World In a Box Lesson Plan
Kelli Sprenger
World in a Box Lesson Plan
Standard 8: Instructional Strategies
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This lesson was used as an introduction to a new science unit: properties of materials and mixtures. The lesson originally came from the district curriculum, but I changed several aspects in order to fit the time constraints and needs and interests of my students. We began by discussing the word "property", its definition and if anyone has ever heard the word before. Many kids had heard it used to refer to a piece of land that someone owns. We used that definition to help find out how the word can be used to describe something. Together, we came up with a list of words that can be used to describe a banana-which we found by using our senses. Next I explained our activity/game: everyone gets an object which was found in our classroom; then, using your senses, describe the objects properties without naming the object and write it on a sticky note; when you are done describing the object's properties, but the sticky note on the front white board and put your object back in the box. The game starts with the teacher giving an example, in which I picked a sticky note, read the properties aloud, and tried to find which object it was referring to. The kids had a lot of fun playing this game. It was a little easy though, but I think it worked well for getting used to the game. I think if I was to do this game more than once, I would not allow the students to look into the box to find the object. I think that would also require them to be more specific when writing the properties.
I believe this shows a creative instructional strategy in which the students were very engaged and were able to develop understanding through hands-on experience and play. This provided a great foundation for the unit and allowed students to make connections with previous knowledge.
I believe this shows a creative instructional strategy in which the students were very engaged and were able to develop understanding through hands-on experience and play. This provided a great foundation for the unit and allowed students to make connections with previous knowledge.