Name: __Sandrine Ackey, David Albani, Katie Frame, Anita

Jitta_________________________________ Grade Level: ___4th_ _ __

Lesson Title: _Space Timeline _____________________________________
Lesson Length (ie. 30 minutes): __45 minutes_

Rationale for Instruction Students should know when the space program began compared to where it is now. It is al
understanding of the purpose of the space program in Floridas history.

CCSS (LAFS/MAFS)/Next SS.4.A.9.1 Utilize timeline to sequence key events in Floridas history.
Generation Sunshine State SC.4.E.5.5 Investigate and report the effects of space research and exploration on
Standards Florida.
.
LAFS.4.RI.1.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scien
including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
SC.35.CS-CP.1.3 Identify, research, and collect a data set on a topic, issue, problem
appropriate technologies

Learning Objectives The student will understand the timeline of the space program.
The student will learn facts about the space program
Students will become familiar with using technology for research.

Student Activities & This is a guided discovery.

Procedures I will engage students by presenting them with a question: Would you wan
Design for Instruction why not? (DIVERGENT)
Students will answer this question in their interactive notebook. I will give
question.
Students will be divided into groups of 3-4 students.
I will list websites on the board for students to perform research on.
Students will perform their research using cell phones, ipads, or computer
Each group will come up to the front desk and get a sheet of poster paper.
On the poster paper, students will make a timeline to sequence events of th
On the bottom or the back of the timeline, groups are to list five facts abou
The research and timeline construction is to last up to 20 minutes during w
prepare their presentation.
After the 20 minutes are up, groups will have 10 minutes to all present the
The remaining 10 minutes are reserved for the students to answer the follo
interactive science notebook:
When was the space program first started? (CONVERGENT)
Who was the first American in space? (CONVERGENT)
Who was the first American on the moon? (CONVERGENT)
What are your feelings about the space program? (DIVERGENT)
Where do you think the program will be in 10 years? (DIVERGE
Assessment Daily Lesson Plan Assessment:
This assessment will come at the end of this lesson in the form of questions about
research.Their answers will be written in their interactive science notebooks.
These questions are:
When was the space program first started? (CONVERGENT)
Who was the first American in space? (CONVERGENT)
Who was the first American on the moon? (CONVERGENT)
Would you like to be an astronaut?Why or Why not? (DIVERGENT)
What are your feelings about the space program? (DIVERGENT)
Where do you think the program will be in 10 years? (DIVERGENT)
The materials that the students will need are pencils and their interactive science n
Resources/Materials My resources include:
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/?q=space%2520history
https://airandspace.si.edu/
Exceptionalities ESOL:BEGINNING: These students will be able to work with me as a partner to w
comprehension of the subject. On the timeline, I will allow the students to draw pi
an entire event. However, I will expect them to provide a label with the date of the
students will be provided sentence frames.These students will also be given altern
more simplicit than the websites that the other students were provided.
ADVANCED: With these students, I will assist in reading and their comprehensio
students, the advanced students will also be able to draw the events and provide th
students will also be given websites with simple academic vocabulary.
INTERMEDIATE: I will assist these students in their comprehension and guide th
on the right track.

Students with Learning Differences: These students will be given websites with more simp
assist them with their research and concentration on the subject. I would also like these stu
facts at whatever level I know them to be at, whether it be low, average, or high.

Gifted/Talented: These students may be given alternative and higher level websites to do t
are also expected to challenge themselves by providing slightly more specific events and m

Lesson Extensions This lesson can be extended to include a class discussion on the assessment questions.