Students will be able to identify the different lights sources in our world.
Students will be able to differentiate between natural and artificial light sources.
Materials:
Pencil
Light worksheet
Light sources powerpoint
Projector/ whiteboard
Lesson Step's:
Introduce the lesson by asking students "Can anyone give me an example of a light source?"
Students will complete Light Worksheet independently at their tables as I walk around the classroom to check in on students understanding from the video.
After the worksheet students will gather at the carpet and I will begin presenting a powerpoint explaining all the different light sources.
At the end of the powerpoint there will be images of different light sources students will go to a corner of the classroom. Students will go to corner 1 if it's a natural light source, students will go to corner 2 if it's an artificial light source, and students will go to corner 3 if it's not a light source.
Assessment: The assessment will be when the students go to corner 1,2, or 3 for each image during the powerpoint. This is a formative assessment. This will allow me to see which students understand and which students have not fully comprehended the lesson.
Differentiation:
If a student is absent for this lesson all the resources are linked on this page including the video, worksheet, and powerpoint.
This lesson includes kinesthetic learning by having the students move to a different corner of the classroom when the image is shown. I also made sure to include visual, auditory, and writing learning with the worksheet, video/song, and the images on the powerpoint. Having a variety of learning methods within my lessons allows all my students to feel confident learning because we all enjoy different types of learning methods.
The worksheets and powerpoint have pictures which will help students who are ESL students.
Objective:
Students will be able to define and differentiate translucent, transparent, and opaque.
Materials:
Flashlight
Translucent object
Transparent object
Opaque object
Translucent, Transparent, or Opaque? Worksheet
Pencil
Flashcards
What's on the Table? and Light Sources Worksheet
Lesson Step's:
Introduce the lesson by asking a question that relates back to the prior lesson on light- "Can someone give me an example of natural light and an example of artificial light?"
Watch Light video that describes translucent, transparent, and opaque.
We will then read as a class the book Lily Learns About Light by Alyssa Virtue about light.
Students will complete the experiment at their tables.
Students will complete the Translucent, Transparent, or Opaque? worksheet at their tables once they complete their experiment and I have confirmed that they did the experiment correctly.
Students will end the class completing two worksheets based on both of the light lessons and will be handed in so I am able to see each students progress. What's on the Table? Light Sources Worksheet
Assessment: The assessment will be the worksheet the students will complete after they are done with the experiment. I will then walk around with a pen to give them a star on their paper if they got it all correct. If they didn't get it correct I will help them if they have any questions and have them continue trying until I can give them a star on their paper. This will be a formative assessment and I will be guiding any student who is having trouble. The last two worksheets will serve as a summative assessment because they will be working on this independently with no help and will hand it in for a grade once they are finished. 80% of the class will complete these "Light Source" worksheet with 77% accuracy and 80% of the class will complete the "What's on the Table" worksheet with 75% accuracy.
Differentiation:
If a student is absent for this lesson all the resources are linked on this page including the video, worksheet, book, and experiment.
The worksheets, book, and experiment directions have pictures which will help students who are ESL students.
This lesson includes kinesthetic learning by having the students move to a different corner of the classroom when the image is shown. I also made sure to include visual, auditory, and writing learning with the worksheet, video/song, and the images on the powerpoint. Having a variety of learning methods within my lessons allows all my students to feel confident learning because we all enjoy different types of learning methods.
Including an experiment where the students work with each other can help students who are not confident with speaking in big classes branch out more since they are working in small groups. it also allows students to ask more questions because some student don't want to ask the teacher.