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Lesson Idea Name:

Grade Level/Content Area:
Content Standard Addressed: S2E2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to develop
an understanding of the patterns of the sun and the moon and the sun’s effect on Earth.

1. Plan and carry out an investigation to determine the effect of the position of the sun in
relation to a fixed object on Earth at various times of the day.
2. Design and build a structure that demonstrates how shadows change throughout the day.
3. Represent data in tables and/or graphs of the length of the day and night to recognize the
change in seasons.
4. Use data from personal observations to describe, illustrate, and predict how the appearance
of the moon changes over time in a pattern.
(Clarification statement: Students are not required to know the names of the phases of the
moon or understand the tilt of the Earth.)

ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:  What would you like students to know and be
Empowered Learner – 1.1.a. Students articulate able to do by the end of this lesson: To be able
and set personal learning goals, develop strategies to understand and explain the patterns of the
leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect sun and moon and the sun’s effect on Earth.
on the learning process itself to improve learning
outcomes.

What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea? To be able to feel comfortable expressing
what they know and using technology to do so
Selected Instructional Software Tool: Anchor

Description of Software: Anchor is a podcast site made by Spotify. Anchor allows for the recording of a
podcast on the site itself or upload a prerecorded audio file themselves.

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://anchor.fm/login?return_to=%2Fdashboard

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Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s)

☐ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☐ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

How do you plan to implement this lesson and integrate the technology? Check all that apply:

☒ Teacher-led: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations. Learning activities are assigned to the student and mostly
practice based.

☒ Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic of
learning and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. The teacher facilitates
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the learning as the students direct their own learning processes.

☒ Problem-based and/or Publishable: Students are solving problems and completing projects to
demonstrate their learning. Additionally, the projects can be shared outside of the classroom.
(Note: This objective could be reached by displaying the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, presenting it to another class, or publishing
it via an outside source.)
Lesson idea implementation:
This will be a end of unit lesson. I will tell the students that they will be explaining to their parent
what they have learned this unit. I will allow the students to work in groups and pick their favorite
part of the lesson. I will then go around and ask each group what their topic and why. They will then
have to brainstorm facts about their topics, and I will write them down. I will then ask them to
explain their topic. I will this have the students come up one by one to say their part and I will put it
all together in one podcast.
Managing student learning: We will use timers to keep ourselves on track and strips to make sure
we stay on topic.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Reflection: Representation or Action and Expression
Reflection: I feel like this will get them excited about the work and getting a chance to be in charge and
share their know

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