Intel® Teach Program Essentials Course Unit Plan Template Click on any descriptive text, then type your own. 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. © 2008 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Page 1 of 3 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. © 2008 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 of 3 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 Programs of the Intel® Education Initiative are funded by the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation. Copyright © 2007, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Education Initiative, and Intel Teach Program are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © 2008 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Page 3 of 3