All About Electricity Unit Plan

MONDAY

Analyze the Learner My class is a fourth grade class of 24 students-- 13 boys and 11 girls.

• 14 of my students are white, 7 are African American, and 3 are Asian.

• One student has Asperger’s, four have ADHD, and one has dyslexia.

• Two students are gifted learners.

State the ObjectivesToday, at the end of this lesson, my students will identify what static -electricity is and verify the behavior of positive and negative electrical charges by using balloons, with 75% of the learners finishing the lesson proficient on the topic.

Select the Methods, Media, and MaterialsWe will need the School House Rock, “Electricity, Electricity” video and the video of my demonstration of static electricity; both of these can be found on YouTube. We will also need supplies to create our own demonstration (balloons, tissue paper, blanket or towel) that I will provide. I will post video materials for the week

Utilize Media and MaterialsI plan to use the “Electricity, Electricity” through out the week to help students learn key facts about electricity. Students will watch the video of the demonstration during one of their centers. Then, we have our own demonstration in class using our knowledge from the video to lead our discussion.

Require Learner Participation In the morning, one of my students’ learning centers will be to watch the demonstration of how charges work. We will begin our science lesson that afternoon by listening to “Electricity, Electricity” to get in the mood for our new electricity unit. Then, we will begin our discussion on what is static electricity. I will ask students what they learned about charges, how charges behave, and ask them to show me using their balloons. I will use this discussion to help them understand what static electricity is.

Evaluate and ReviseI will examine student participation in our discussion and demonstration to analyze how well they understood the video. I will be able to answer questions and help them fill in the information gaps about static electricity and charges during our discussion.