Intel® Teach Program
Essentials Course
Unit Plan Template
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Unit Author
First and Last Name
Rosa Mickles
School District
Lowndes County
School Name
Jackson Steele
School City, State
Hayneville, Alabama
Unit Overview
Unit Title
Learning about the weather, clouds, and the seasons
Unit Summary
K-2,briefly describe the topics, activities and expectations
Subject Area
Science is the subject area. I am specifically targeting for this unit(standards, and objectives)
Grade Level
k-2
Approximate Time Needed
4 weeks
Unit Foundation
Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks
9.) Identify seasons of the year.
• Describing seasonal changes in the weather
10.) Identify objects observed in the day sky with the unaided eye, including the sun, clouds, moon, and
rainbows.
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes


Going beyond basic mastery of skills and/or curriculum to explore and expand one’s own
learning and opportunities to gain expertise
The student will be able to identify and examine objects observed in the day sky with the
unaided eye.
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Intel® Teach Program
Essentials Course
Essential
Question
Unit
Questions
Content
Questions
What are clouds?
What tool did you use to measure the temperature outdoors?
Name and describe the four seasons.
Assessment Plan
Assessment Timeline
Before project work begins

Students work on projects
and complete tasks

Before the
project began, I
will introduce
the lesson by
displaying
objects that
suggest seasons
as well as
different kinds
of clouds…
 Students will
make different
kinds of
clouds.
 Students will
also watch a
power point on
the weather.
 Students will
read books
related to the
weather/seaso
ns
After project work is
completed

Make a
scrapbook
Of your favorite
Season.

 All students
will go outside
to look into
the sky and
describe what
they see.
 Act out the
seasons for
classmates.
Assessment Summary
All students participated in making different clouds, reading books related to the weather and making
a scrapbook.
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills
Name and describe the seasons of the year. Name and describe at least two clouds.
Instructional Procedures
Students made different clouds using construction paper, scissors, cotton balls, pencil, paper bags,
crayons, glue, magazines
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
Special Needs
Students
Special needs students will be assisted by the teacher. When students
with special needs work on projects with groups of peers, their learning
is enhanced in many ways. Linking new knowledge to previous
understanding is particularly important with students who have special
needs. Educational software, such as picture-and speech synthesized
communication boards, ions.
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Intel® Teach Program
Essentials Course
Nonnative
Speakers
N/A
Gifted/Talented
Students
I provide opportunities for students to use computers and other technology to
work on meaningful tasks.
Materials and Resources Required For Unit
Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)
Camera
Laser Disk
VCR
Computer(s)
Printer
Video Camera
Digital Camera
Projection System
Video Conferencing Equip.
DVD Player
Scanner
Other
Internet Connection
Television
Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)
Database/Spreadsheet
Image Processing
Web Page Development
Desktop Publishing
Internet Web Browser
Word Processing
E-mail Software
Multimedia
Other
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Printed Materials
Supplies
Internet Resources
Other Resources
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