Conrad Johnson Dr. Diaz
Ms. Pyle-Clarke P.S. 91, The Albany Ave School
October 25, 2012 Time: 12:50 pm – 1:35pm Grade Level: 4 Room #: 206
I. Standard(s) Being Addressed 4.4e – Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring electrical energy.
II. Essential Question How current electricity works by setting up a circuit to light a bulb?
III. Teaching Point/Performance Students will learn how to build circuits in order to light bulbs.
IV. Learning Activities
- Mini Lesson What is current electricity and how does it move?
I will provide each group of students (three groups of five) with set of materials (light bulb, electrical wire, D battery, lab sheet)
I will ask students using the materials provided, how can you make the light bulb light?
I will introduce the new vocabulary words to my students
Current Electricity - a flow of electric charge
Current - a steady flow (usually from natural causes)
Circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- Accountable Talk
Students will discuss and make predictions as to what set-up of the materials they will test in order to light the bulb.
I will walk through with my students using the lab sheet that was provided the procedure and answer.
I will answer any questions my students may have before they test their predications (set-ups).
C. Guided Practice In groups of five, they will test out their predictions and complete the lab reports
Students will follow the procedure that follows:
- Make predictions
- Draw set-ups
- Test prediction by putting materials together the way it looks in your predication diagram
- Record results
- Retest if necessary
- Record results again
I will ask students which group had a successful lighting of the bulb? They will also describe their set-up
D. Independent Practice Students will take turns reading to each other the excerpt from the textbook on Current Electricity
or they can partner read
Students will discuss questions:
- Explain how current electricity works
- Why is current electricity more useful than static electricity?
- Explain how a circuit works
- Give examples of objects that require closed circuits in order to function
Students will discuss the new vocabulary that found in the text
- a. Current electricity
- b. Current
- c. circuit
E. Summary Journal Entry
Students will write in their journals using what they have learned today from their experiments and the independent reading answer the following:
Explain how to light a bulb, make sure to use the vocabulary they have learned (Current electricity, current, circuit)
Homework
Describe a closed circuit
Give examples of other devices or machines that work when they are part of a closed circuit
IV. Assessment/Evaluation of
Learning
| Unsatisfactory (1) D/F (0-69) | Emerging (2) C/C+ (70-79) | Competent (3) B-/B/B+ (80-89) | Exemplary (4) A-/A (90-100) |
Relation to Essential Question |
Journal entry does not identify how current electricity works by setting up a circuit to light a bulb |
Journal entry identify how current electricity works by setting up a circuit to light a bulb |
Journal entry describe how current electricity works by setting up a circuit to light a bulb |
Journal entry explain= how current electricity works by setting up a circuit to light a bulb |
Completion |
Student did not attempt to complete journal |
Student partial attempt with 1-2 supporting details |
Student provided with 3-4 supporting details |
Student completed journal with 5-7 supporting details.
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Inference |
Student did not make a prediction |
Student makes a prediction, however it does not coincide with the task |
Student makes a valid prediction, but he/she does not include no examples |
Student has used prior knowledge to make his/her prediction true and provides examples |
Response Quality |
Student did not respond or participate in activity |
Student did not respond to task with information about the task |
Student respond with related information about the task |
Student responded with fully developed understanding of the task |
1. Rosalina Diaz
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