Learning-Focused Lesson Plan

LEARNING-FOCUSED Lesson Plan

Plan for the concept, topic, or skill – Not for the class 3rd Grade Science period Name:

Topic: Unit One, LEQ 1

Learning Goals for this Lesson Standards SC.3.N.1.2, SC.3.N.1.1, SC.3.N.1.3, SC.3.N.1.4, SC.3.N.1.5, SC.3.N.1.6, SC.3.N.1.7, SC.3.N.3.1, SC.3.N.3.2, SC.3.N.3.3 Students will know Students will do  What types of questions  Ask questions to drive their understanding of scientists ask Science.  How scientists investigate  How scientists form explanations Lesson Essential Question What are inquiry skills and how are they used?

Activating Strategy “How Do Scientists Investigate Questions?” Digital Lesson from Science Fusion http://www.k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/science/fusion/pangeatools_na/p layer/player.html?los=G3_NC_00001-PU- C01&grade=3&userType=student&viewMode=browse

Study Jams-Scientific Method Key vocabulary to preview and vocabulary strategy Investigation, inference, observation, natural world, scientist

Lesson Instruction Learning Activity 1 Graphic Organizer Read the book “Mad Margaret Experiments with the Scientific Method by Eric Brown. Discuss the reason for asking questions in a scientific manner, and how asking questions can deepen our understanding of any given concept.

Assessment Prompt for LA 1 How did Mad Margaret use questions to help her understand what was causing her friend’s allergic reaction? Learning Activity 2 Read and discuss Chapter 1; Lesson 1”What questions do scientists raise?” from the textbook. In collaborative pairs, have the students come up with a number of questions and possible answers that lead to other questions, https://www.teacherspayteachers. completing the graphic organizer available for free on TpT, then com/Product/Question-and- evaluate if those questions or statements would be better tested Answer-Graphic-Organizer- by a single scientist or a team of scientists and explain why. 972407 Assessment Prompt for LA 2

Summarizing Strategy 3-2-1 Write three reasons scientists need to ask questions, two key vocabulary words you remember from the lesson, and one question that you can ask to keep learning from this lesson.