Wilson EDUC 353 Name: Alyssa O'Braskin Target Grade Level: 2nd Date: 12/1/13 Curriculum Topic: Matter

and its Interactions

UbD Lesson Plan Template Stage 1: Desired Results

Established Goals:

2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. [Clarification Statement: Observations could include color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. Patterns could include the similar properties that different materials share.]

Understandings: Students will understand ..

Essential Question(s):

-Students will understand the different states of matter, and what they look like/are. -Students will be able to know the difference of a solid, liquid and gas.

-What is the difference between solids, liquids and gases? -What different things can we think of that represent the different phases of matter?

Students will know.

Students will be able to..

-The differences between the states of matter - How to address the different phases of matter - Ways to show and describe the different phases of matter - Matter takes up space, and everything is matter.

- Use the different phases of matter properly in a sentence or describing them. - Understand the difference between the phases of matter.

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks: Other Evidence: -The students will be

-The students will be receiving a packet in which they need to read a passage and answer questions about the different states of matter. This will work as a preassessment and understanding to the topic. The children will have some knowledge about the different stages of matter once completing the homework the night before the lesson is occurring. -The teacher should then check the homework and see what the students were able to understand on his or her own before the in depth science lesson begins.

asked to decorate a cupcake using different supplies with specific instructions to demonstrate that they understand the difference between the forms of matter.

Stage 3: Learning Plan

Learning Activities:

- To start the lesson off, the teacher should tell the students that they are going to be going over the homework on the states of matter. - The teacher should then play the youtube video below to activate the childrens prior knowledge and to refresh their memories on the topic. Once the video is done playing, the teacher should instruct the children onto the carpet. - Once the class is on the carpet, the teacher should re explain the three phases of matter; solid, liquid, and gas. After going over the three different phases, the teacher should make a t-chart on the board with three columns and each heading a different phase of matter. Then the teacher should ask the students for examples of different phases to see if they understand the difference. - Now that there is a list of examples of the different states of matter on the board for the children to see, tell them that today they are going to be special scientists!

-Instruct the students to go back to his or her seat in an orderly fashion so that not every child runs back to their seat and causes trouble within the classroom. - Part of the prep of this lesson is that the teacher needs to either have bought or made cupcakes for the lesson. - The teacher should give each child a cupcake and instruct the child to not touch the or eat it. - Once each child has a cupcake, put on each table cookies, marshmallows, and chocolate syrup. - The teacher should then tell the class that today, as scientists, they will be thinking outside of the box to represent matter. They should tell the class that the cookies represent a solid, the marshmallow represent gas, and that the syrup represents a liquid. - The teacher should then ask the class to add to his or her cupcake the state of matter that always keeps its own shape. This form of matter can either be hard, soft, bouncy or stretchy. - The teacher should then walk around the classroom to see if the students are adding the correct state of matter to his or her cupcake after each question. - The teacher should then ask the students to add the matter that does not have a definite volume, and can spread out in all directions to fill a container, but does take shape of the container it is placed in. - The teacher should then ask the students to add the last state of matter, which does not have its own shape, they can be poured, and take on the shape of the container its placed in. - Once the students have all the states of matter on their cupcake, the teacher can allow the students to eat the cupcake.

Resources
Itemized Attachments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H APc6JH85pM

worksheet: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/matter/matterarticle_WMTBN.pdf