Date: 9/15/2014 Subject/Grade: History & Science Lesson Title: Science & History: How it made the world better Objective(s): The students will comprehend the age of revolution by exploring how new ideas changed the understanding of the world. SSHS-S2C6-01 The students will comprehend the history of human endeavor in science by explaining how diverse people and cultures have contributed to scientific innovations. SCHS-S2C1-02 State Standards Covered: Strand 2: World History Concept 6: Age of Revolution PO 2. Explain how new ideas (i.e., Heliocentrism, Scientific Method, Newtons Laws) changed the way people understood the world. Strand 2: History and Nature of Science Concept 1: History of Science as a Human Endeavor Identify individual, cultural, and technological contributions to scientific knowledge. PO 1. Describe how diverse people and/or cultures, past and present, have made important contributions to scientific innovations.
Teaching Procedures: Bell Ringer Activity/ Anticipatory Set: As the students come into the classroom their bell work will ask them to think about what scientist they know and what that scientist contributed to mankind (good or bad). Prior to starting the lesson teacher will call on students to share what they wrote down.
Aligned Information: Information aligned to the lesson objective Includes any prerequisite knowledge needed Includes any vocabulary needed Taught in manageable chunks Duration of no longer than seven minutes per instruction set and then a check for understanding or an opportunity for students to process the information should take place before continuing the lesson Model: Shows the correct performance Labels the criteria for the correct performance Is done throughout the lesson Clearly labeled in the lesson plan Check for Understanding: Specific Every seven minutes Overt Active Participation on the part of all students Includes aligned activity/aligned questions that are aligned to the standard and lesson objective Must show the teacher that the students are understanding the concept being taught at that precise moment Guided (Supervised) Practice: Teacher guided aligned practice Highly structured by the teacher so there is little room for student error All students participate Teacher checks to make sure all students are showing correct performance Directly aligned to the standard and lesson objective Extended (Independent) Practice: Aligned to the standard and lesson objective Students work independently to demonstrate mastery of the information/skill taught Lesson Closure: The students will be given whiteboards with markers and an eraser. The teacher will use the projector to put up a list of historical scientist. Next the teacher will ask who in history did and the students will be required to write down on the whiteboard which historical scientist matches the teachers question. Materials/Resources: PowerPoint
Projector, Computer White board Dry erase marker Paper towels, Assessment: The students will pick one of the two historical scientist that they discussed with their table mate and create a 5-10 minute presentation on their contributions and why it was significant.
Note: The plan must include the following throughout the lesson: Exactly what the teacher is doing Exactly what the students are doing