SS+Science+LP

=Lesson Planner= Conceptual Lens: Development Instructor: Miss Trexler Content: Science Grade Level: 6 Time Frame:** **6 weeks** 1.Students will understand that science, especially technology, is a major force behind the development of a nation. || **Critical Content** 1.The development of Astronomy and Astrology in Ancient Egypt. 1.Basic information about what we know about Astronomy and Astrology today
 * Unit Theme: Ancient Egypt
 * **Enduring Understandings**

2. The development of medicine during this time period and how it relates to our current understanding of science.

3.The different ways in which Egyptians used their resources to further their development of science and technology.

4.The natural resources that the Egyptians used to further their development of science and technology. What other resources were available but were not necessarily used.

5.The natural resources that the Egyptians used to further their development of science and technology. What other resources were available but were not necessarily used.

6.The factors that impact the development of science and technology. How these factors influence the world in which we live in today. || **Standards** 1.**C3 Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C, A, B.**

2.**C3 Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C. A, B.**

3.**Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C, A, B.**

4.**C3 Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C, A, B.**

5.**C3 Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C, A, B.**


 * C2 Individual, Cultural, International, and Global Connections in Economics (Grades 6-8)** a.

6.**C3 Science, Technology, and Society (Grades 6-8) C, A, B.** || I**nstructional Plan/Learning Activities** 1.**Hook:** When students arrive in class the room will be dark. I will have stuck glow in the dark stars around the room, on the walls and ceilings and floors mapping out constellations. There will also be planets hanging from the ceiling and the phases of the moon will be displayed. Students will be asked to match up the names of constellations to their pictures as well as the phases of the moon.


 * Learning Activity:** Students will go through stations with partners in which they will learn something about astronomy/astrology in Ancient Egypt. Once this stage is complete they will then watch a brief movie introducing some basic information that we know about astronomy/astrology today.


 * Artifact:** Students will use ComicLife to create a comic. Their comic will illustrate the similarities and differences in what the Egyptians knew and what we know today about Astrology/Astronomy.

2.**Hook:** Students will come to class and be given two roles: Doctor and patient. On the patient card there will be an ailment. At each pair of desks students will be provided with some basic stuff that the Egyptians would have had access to. (Well, not REAL stuff.) The Dr.'s will be asked to "heal" their patients.


 * Learning Activity:** Now it will be the teacher's turn. I will have cards with ailments listed on them. I will call up students one by one to be the patient, and for each ailment I will walk students through the method in which the Egyptians used to treat it. If I can find one, students will also listen to a podcast about Ancient Egyptian medicine. Also we will go over the scientific method.


 * Artifact:** Students will create a podcast on the development of medicine in ancient Egypt.

3.**Hook:** Field trip! Students will take a trip down the road to a local river (or stream). They will be asked to bring rubber boots and a spare set of clothes. While visiting the river students will discuss various resources that rivers provide for us and how they often help us survive.


 * Learning Activity:** Students will take a walk down the river and listen to a story created by me about the Egyptians and their use of the Nile River. (Our discussion will include irrigation, animals, farming around the Nile, mineral exploration.)


 * Artifact:** Students will use inspiration to make a web of their ideas.

4.**Hook:** Field trip! Students will be taking a walk through the woods today. They will be asked to collect resources along their way in which they will make tools and jewelry with.


 * Learning Activity:** On their walk through the woods I will share another story with students about Ancient Egyptians. This time the focus of the story will be on natural resources: decorative stone, copper, gold, copper and lead, semiprecious stones, salts, limestone, flint, galena.We will discuss how they used these to build monuments and things. We will discuss weapons and military, forts.


 * Artifact:** Students will create a blog in which they reflect on their ideas throughout the unit. Their entry for today will include a reflection about what they learned in class, what we know today, and how effectively the Egyptians used their natural resources to their advantage.

5.**Hook:** Ready, set, trade! Students will each be given a "grab bag" filled with items they may or may not need for the day. They will be asked to inspect their bags, and the bags of others. Students will be encouraged to barter their items for other items, as the items they end up with will be the only items they will use for the day.


 * Learning Activity:** Students will actually run through "real" trading done by the Egyptians. The class will be broken up into groups based on areas that the Egyptians traded with. Students from each group will be notified as to what it is the Egyptians want from them, and what they want in return. The Egyptian group will be notified what it has brought with them to trade. We will have random "pause" moments, where the trading stops and I instruct students about trading and how it helps acquire other resources that are not readily available to you.


 * Artifact:** Students will create a video to illustrate their understandings.

6.**Hook:** Students will come to class and all of their latest technological devices (cell phones, mp3 players, laptops ... etc) will be collected at the door. Students will then be asked to sit quietly at their desks and the lights will be turned out. I will read the following statement aloud: "Imagine a world without technology."


 * Learning Activity:** Students will work in groups to discuss everything we have learned up to this point. They will be asked to think about the factors we have discussed that. influenced the development of science and technology in Egypt, as well as to come up with other ideas.They will also be asked to relate this to today. What resources and factors impact science and technology today.There will be NO use of technology in the presentations today. Students will also be asked to individually blog about their introduction to class today.

1.How do different factors impact the development and use of science and technology? || **Skills** 1.Describe and provide examples that illustrate that science is a human endeavor that generates explanations based on verifiable evidence that are subject to change when new evidence does not match existing evidence.
 * Artifact:**Students will continue to blog their ideas. ||
 * **Guided Questions**

2.Analyze a breakthrough from the history of science that contributes to our current understanding of science.

3.Consider the ways in which the Egyptians used various resources to further their development of science and technology.

4.Judge how effectively the Egyptians used their natural resources to further their development of science and technology.

5.Propose other ways in which the Egyptians could have used their resources in order to further their development of science and technology.

6.Reflect on the importance of understanding various factors and how they relate to the development of science and technology in the world today. ||  || **Resources** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ||