Teacher: Week of: Sept 28 State Standards Common Core ACT Standard Strategies & Procedures (Best Practices) Materials, Technology, & Practice Michelle Page Monday Subject: Tuesday Produce an informative essay to Produce an distinguish between informative essay to types of pollution distinguish between and their sources, types of pollution and defining and their sources, defining applying ecology and applying ecology and conservations and conservations specific terminology. specific terminology. Compare and Compare and contrast contrast important important connections connections between between pollution and pollution and its its effect on effect on environmental environmental conditions (i.e. water, conditions (i.e. soil, and air), animal water, soil, and air), populations, and plant animal populations, populations. and plant populations. Students will complete an active to help them to review and connect Students will have a ecological and guest speaker environmental concepts. Peer collaboration, inquiry, group collaboration and self learning. Handout, book, power point Handout, book, power point Agriscience Wednesday Produce an informative essay to distinguish between types of pollution and their sources, defining and applying ecology and conservations specific terminology. Compare and contrast important connections between pollution and its effect on environmental conditions (i.e. water, soil, and air), animal populations, and plant populations. Students will complete an active to help them to review and connect ecological and environmental concepts. Peer collaboration, inquiry, group collaboration and self learning. Computer activity handout, book, internet Thursday Friday Produce an informative essay to distinguish between Formulate a hypothesis types of pollution about the correlation and their sources, between plant nutrient defining and deficiencies and soil applying ecology composition. Conduct and conservations basic soil analysis to specific terminology. determine the chemical Compare and elements and contrast important nutritional connections between requirements available. pollution and its In soils essential for effect on plant growth. Draw environmental conclusions about the conditions (i.e. ability of soils to meet water, soil, and air), the nutritional animal populations, requirements of plants. and plant populations. Students will Students will complete complete test in an activity to help class to monitor their identify plant based understanding of vocabulary words for environmental and future use in ecological concepts. instruction. Peer Peer collaboration, collaboration, inquiry, inquiry, group group collaboration collaboration and and self learning. self learning Presentation handout, projector Review Handout, book, power point 2010-2011 WHHHS Lesson Plan Template Daily Quick Check and Measurement Criteria: The students will be evaluated by correctly following procedures set forth, verbal assessment, visual assessment, and formal assessment at the end of the unit. The students will be evaluated by correctly following procedures set forth, verbal assessment, visual assessment, and formal assessment at the end of the unit. The students will be evaluated by correctly following procedures set forth, verbal assessment, visual assessment, and formal assessment at the end of the unit. The students will be evaluated by correctly following procedures set forth, verbal assessment, visual assessment, and formal assessment at the end of the unit. The students will be evaluated by correctly following procedures set forth, verbal assessment, visual assessment, and formal assessment at the end of the unit. Upcoming Events: Projects, Formative Assessments, etc. 2010-2011 WHHHS Lesson Plan Template