Saturday, March 7, 2015

EDPC605 - Week 7 - Assignment #2 - Science Lesson Plan


Here is the link for my Science Lesson Plan 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1a25onjzd0edqr/EDPC605-%20Week%207%20-%20Assignment%202.docx?dl=0



Candidate’s Name: Tim Brown
Grade Level: 5
Title of the lesson: The Doppler Effect
Length of the lesson: Approx 60 min and divided into smaller units


Central focus Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Key questions:
     What do you want your students to learn? How Doppler Radar works
     What are the important understandings and core concepts you want students to develop within the learning segment?

Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets)

Key questions:
     Sounds –
     How to interpret
     How to create
     Common sounds for different environments   

Common Core State Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].)
Physical Science: Matter: Properties and Change
5.P.2.1 - Understand the interactions of matter and energy and the changes that occur
5.P.3.1 - Explain how the properties of some materials change as a result of heating and cooling
Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology
The central purpose of scientific inquiry is to develop explanations of natural phenomena
in a continuing, creative process.
STANDARD 1 - Analysis,  Inquiry, and Design SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:
S1.1 - Formulate questions independently with the aid of references appropriate for guiding the search for explanations of everyday observations.
S1.1a - formulate questions about natural phenomena
S1.1b - identify appropriate references to investigate a question
S1.1c - refine and clarify questions so that they are subject to scientific
investigation
S1.2 - Construct explanations independently for natural phenomena, especially by proposing preliminary visual models of phenomena.
S1.2a - independently formulate a hypothesis
S1.2b - propose a model of a natural phenomenon
S1.2c - differentiate among observations, inferences, predictions, and explanations
S1.3 - Represent, present, and defend their proposed explanations of everyday observations so that they can be understood and assessed by others.
S1.4 - Seek to clarify, to assess critically, and to reconcile with their own thinking the ideas presented by others, including peers, teachers, authors, and scientists.

Vocabulary
     Wave, Doppler, Effect, Radar, Compression, Pitch

Learning objectives

1.    Students will be able to draw a graphical interpretation of how waves behave. Students will provide examples of how different kinds of waves are used in everyday life.
2.    Students will be able to understand and analyze the usage of the Doppler radar when they see them used on TV weather reports. 
3.    Students will be able to identify the Doppler Effect with sound and graphical images.
4.    Students will be able to use pictures and explanations of the pictures to describe the Doppler Effect.
5.    Students will be able to identify the Doppler Effect with sound and graphical images.

Assessment: 

Formal:
Assessment of the student’s knowledge and perception of waves, how they are produced, and how they travel.
·         Student constructed graphs of various type of waves (Sound, Radar, Water) : 
·         Student Writings: about every day wave usage in their lives.  (Sounds, Microwaves,)

Informal:
Assessment of the student’s knowledge and perception, and usage of weather, weather reports, and everyday pitches and sounds.
·         Classroom discussions on the weather, weather reports, pitches and sounds we hear every day.
·         The creation of different waves from the students:  Acting out water and Doppler waves, creating different pitch sound waves by singing, clapping, or other student inspired sounds.
(These formal and informal assessments can be varied and used to include all students including students with IEPs, ELLs, struggling readers, and/or gifted students.)




Instructional procedure: Instructional strategies and learning tasks (including what you and the students will be doing) that support diverse student needs.

       Ask the students to recall the sound of a car, ice cream truck, an emergency vehicle siren or a flying bug when it passes by. They may need to be reminded the siren has a high pitch as it comes towards you and a low pitch after the siren passed. Explain the reason is that the sounds waves are compacted while those sounds comes close. Then they are spread apart as the sound moves away.
     Listen to audio sound – http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/%7Emherschfeld100/doppper%20no%20music.mp3 and discuss how the sound starts and ends.
     Watch video “What is the Doppler Effect? | Mocomi Kids” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsHRQnJ8as

     Pass around and have each student use a tuning fork.  Discuss the sounds of the fork and how it changes as the students move around the classroom.

     Students will complete the worksheet – http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mherschfeld100/images/Doppler%20Pack%201.doc
     Discuss different waves as they relate to the Doppler Effect using a PowerPoint Presentation - http://lessonplanspage.com/wp-content/themes/lessonplanspage/includes/download-attachment.php?attId=208872

(These activities use sounds, visuals, and hands on assignments that encompass a variety of students learning processes and engage students who are struggling readers or who are visually or audio impaired.)



Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning.



Reflection
(Since this is a lesson plan and I have not actually taught the lesson, the following is what I would reflect upon):
     Did my instruction support learning for the whole class and the students who need great support or challenge?
     What changes would I make to support better student learning of the central focus?
     Why do I think these changes would improve student learning? Support my explanation from evidence of research and/or theory.




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