Matter Lesson
Subject: Science
Lesson Topic: Matter and Changes in States of Matter
Target Audience: Elementary School ELL students and/or Non-ELL Upper elementary students
Lesson Length: 60 mins
Lesson Outline:
Using Little Alchemy game, have students try out and brainstorm chemical reactions that occur around us. Then, have students look discuss and think about what they observed from the game, and why they think such changes were caused.
After discussion, watch the Chemical Change video as a class. ELL Students should make note of unfamiliar terms they hear from the video, for further discussion and word wall after. Proceeding the video, review what was learned from the video, facilitator can use the matter simulation from PHET to look at matter changes caused by temperature.
Have students work in pairs to go on a scavenger hunt to find objects that can be used to demonstrate matter changes. This can be documented by photos, a video or actual objects for in class demonstration. This assignment can be done within class time, or over the course of two or three lessons. The main component is to have students explain their understanding to the class for the objects they've chosen for demonstrating the change. Students need to be able to both explain what happened that caused the change. Each pair's item(s) can be reviewed by facilitator first, before actually demonstration and presentation. Facilitator can also use printables for individual reviews and assessment.
Pedagogical Goals for this lesson:
This lesson is designed to be an inquiry-based learning experience, similar to Anchored Instruction and LfU experiences. Students get to problem solve by having to think about what they observed and then replicate or create the same outcomes. By allowing the students to see possible outcomes in the form of a game first, students have to back track and attempt to re-engineer what they saw in real life using the same basic tools, and in this case the ground, water and fire elements. From a ELL teaching strategy perspective, the lesson would allow the students to use and think about basic simple elements that they would most likely have had exposure to, at home or in their native education. This would make it easier for the students to think of combinations of the elements, and focus on only the English expression and vocabulary aspects of what they know.
ELL Component: Speaking practice through explanations and presentation, vocabulary building, and writing in personal assessments.
Resources:
PHET Simulation used: States of Matter
Video Explanation used: Chemical Changes
Printables available. 1 2
Lesson Topic: Matter and Changes in States of Matter
Target Audience: Elementary School ELL students and/or Non-ELL Upper elementary students
Lesson Length: 60 mins
Lesson Outline:
Using Little Alchemy game, have students try out and brainstorm chemical reactions that occur around us. Then, have students look discuss and think about what they observed from the game, and why they think such changes were caused.
After discussion, watch the Chemical Change video as a class. ELL Students should make note of unfamiliar terms they hear from the video, for further discussion and word wall after. Proceeding the video, review what was learned from the video, facilitator can use the matter simulation from PHET to look at matter changes caused by temperature.
Have students work in pairs to go on a scavenger hunt to find objects that can be used to demonstrate matter changes. This can be documented by photos, a video or actual objects for in class demonstration. This assignment can be done within class time, or over the course of two or three lessons. The main component is to have students explain their understanding to the class for the objects they've chosen for demonstrating the change. Students need to be able to both explain what happened that caused the change. Each pair's item(s) can be reviewed by facilitator first, before actually demonstration and presentation. Facilitator can also use printables for individual reviews and assessment.
Pedagogical Goals for this lesson:
This lesson is designed to be an inquiry-based learning experience, similar to Anchored Instruction and LfU experiences. Students get to problem solve by having to think about what they observed and then replicate or create the same outcomes. By allowing the students to see possible outcomes in the form of a game first, students have to back track and attempt to re-engineer what they saw in real life using the same basic tools, and in this case the ground, water and fire elements. From a ELL teaching strategy perspective, the lesson would allow the students to use and think about basic simple elements that they would most likely have had exposure to, at home or in their native education. This would make it easier for the students to think of combinations of the elements, and focus on only the English expression and vocabulary aspects of what they know.
ELL Component: Speaking practice through explanations and presentation, vocabulary building, and writing in personal assessments.
Resources:
PHET Simulation used: States of Matter
Video Explanation used: Chemical Changes
Printables available. 1 2