Unit Plan and No Class!!

     This week in Science, we were not in class because Dr. Smirnova was in Canada for an educational experience. We were tasked to work on our unit plan. This semester, my unit plan focused on the solar system, so I kept the theme going for the rest of my unit plan. 

      For these lessons, I tried to keep the theme going, but also keep the lessons entertaining for the students. I worked on the first two lessons with my partners for fieldwork and we decided to have the students complete an experiment on the polar ice caps. That was a great way to get the beginning of the lesson plan started. For the last three lessons, I worked solo and tried to be as creative as possible. I worked on the third lesson plan being a current events project. I used something similar for my Social Studies class, and I really enjoyed the fun that the students had. Therefore, I recycled the idea of the current events and had the students research the current events happening in the Science world. I think it is important for the students to keep an up-to-date opinion on the science world. The fourth lesson focused on JIGSAW collaboration. The students would be working on the Climate Change and it’s current state with the Great Barrier Reef. The final lesson was an artifact bag to try and figure out what different things correlate to Climate change and which do not. All of these activities truly focused on the students and their discovery through the topic. Most of the lessons are going to focus on the leadership of the students. 

     Overall, this week was very productive in terms of the unit plan. I am excited to present my unit plan to the class because I worked very hard on the lessons.