Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate:

Miss Amber and Miss Ali

Group Size:

Allotted Time

16

Subject or Topic:

60 minutes

Temperature Change

Date:
Grade Level

10/19/16
1st

Common Core/PA Standard(s):

3.2.1.A4 Observe and describe what happens when substances are heated or cooled.
Distinguish between changes that are reversible (melting, freezing) and not reversible (ex.
Baking a cake).
Learning Targets/Objectives:
The students will observe and describe what happens when substances are cooled by creating
gallery walk drawings that show their process of cooling a substance.
Assessment Approaches:
Evidence:
1. Think, pair, share
1. Think, pair, share students will be given
2. Students will share their process of cooling
time to think about the questions from the
something.
previous day before discussing those
3. Ask students to hold up their hand: thumbs
questions with a partner.
down, waving their hand, or thumbs up.
2. Students will share their process of
4. Students will draw in their science journals.
cooling something students will share
5. Gallery Walk Drawings
with the class the process they picked to
cool their chocolate and whether or not
their chosen process was successful in
cooling the chocolate.
3. Ask students to hold up their hand:
thumbs down, waving their hand, or
thumbs up the student will show a
thumbs down if they are not completely
sure about the content, a wave of the hand
if they are confused about the content, or a
thumbs up if they understand the content
fully.
4. Students will draw in their science
journals students will draw a previous
experience of something being cooled in
their science journals.
5. Gallery Walk Drawings students will
draw the process they used to cool during
the days activity and they will write a
sentence about what they found.
Assessment Scale:
Students will complete a gallery walk drawing that shows their process of cooling the
chocolate and write a sentence about it.
Melted chocolate liquid chocolate (1pt)
Method of cooling ice or cold water (1pt)
Sentence about the process describing what happened to the chocolate or what
method they used (1pt)
1/3 = below average
2/3 = average
3/3 = above average
Subject Matter/Content:
Prerequisites:
Knowing that when something is cooled, it changes in some way.
Temperature the measure of how much hot or cold something is
Heat
Opposite
Key Vocabulary:

Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels
Remediation Plan (if applicable)

Personal Reflection Questions

Did the lesson take the time allotted?

What improvements could be made for next time?
What went well during the lesson?
What needed more explaining?

Additional reflection/thoughts

Checklist
Student
s

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Think,
Pair,
Share

Process
of
cooling
chocolat
e

Thumbs
down

Wave

Thumbs
up

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