Lesson Sketch for EDT 313: Sink the Ship

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Lesson title: Sink the Ship

Emilee Downing & Gabby Gum

Date that lesson was taught:

Standards in 2 Domains: D: Approaches to Learning T: Planning, Action and

Reflection S: Use prior knowledge and information to assess inform and plan for future
actions and learning.
D: Cognition and General Knowledge- Mathematics T: Number Sense and Counting S:
Demonstrate one-to-one correspondence when counting objects up to 10.
Instructional objectives: list 2observable/measurable objectives for this lesson. Use precise
language w/ action verbs.

The student will be able to:

1. Recall what it means if an objet sinks/floats
2. Predict and count out individually how many pennies they think it will take to
sink an aluminum ship.
Experiences: Describe authentic (real life, hands-on not representational) materials and enticing/
creative experiences in which children are actively engaged. Safety should be addressed if warranted.
In small groups, students will first create a small aluminum ship. After they have made their vessel, they
will then predict how many pennies they think it will take to sink their ship to the bottom of a water table.
Next students will take their ship and put it in the water and on by on place a penny inside their ship until
is sinks. After their own ship sinks they will count how many pennies it actually took ot sink their ship and
record their findings on the group graphs provided.

Evidence of student learning: To document student learning we will use group graphs
for students to predict how many pennies it will take to sink their ship and how many it
actually took to sink. Observations and checklists will also be used to see if students are
able to count their pennies up to 10, after which help may be granted.
Reflection: This lesson was right at most of the students learning levels. Creating the
aluminum foil ships seemed to be a challenge for many students and needed a lot of
assistance and scaffolding for that process. Students were excited about the water table,
but knew they could not play in the water while their ships where in the table because the
did not want to add any water to their ship and make it sink early. If I were to do this
lesson again, I would use a bigger table so students could better see all the ships, and I
would also create a plan to construct more sturdy ships, better instruction, older students,
a mold.