Lesson Plan

Guide

Teacher Candidate: Caroline Kruczek Date: April 30th, 2017

Grade and Topic: Second Grade Science Length of Lesson: 1 Hour

Mentor Teacher: Peggy Murdock and Marla Phillips School: University of Memphis -
IDT 3600

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

This lesson plan is part of a unit plan on the universe.

LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Given a phases of the moon website and video, the learner will create a table to
list and describe the phases of the moon in Google Docs with 100% accuracy.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
This lesson plan is based on the 6th Tennessee State Board of Education Standard :
The Universe : GLE 0207.6.2 Make observations of changes in the moons
appearance over time.
This lesson plan follows the ISTE standards 1-3 and 6.

MATERIALS:
Computers/Internet
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ZHdzl6ZWg
Informational Website: http://www.ducksters.com/science/phases_of_the_moon.php
Web 2.0 tool: docs.google.com
Moon Questionnaire (printed copy handed out by teacher, see page 3 for example)
Google Doc Table (see page 4 for example)

BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:

The key concepts for this lesson are the 8 phases of the moon, research and organizing gathered
information.
The critical academic language that must be addressed in this lesson are: phases, waning, waxing,
gibbous, crescent, full and new.
This lesson builds on previous lessons on the solar system, the moons relationship to Earth, the students
placement in the universe, how to use the Internet and Web 2.0 tools and how to research online.
The future lessons that will be build on top of this lesson may include the moons effect on other things
such as: tides, calendars, moon travel, gravity, the earths orbit around the sun and the moons orbit
around the earth.

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 I will need to plan differentiated activities and assessments for this lesson because students having
different learning styles and may need an alternative.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction: To motivate students to learn this segment I will prepare throughout the week leading up
to this lesson. I may try various things like: set up books about the moon in the reading corner, have
daily fun facts about the moon, show a video of the first time someone stepped foot on the moon and
maintain an upbeat and excited attitude.
Problem Statement: Have you ever wondered why the moon is sometimes a
perfect circle in the sky, but sometimes its only a little sliver? Have you ever
noticed a pattern to the changing shapes of the moon? Have you ever wondered if
there are names for these different moon shapes? Suppose a younger sibling, best
friend or cousin asked you some of these questions. Wouldnt you like to be able
to tell them all about the moon? Well, today we are going to learn about why the
moon appears to be different shapes sometimes, what the pattern of the shapes of
the moon are and what the different shapes are called.

Procedures:
1. After lunch (approximately 1PM): Teacher will play the YouTube video on the main projector for all
the students to watch together to allow them time to unwind from recess (approximately 6 min)
2. 1:06 PM: After the movie is over, teacher will write the vocabulary (phases, waning, waxing,
gibbous, crescent, full and new) on the board and definitions will be explained by teacher. (7
minutes)
3. 1:13 PM: Teacher will provide students with the link to the informational website and the students
will complete their table on their Google Doc account. Teacher will walk around and assist where it
is needed. Completed tables will be printed out and turned into teacher. Depending on ratio of
students to computers groups of 2-4 students may have to share computers. (20-30 minutes)
4. 1:33-1:43 PM: Teacher will pass out the printed out moon questionnaire. Students will be assigned
into groups of 3-5 (depending on number of students) and given 10 minutes to complete the
questionnaire and turn it in to the teacher. Questionnaires are not graded, but used as a gauge to see
how much they learned about the moon phases. (10 minutes)

Closure: 1:53 PM: To close the lesson I will recap what has been learned by asking the questions from
the questionnaire out loud. I will then ask if there are any other questions. (7 minutes)
-If the questionnaires are answered completely wrong or most students answer incorrectly, a plan for re-
teaching the next day will be made.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
Assessment will be based on the following:
Poor Fair Good Excellent

Student did not follow Student followed a Student followed most Student followed all Directions
directions few directions directions directions

Student did not Student completed Student completed Student completed the Table
complete the table some of the table most of the table table

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Poor Fair Good Excellent

Student did not Student answered Student answered Student answered all Questionnaire
answer most of the some of the questions most of the questions or mostly all (7-8) of
questions correctly (0- correctly (4-6) correctly (6 or more) the questions correctly
3)

MODIFICATIONS:
Students that did not master the objectives will be re-taught the subject, but instead of being released to
research and create the table on their own, the teacher will give step by step instructions while the
students follow along.
Students who are ready for enrichment activities will be given a graphic organizing program to create
their own model of the different phases of the moon.

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Moon Questionnaire
1. Why does the moon appear to be bright even though it does not produce
light?

2. What is a phase of the moon?

3. About how long does one moon phase cycle take?

4. What is it called when we see 100% of the side of the moon that is lit up?

5. What is it called when we can't see any part of the moon that is lit up?

6. How many phases are there?

7. What is it called when the new moon begins to orbit and we gradually see
more and more of it?

8. What is is called when the moon has reached the full phase, and we
gradually see less and less of it?

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New Moon 0% of the side of the moon we can see is lit
up
Waxing Crescent Less than 50% of the moon leading up to the
full moon is lit up
First Quarter 50% of the side of the moon we can see is lit
up
Waxing Gibbous Less than 50% of the moon leading up to the
full moon is lit up
Full 100% side of the moon we can see is lit up by
the sun
Waning Gibbous Less than 50% of the moon leading up to the
new moon is lit up
Third Quarter 50% of the side of the moon we can see is lit
up
Waning Crescent Less than 50% of the moon leading up to the
new moon is lit up