WEEKLY LESSON PLANS
Name Meredith Paige Preddy
Tuesday
Week of: January 13th-January 19th
Heat Quiz
How does heat travel?
What are the similarities and differences between convection, radiation, and
conduction?
What are the effects of heat transfer?
Question of the What is heat?
Essential
Question
Day
Key Concepts
Key
Vocabulary
Students will understand that:
Conduction, radiation and convection are methods of energy transfer.
Heat will travel in the direction of warmer to cooler temperatures.
In two objects or materials the temperature will equal out in a process to reach
equilibrium.
Conduction, Radiation, Convection, Heat Transfer, Heat, Temperature, Insulator,
Conductor
Formative
Assessment
Heat Quiz
Decision
Made
The grades for the heat quiz was as follows:
1st period: 91
2nd period: 94
3rd period: 85
4th period: 85
While going over the test, I did not see a particular area where the students were
struggling. I did not see a pattern of frequently missed questions, I saw where
students either got all the questions right or missed one or two from mixing up
conduction and convection or the other way around. I also saw that the students
who did poorly got some concepts right in the beginning of the test but did not get
the same concept right towards the end. Heat comes up again in our next unit and I
will continue to monitor the students who did poorly on this assessment.
Earth’s Layer Foldable
Wednesday
Essential
Question
How does the earth stack up?
Why are Earth’s layers in this order?
Question of the
Day
What are the earth’s layers?
Key Concepts
Earth is composed of layers that are stacked up on top of one another.
The layers of the earth are made up of different materials that have different
densities.
The four main layers of the earth are the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
Crust, Mantle, Lithosphere, Athenosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core, Oceanic,
Continental
Key
Vocabulary
Formative
Assessment
Earth’s Layers Foldable
Decision
Made
I love the idea of an interactive foldable to have the kids create the layers of the
Earth. I was observed by Lori this day and she came up with a fabulous idea of
Thursday
how I can track the student’s pre-content knowledge by asking them to say what
the layers of the earth are and to share them within the class. I had already drawn
the diagram on the board for reference the next couple of days but realized I could
have left some of the details out. I felt the students were copying my work instead
of finding the answers on their own.
Earth’s Layers Foldable
Essential
Question
How does the earth stack up?
Why are Earth’s layers in this order?
Question of the
Day
What are the earth’s layers?
Key Concepts
Earth is composed of layers that are stacked up on top of one another.
The layers of the earth are made up of different materials that have different
densities.
The four main layers of the earth are the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
Crust, Mantle, Lithosphere, Athenosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core, Oceanic,
Continental
Key
Vocabulary
Formative
Assessment
Earth’s Layers Foldable
Decision
Made
Friday
The students got through most of the foldable today, today included labeling,
cutting and pasting the information onto the foldable. I saw struggling students with
some of the content but for the most part they were able to read the section and
gather the information they needed. The students who were struggling, I grouped
together and with the assistance from me we worked through many of their
problems or questions they might have had.
Earth’s Layers Foldable
Essential
Question
How does the earth stack up?
Why are Earth’s layers in this order?
Question of the
Day
What are the earth’s layers?
Key Concepts
Earth is composed of layers that are stacked up on top of one another.
The layers of the earth are made up of different materials that have different
densities.
The four main layers of the earth are the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
Crust, Mantle, Lithosphere, Athenosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core, Oceanic,
Continental
Key
Vocabulary
Formative
Assessment
Earth’s Layers Foldable
Decision
Made
The students completed the foldable, and I wanted to see how much they knew
about what they had created. I had the students define 5 key words. (Crust, Mantle,
Core, Asthenosphere and Lithosphere) I saw that the students knew the main
layers and they were confused about the asthenosphere and the lithosphere so I
have decided to go over all the key terms after our short break and then continue
the unit. I think the students now understand the content through their visual
representation of the Earth’s layers.
Holiday
Monday