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Teacher:

KatharineArseneau
th
Date:
January29
,2016
Subject/Grade:
Grade5PropertiesofMaterialsandPhysicalChange
Material
Masonjars(1pergroup,eachhasadifferentsmellyiteminit(boiledegg,onion,orange
peel,garlic,vanilla,mint)
Plasticwaterbottles(1foreachstudent)
Balloons(enoughthateverystudentgetsone)
Sciencejournal
Chartpaperandmarkers
LessonObjective/Outcomes
1047
Demonstratetheimportanceofusingthelanguagesofscienceandtechnologyto
communicateideas,processes,andresults
2055
Makeobservationsandcollectinformationthatisrelevanttoagivenquestionorproblem.
Differentiation
Thisactivitytouchesonmanytypesoflearning,butforstudentswhoshowastronginterestor
priorknowledge,Iwouldprovidethemwithacoupleofoptions(dependinginthestudent,they
wouldbenefitorenjoyoneactivitymore).
Option1:Createavideo(usinganiPadorcamera)toexplainandmodelhow/whythepressure
affectstheobjectandhowairmoves.
Option2:Createamodel(usingthebottleandballoon)foreachsolid,liquid,andgastoshow
howeachtypeofmatterbehavesdifferentlyunderpressure.
Engagement
(10minutes)
Thislessonwillstartwithademonstrationtobegintheconversationaboutgases,and
specificallythegasthatwecomeintocontactwiththemost,air.Eachtablewillreceiveamason
jarwithadifferentfooditeminit(listinmaterialssection).Eachgroupwillthenopenupthejar
andsmellwhatisinside.Sincesomeofthesmellsaregood,andsomearebad,themasonjars
willbepassedaroundtheroomsothateachstudentgetstheopportunitytosmelleachone.We
willthenhaveadiscussionofwhatwasineachjarandtalkaboutthefollowingquestions:Why
dotheysmellthisway?Canweseethesmell?Whycanwesmellgasesandnotsolidsor
liquids?Wherearesmellsaproblem?(hospitals/schoolsetc.)
Exploration
(15minutes)
Iwillgiveeachstudentaplasticpopbottle(2litre)andaballoon(studentsarestillsittingin
groups).Theywillplacetheballooninsidethebottle,withtheopeningoftheballoonstretched
overtheneckofthebottle.Theywillthentryandblowuptheballoonthatisinsidethebottle.
Thepurposeofthisactivityistopromptadiscussioninsmallgroupsaboutgas(air)andwhyor
whynottheyareabletoblowuptheballooninsidethewaterbottle.

Explanation
(10minutes)
Onceeachstudenthashadtheopportunitytoexplorewiththeexperimentandtrytoblowupthe
balloon.Then,Iwillinvitethesmallgroupstodiscusswhytheyweren'tabletoblowupthe
balloon.Iwillintroducetheword`pressure`,sotheyasaclass,wecandiscusshowwecannot
seetheair,butitisthereanditaffectsthethingswedo.Thestudentscanthencontributehow
aircanaffecttheirlives(connecttotheengagementactivity)andthepeoplearoundthem.

Elaboration
(10minutes)
Thissectionofthelessonwillfocusonpushingtheirideasofairandgassesfurtherby
brainstormingideasforhowtheycanmodify/changetheirwaterbottletodisplacetheairand
changethepressuretoaccommodatetheballoongettingbigger.Somesuggestionscouldbe
(pokeholesinthebottomofthebottle,cutthebottomoffetc.).Oncethestudentshavetried
theirideas,wecandiscusswhytheywereorwerentabletoblowuptheirballoonandwhat
madeiteasier(pressurerelease).Thisactivitywouldcomeafterwediscussedsolidsandliquids,
soIcouldpromptsomequestionsaboutthedifferencebetweenthesetypesofmatterandthe
wayweinteractwiththem.
Evaluation
(15minutes)
Iwillaskthestudentstoreflectintheirsciencejournals.Theywillwriteaboutthefollowing
questions(theymustansweratleast1ofthequestions):
1. Whatdidyouexpectwouldhappenbeforeyoutriedtoblowuptheballoon?Didyour
observationsconfirmorchangeyouroriginalexpectations?
2. Howdidyoumodifyyourballoonbottletochangethepressure?Explainwhathappened
whenyoutestedyourhypothesis.
3. Explaininyourownwordshowgasses(likeair)takeupspace.Usethesmellingactivity
or/andtheballoonactivitytodescribethis.
Whenreadingtheirreflections,someofthethingsthatIwillbelookingforisiftheyshow
considerationandreflectiononwhattheythroughbeforeandaftertheexperiment,didthey
documenttheirfindings,andwasthestudentabletoshowthattheythoughtabouttheconceptin
acriticalmanner.

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