TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Subject: 3rd Grade Science
Weeks: First Nine Weeks Group 1
Unit of Study: Investigation Design and Safety
Essential Questions:
• Why are the steps of scientific method important?
TEKS/Essence Statements:
3.2) Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during
laboratory and outdoor investigations. The student is expected to:
(A) Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions,
making inference, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific
problem in the natural world;
Critical Skills/Postsecondary Goals:
This section needs to be completed based on the students in your class.
Instruction/Classroom Activities:
Small Group Direct TeachActivity 1Introduce the topic and begin a KWL chart and ask the student’s What do you know about
Science? What is it? What is a Scientist? and What is the Scientific Method? Can we think of any more
questions we want to know about Science, Scientists, and the Scientifice Method? Then discuss what do
the students already know about this subject. Next help the students come up with some ideas about what
they want to know about Science and Scientists.
Assessment:
• Level 3- The student will determine what they want to learn about Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific Method.
• Level 2- When given choices, the student will identify what they want to learn about
Science, Scientists, and/or Scientific Method.
• Level 1- The student will acknowledge the KWL chart.
Finally show the KLRN United Streaming Video Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist (Total
Running Time: 15:51) [http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=993284E0-257943E6-BD04-E9EAB00A2195&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSCE] Finally finish the KWL chart
discussing what the students learned from the video.
Assessment:
• Level 3- The student will determine one thing they learned about Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific Method.
• Level 2- When given choices, the student will identify one thing they learned about
Science, Scientists, and/or the Scientific Method.
• Level 1- The student will acknowledge the video segments.
Activity 2Discuss and model the use of the 4 Corners Vocabulary template for the words Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific Method. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method or use Picture dictionaries,
http://dictionary.reference.com/) Other words you could do are the words in the Scientific Method
pictures available in the Experiment template provided from the News-2 You related materials (Question,
Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Conclusion)
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TEKS Based Lesson Plan
Assessment:
• Level 3- The student will determine an answer to the question asked.
• Level 2- When provided with choices, the student will identify an answer to the question
asked.
• Level 1- The student will acknowledge the picture of one of the words Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific Method.
Activity 3Review what was learned from the previous video and look at the Scientific Method template.
Disussing each step in the process, and coming up with some ideas of experients that could be tested
using the Scientific Method.
Assessment:
• Level 3- The student will determine one fact about the Scientific Method.
• Level 2- When choices are provided, the student will identify about the Scientific Method.
• Level 1- The student will acknowledge the Scientific Method template.
Stations/CentersLevel 3 Stations:
• Station: (Scientific Method File Folder) The student will generate the order of the
Scientific Method. (From the materials provided above you should be able to create
this file folder.)
•
Station: The teacher will set up simple experiments. (FYI- News-2-You gives a new
experiment a week). Using Scientific Method template and materials provided, the
student will generate a science experiment.
•
Word Wall Activities about the words about Science, Scientists, and/or the Scientific
Method
(Refer to http://specialed.about.com/od/wordwalls/a/morewordwalls.htm,
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwallact.htm,
http://www.kllynch2000.com/wordwallactivites.html,
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwall.htm)
Level 2 Stations:
• Station: (Scientific Method File Folder) When part of the Scientific Method is
provided, the student will complete the order of the Scientific Method. (From the
materials provided above you should be able to create this file folder.)
•
Station: The student will complete the Scientific Method template for a simple
experiment that the teacher has preset up. (FYI- News-2-You gives a new experiment a
week).
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TEKS Based Lesson Plan
•
Word Wall Activities about the words about Science, Scientists, and/or the Scientific
Method
(Refer to http://specialed.about.com/od/wordwalls/a/morewordwalls.htm,
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwallact.htm,
http://www.kllynch2000.com/wordwallactivites.html,
http://www.teachingfirst.net/wordwall.htm)
Level 1 Stations:
• Station: The student will acknowledge the KLRN United Streaming Video Segment
Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist (Total Running Time: 15:51)
[http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=993284E0-2579-43E6BD04-E9EAB00A2195&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSCE]
•
Station: The student will experience or acknowledge the materials for a simple
experiment that the teacher has preset up. (FYI- News-2-You gives a new experiment a
week).
Individualized Communication Planning: This section needs to be completed based on the
individualized communication needs of the students in your class.
Differentiated Tasks:
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
¨ The student will
¨ When given choices, the
¨ The student will
determine what they
student will identify what
acknowledge the KWL
want to learn about
they want to learn about
chart.
Science, Scientists,
Science, Scientists,
¨ The student will
and/or the Scientific
and/or Scientific Method.
acknowledge the video
Method.
¨ When given choices, the
segments.
¨ The student will
student will identify one
¨ The student will
determine one thing
thing they learned about
acknowledge the picture
they learned about
Science, Scientists,
of one of the words
Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific
Science, Scientists,
and/or the Scientific
Method.
and/or the Scientific
Method.
¨ When provided with
Method.
¨ The student will
choices, the student will
¨ The student will
determine an answer to
identify an answer to the
acknowledge the
the question asked.
question asked.
Scientific Method
¨ The student will
¨ When choices are
template.
determine one fact
provided, the student will
¨ The student will
about the Scientific
identify about the
acknowledge the KLRN
Method.
Scientific Method.
United Streaming Video
¨ The student will
¨ When part of the
Segment Scientific
generate the order of the
Scientific Method is
Method: Thinking Like a
Scientific Method.
provided, the student will
Scientist (Total Running
complete the order of the
Time: 15:51)
Scientific Method.
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¨ The teacher will sent up
¨ The student will
¨ The student will
simple experiments.
complete the Scientific
experience or
(FYI- News-2-You
Method template for a
acknowledge the
gives a new experiment
simple experiment that
materials for a simple
a week). Using
the teacher has preset up.
experiment that the
Scientific Method
(FYI- News-2-You gives
teacher has preset up.
template and materials
a new experiment a
(FYI- News-2-You gives
provided, the student
week).
a new experiment a
will generate a science
week).
experiment.
Materials/Resources:
• Create a KWL chart you may us the KWL Smart Notebook file already created for you
• The KLRN United Streaming Video Scientific Method: Thinking Like a Scientist (Total Running
Time: 15:51) [http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=993284E0-257943E6-BD04-E9EAB00A2195&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=DSCE]
• 4 Corners Vocabulary template & internet resources
• Experiment template
• Example of how the experiment template is used
*Materials need for stations are not listed, and may or may not be included as provided materials.
Assessment Strategies: This section needs to be completed based on the strategies appropriate for the
students in your class.
IEP Connections: This section needs to be completed based on the IEPs documented in the students’
ARDs in your class.
Work Cited Information:
• KLRN United Streaming Videos
• Wikipedia’s Free On-line Encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)
• Picture dictionaries (http://dictionary.reference.com/)
• News-2 You related materials 1997-2008 News-2-You, Inc. Symbolstix, LLC used with
permission. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ or http://news2you.n2y.com/)
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