CCSS

Code

e.g.

RL.K.5

OUTCOMES

(Lesson Focus)

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome? Please state the question that will be asked during your formative assessment.

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome? Please list in the order that you will implement.

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

12/8

RST.2

L.1

SL.1

Students will present their model of a simple machine

Students will discuss how their simple machine works.

Students will use information from the weekly lesson to design their own machine.

2.  Present design.

1. Name simple machine.

2.  What are the parts used in the simple machine?

3.  How does your machine make work easier?

Tues

12/9

L.1

RST.2

WHST

To explore the effect of applying force at different points on a lever.

Is a bottle opener a simple machine?

1.  Review vocabulary words.

2. Group work on identifying a toy or game that has the parts of a simple machine.

3.  Use illustration to different simple machines.

1.  What are the different kinds of simple machines?

2.  Using the words effort force and output force, explain why simple machines are useful.

3.  When a lever lifts a boulder, what is the effort force?

Wed

12/10

RST.3

WHST.2

SL.1e

Explain how levers are simple machines

What is resistance force?

1.  Review vocabulary words.

2.  Oral reading and notes.

3.  Draw picture of a hammer and list reasons for concluding that it is a lever.

1. How do levers multiply effort?

2.  What are other classes of levers?

3.  Describe the operation of second-and third-class levers.

Thurs

12/11 

SL.6.1b

SL.6.5

RST.6-8.7

Design a prototype of a simple and mechanical machine.

Presentation of simple machine.

1.http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

2.  http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Activities/Games/simple_machines/

3. Group work on using simple machines.

1.  Produce a slide show/I-Movie

2.  Use simple machines as prototype.

3.  How are these machines relevant to our daily lives.

Fri

12/12

SL.1a

RST.3

WHST4.

 Explain how pulleys and wheel and axles are machines.

How does a pulley system work?

1.  Draw and fill in chart to organize information.

2.  Calculate mechanical advantage.

3.  Use illustration to find mechical advantage.

1. Describe how a pulley works.

2.  Does a pulley change the direction of the effort force.

3.  What is a pulley’s mechanical advantage?

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests (40%):

Quizzes (20%):

Classwork/ Participation (15%):

Homework (5%):

Projects/ Portfolios (20%):

Vocabulary words for week:

1. simple machine

2.  effort force

3.  resistance force

4. lever

5.  fulcrum

6.  mechanical advantage

7. pulley

8.  wheel and axle

9.  wedge

10.  incline plane

Use of Technology:

   __X__ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System