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Phases of the Moon: Review Instructor’s Name: Gemma Griffin Grade: 3rd Time: 45 minutes Concept: Patterns, Cycles, and Change; Interrelationships: Earth and Space Topic: Phases of the Moon SOL: 3.8 The student will investigate and understand basic patterns and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include: a) patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides) Rationale: In order to identify and correct misconceptions have about the earth and space, and because of the complicated nature of learning the cycle of the phases of the moon, students need many opportunities to be exposed to the content, such as group work, individual work, as well as the incorporation of technology, literature, and hands-on experiments. Goals: To promote science as inquiry. To investigate specific types of clouds. To become aware of basic weather patterns and changes. To practice internet researching skills.
Objectives: Cognitive: The student will be able to identify prior knowledge and knowledge learned about the phases of the moon, using class discussion and the internet during Jigsaw groups, evidenced by a KWL chart to be completed as a class
Psychomotor: The student will be able to represent the four phases of the moon, using Oreo cookies; evidenced by their ability to correctly reproduce at least three out of four phases of the moon. Affective: The student will be able to cooperate together in Jigsaw groups to learn about the four phases of the moon, using their own and other group members’ research findings; evidenced by completion of lab sheet. Materials: Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Internet access: http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/birthdayphases.html Moon Phases Lab sheet. Oreo Cookies Chart Paper Advanced Organizer: Science Talk by reading Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, by Eric Carle. This book illustrates some of the different phases of the moon. I will read this to get the class to start thinking about the phases of the moon and why they occur when they do. Procedure: KWL of moon. Talk about what students already know about the moon and its phases and record. Then talk about what students want to find out regarding the phases of the moon. Modified Jigsaw in small groups using internet sites to find information about the phases of the moon. Divide students into groups of four. Have each student in a group pick one of the four phases of the moon to research on the internet. Groups rejoin and teach each other what they learned about their phase of the moon so everyone can complete their lab sheet. 5. Discuss and fill in “Learned” column of the KWL chart about what students found out about the different phases of the moon. Questions for Discussion: “What do you know about the phases of the moon?” “Do you know what causes the moon to look differently at different times?” “What do we want to find out about the phases of the moon?: “What did you learn?” Closure: Pop “quiz” on phases of the moon. Give each student and four Oreo cookies. Call out a moon phase (first quarter, full moon, last quarter, new moon) and have them demonstrate what each phase looks like with their Oreo, by nibble (or eating) at a cookie. Assessment: Did the student participate in KWL chart? Did the student contribute to the learning and research in Jigsaw groups? Was the student able to reproduce the phases of the moon, using and Oreo cookie to demonstrate his/her understanding? Differentiation: This lesson was differentiated using technology, and kinesthetic, visual and auditory instructional methods.
Phases of the Moon
Directions: 1. Each person in your group should pick one of the four stages of the moon to research. 2. After everyone in your group has completed their part of the research, share the information with each other, so everyone can fill in the blankson their lab sheet. New Moon: Draw a picture.
Describe what it looks like.
Other interesting facts.
First Quarter: Draw a picture.
Describe what it looks like.
Other interesting facts. |
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