LEARNING-FOCUSED Lesson Plan
Plan for the concept, topic, or skill – Not for the class
period
Name:
Learning Goals for this Lesson
First week of School 5 days;
Introduction; Science Safety
Rules; classroom safety,
Introduction to Alice and
Topic:
Programming
Grade/Subeject: 6-8 Technology Ed/STEM
Standards
Heather Clevenger
Students will know
Students will do
- Who is in their class/group
- go over the classroom syllabus
- About their teacher
- classroom scavenger hunt
- Why Classroom safety is
- science safety rule skit with their group
important
- an Alice world than involves the
- What the science safety rules
science safety rules
are
- Will go over of their skits in front of the class.
- How to start Alice, know how
- Introduction to Scientific Method
to move character around the
- a small Alice program and add to the program that
room
Ms. Clevenger has already presented.
- Make a character fly
Lesson Essential
Question
Activating Strategy:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Where would we be with out Science safety rules?
Why are science safety rules so important?
If you could add another science safety rule, what would it
be?
What do you know about the scientific Method?
What do you believe Computer Science is?
Where do you believe Computer Science is in the current
job market? i.e. What types of jobs are available?
1. Getting to know you:
The students will have a chart that will have different
questions on it they will need to ask their group mates
the first then get two other students from other groups
to answer the questions about on their sheet. They
will have a total of five answers per sheet.
2 Pre-test on Lab Safety Rules: What might you
remember from last year. Alice world created by Ms.
Clevenger.
3. Another example of what they can do with they rules
Video: Zombie Science
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Rule View: http://youtu.be/S6WARqVdWrE . Alice
Tutorials overview for rules and test.
Day 4:
4. Start working on Scientific Method. Introduce the
Vocab. Alice
Tutorials overview for rules and test.
Day 5:
5. Finish up Scientific Method Vocab with Alice .
Key vocabulary to preview and
- Frayer Model for one or two of the words we
vocabulary strategy:
will be doing this as de
Words: Boolean Logic, If/Then
Statements,
Lesson Instruction
Learning Activity 1
Today they are learning about the class. Going over the rules
of the class and learning about their fellow group mates who
they will have for 4 ½ weeks or shorter. Alice will be introduced
with my video as well as other demos. Other videos from
projects done in the passed will be introduced. If we have time
after the rules I will then start introducing how they will start
working on how they will do their worlds if they get the
opportunity to.
- The students will be using the graphic organizer 3-2-1 for
to help them learn about the different rules and study for the
quiz.
Learning Activity 2
- The Inductive Reasoning Graphic Organizer to be used for the
rules. Ms. Clevenger will work with the students on when we
need to have the rules.
- Run Alice Science Safety Rule Program.
-Explain the assignment they will be completing.
- Students will work on Alice Tutorial to help them add the –
- Science Safety rules to Ms. Clevenger’s Examples. Tutorial
we will be working on:
- Rabbit and if we have time Princess Capture
- Students will work on an Alice Tutorial to help them add Quiz
questions to Ms. Clevenger’s Examples
Learning Activity 3
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Graphic Organizer
Storyboard- to help
the students start
working on their
assignments and get
them started.
Inductive ReasoningTo help explain why
we need to have the
safety rules and help
them to study the
rules for the test.
Prediction Tree- To
help with the different
types of statements.
These will be already
located in their
folders on their desks
Compare and
Contrast between
Move and Turn
Methods
Assignment
- The students will
be adding in code
- Students will be working on finishing up Princess Capture and
working with Ms. Clevenger finishing up the Science Safety
Rule Assignment.
- Students will finishing up Learning how do Storyboard and
create your own Alice world. We will be using this for learning
about the Scientific Method.
more other Science
Safety Rules.
- They will also be
adding Questions to
the Quiz as well
- Students will write up a short essay which rule they believe is
the most important using the following graphic organizer. (The
important thing about. )
Summarizing Strategy
Day 1:
1. Classroom Scavenger hunt:
The students will be given a sheet of paper. The
sheet of paper will have clues on it, which will reflect
different areas of the room. They will have to work as
a group to get the answers and get the information
done. This is a different way to for the students to
understand the syllabus, classroom rules, and science
safety rules better. We will go over the 3-2-1 organizers.
Day 2:
2. Each group will review on their storyboard or a skit for
their project with Ms. Clevenger. Will have a flash card
test using the Alice world as the test taker. If we do
not get to this quiz it will be taken on the third day.
Day 3:
3. Go over their Inductive Graphic Organizer.
4. Review over vocab with Alice. Look at other tutorials
Day 4:
that will be gone over with the students. Review the
Day 5:
students current work that they have been doing.
5. Review over vocab with Alice. Students will show what
they have completed for the class.
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