Guided Inquiry Lesson Plan Assignment
SME 432 Online/ Hybrid Lesson Plan Template:
Page 1: Name, assignment title, class section, date
Teaching method: Direct Instruction or Guided Inquiry; briefly describe DI or GI
Pages 2+:
Grade: (Be sure your information/activities is/are age-appropriate)
Topic:
Duration: State length of lesson; Indicate time required for each section (ie. motivation, closure, etc.)
Objectives: State 2 or more, indicating what you expect students to do by the end of the lesson. Be sure to have at least one content and one process skill objective; identify each as content or process.
Nat’l Sci. Standards: State at least one specific Content Standard and one Process Standard to support your topic
MS Science Framework: State the specific competency (include number) for your lesson
Materials: List materials that will be used; include copies of concept map/handouts/transparencies to be used.
Classroom Arrangement: Describe the set-up of the room at various times throughout the lesson
Procedure: Give details of each section of your method used, as follows:
(Be sure to include concept map somewhere in the lesson
Direct Instruction
Guided Inquiry
Motivation– stimulate interest and link what students already know to the new concepts
Motivation– stimulate interest and link what students already know to the new concepts
Presentation– showing or telling in order to meet objective of lesson (steps)
Question(s)– asked in order for students to “discover” answers
Guided Practice– teacher’s action in closely-supervised practice; done with teacher and one student, the rest of the class observes
Data collection– information gathered in order to answer question(s)
Independent Practice– teacher supervises while all students do activity, usually a mimic of what teacher did in guided practice
Data processing– checking information and interpreting results
Closure– may be summary, review, relate new information to link with previous knowledge
Closure– may be summary, review, relate new information to link with previous knowledge
Enrichment/Remediation: Tell what students/groups will do (E) while others are finishing and
(R) if they need help
Assessment: Give details of 2 or more assessments used and reasons for using these methods
(Look at the content and process skills involved, and how they should be measured)