570 planning science

Topic 2:

Part 1: Standards, Learning Objectives, and Assessments

For this assignment, complete the following components in the “Science Unit Plan" template:

• Lesson Title and Brief Summary: Include a daily lesson title and summarize the scope/intent of the lesson.
• National/State Standard(s): List the specific grade-level standards that will be taught throughout the week. Include the standards with the performance indicators and the standard language in its entirety.
• Learning Objectives: Write daily, measurable learning objectives that align with the national/state standards and specify what will be assessed at the completion of the lesson. Note: This should not be a summary of the lesson, but a measurable statement demonstrating what the student will be assessed on at the completion of the lesson. For instance, “understand” is not measurable, but “describe” and “identify” are.
• Three-Dimensional Learning: Describe the crosscutting concepts and the science and engineering practices that support the learning objectives. Include a brief description of how these will be integrated throughout the weekly plan.
• Formative Assessments: Describe how you will formatively assess the learning objectives for the lessons. These should be designed to provide data on student performance for monitoring and adjusting instruction and provide students feedback so they can evaluate and adjust their own learning.
• Summative Assessment: Describe a summative assessment that measures the learning for the unit. This should provide the student with an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the standards.
• Differentiation of Assessments: Describe how the formative and summative assessments will be differentiated to support students with disabilities, students with gifted abilities, ELLs, and early finishers.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250 words, summarize and reflect on the process of beginning your unit plan. Include the following in your reflection:

• Discuss your experience so far with the process of backward design in planning your science unit and describe how it compares with other planning experiences you have had throughout your coursework.
• Describe how the assessments chosen for your unit plan support the three dimensions of science learning.
• Explain the factors you considered when designing assessments that are aligned to learning objectives and state standards. Additionally, discuss how you will ensure all students are prepared for the assessments by making appropriate modifications and accommodations for students with disabilities and language learning needs.

Support your assignment with a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Topic 3

Part 1: Vocabulary, Instructional Strategies, and Lesson Activities

• Vocabulary: Identify the appropriate general academic and content-specific vocabulary students need to be successful in each lesson and explain how the vocabulary will be taught to students.
• Instructional Strategy/Strategies: Identify the instructional strategy/strategies that will be used each day to provide students opportunities to explore, practice, and apply the science content. At least two days should be inquiry-based and focus on student-centered learning opportunities. Use a combination of instructional strategies that are best suited for each day’s lesson and students in the classroom.
• Summary of Instruction and Activities: Write a brief summary of the instruction, activities, and learning content for each lesson, including how you will connect students’ prior knowledge to key science concepts through the application of major standards-based concepts and modes of inquiry.
• Differentiation and Accommodations: Describe strategies to differentiate and accommodate the lessons’ activities for students with disabilities, students with gifted abilities, ELLs, and early finishers.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250 words, summarize and reflect on the process of continuing your unit plan and deciding on instructional strategies that best complement your standards, learning objectives, and assessments. Include the following in your reflection:

• Describe how your instructional strategies align with your standards, learning objectives, and assessments.
• Discuss how your instructional strategies promote exploration/investigation, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Explain how your inquiry-based science instruction will support students in mastering the science content.
• Describe a challenge or misconception that might arise during one of the activities and require additional emphasis or greater accommodations. Explain how you would handle the need for additional differentiation or accommodations, and include any resources or support staff you may be able to utilize to meet specific students' needs.
• Support your assignment with a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Topic 4

Part 1: Materials, Resources, and Integration

For this assignment, complete the following components in the “ELM-570 Science Unit Plan" template:

• Materials and Resources: List appropriate and relevant materials and resources needed for each day’s lesson.
• Technology Integration: Describe technological tools and strategies for integrating technology into the week’s unit plan to support and enhance the science content.
• Health Integration: Identify health skills and concepts, such as human movement, activity, fitness, emotional health, and motor skills, that will be supported throughout the unit plan and describe how those concepts will be integrated into the designed activities from Topic 3.
• Math Connections: Identify at least one mathematical practice standard or skill (e.g., accuracy, precision, estimation, measurement, and data analysis ) to support the science instruction and describe how the practice standard or skill will support student learning in the unit plan.
• Literacy: Describe a minimum of two areas of literacy (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) that are integrated into the unit plan. Identify which activities designed in Topic 3 support each literacy area.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250 words, summarize and reflect on the process of creating a cohesive, weeklong unit plan that successfully incorporates crosscutting concepts, science and engineering practices, and multiple disciplines. Include the following in your reflection:

• Describe how you seamlessly integrated technology and cross-curricular skills into the unit plan.
• Discuss how you created opportunities to promote health education that will positively contribute to a good quality of life for students and explain why this is important.
• Explain how your materials, resources, and technology can create engagement and motivation during science instruction.

Support your assignment with at least two scholarly resources.