Jessica+R.

My name is Jessica and I would like to teach a second or third grade class.

Lesson Plan on Light


 * __Grade Level:__** 5th Grade Science

__**Content Standards:**__ __ [|5.3] __ The student will investigate and understand basic characteristics of visible light and how it behaves.

__**Student Learning Objectives:**__ Students will be able to perform an experiment using diffraction grating and light. They will then be able to complete a worksheet and short write-up about the experiment and discuss the results. They should be able to answer these questions and do the write up with 90% accuracy.

__**Assessment:**__ The students will be assessed by a worksheet they will hand in to the teacher to be graded. The rest of their assessment will be a write up in which they will discuss key concepts about light and what they have learned from this experiment.


 * __Materials/Resources:__**
 * Diffraction Grating
 * 3 Light Sources
 * Worksheet

__**Initiation:**__ The discussion of light will begin with asking the students to point out the light in the room and the different sources. I will pose the questions "Can we see objects without light?" We will discuss the paths that light takes. I will ask the students to recall background knowledge and make predictions about the concepts we will discover through the lesson.

__**Lesson Development:**__ 1. I will break the class into groups. 2.They will receive the different materials: diffraction grading and three light sources to observe. 3. The students will examine different light sources through the diffraction grading. 4. They will complete a worksheet on the behavior of the light from different sources and the path it takes. 5. They will then return to their seats to complete the worksheet and write up individually. 6. We will come together as a group to discuss what we have learned.

__**Closure:**__ We will meet as a group and discuss what we have learned. I will look for the students to bring the concepts that they have discovered to the group discussion. We will look for similarities and differences in our observations and decide why we may have come up with different results. The students will share the write-ups they have produced about what they have learned. Their worksheets will be given to me for grading and assessment of knowledge of the concepts at hand.

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