Electricity and Magnetism

Time Required

Planning:
The planning of this learning experience took approximately three hours. Planning for this learning experience began with re-reading Chapter 13 in the Scott Foresman Science textbook to decide what concepts needed to be included in the review. The planning time also included creating the PowerPoint presentation for the review questions and Jeopardy game, making color cards for each table, labeling index cards with categories and questions, and developing a post-test. For the planning of the acrostic poem, a teacher exemplar, rubric, and student checklist were developed. The final part of the planning of this learning experience included gathering all of the materials necessary for successful completion of the assessment writing piece.

Implementation:
The implementation of this learning experience takes one class period. The class period for science is one hour. The students were expected to answer review questions, play an entire game of Jeopardy, complete a post-test, and begin working on the acrostic poem. Students who complete all of the activities are encouraged to use their laptop to play one of the interactive online games or watch The Magic School Bus video. However, the students will have another class period to complete the final copy of the acrostic poem. This also gives all students the opportunity to play one of the online games.

Assessment (per student):
Scoring of the students’ work should take between five and ten minutes for each student. The teacher will assess the student’s abilities based on his or her performance on both the post-test and final writing piece. The “Electricity and Magnetism” rubric will be used to score the students’ acrostic poems.

Schedule / unit plan:
This lesson is one out of a unit on electricity and magnetism. The unit is taught in a two week period, with this learning experience being the final lesson in the unit. The electricity and magnetism unit is taught mid-year in the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School District. Prior to this lesson, the students conducted experiments relating to the different aspects of electricity and magnetism.