Science Lesson Plan

In addressing concepts in Earth Science, I reformulated the lesson plan using a variety of visual and text effects in a PowerPoint presentation. Continuous reassessment of

key terms including unique rhymes and stories were created to address the target audience’s age and

language ability.

This is a page from the Harcourt Earth Science curriculum lesson that I modified for students. The

objective was to involve more visual and language support for

students. Additionally, the creation of unique rhymes, stories relating to the topic , and graphics captivated the learners attention.

RocksPart of the Earth’s crust

Weathering

Weathering

Erosion

Weathering breaks down rocks by wind and rain

Erosion carries it away grain by grain

Rocks can fit in your socks

The pebbles fit in your hand

But between fingers…down goes the sand

And the boulders don’t fit on our shoulders!

Boulder

Sand

Pebbles

And his mother was a boulder who was a little bit older.

There once was a rock who fit in a sock.

Story of Rocks

Mom

Pebbles his sister, small and round. She’s something you’d see on the ground.

His brother’s name was Sand but he was so small he’d fall through your hand.

“Mommy”, asked the rock, “How did I get here?”“Why am I smaller than you but bigger than the rest of the crew?”

I’m bigger than both of you!

But smaller than Mom!

“Well”, said the boulder, “I was weathered by wind and rain that falls from the sky”.

“Thanks to erosion, you were carried away by the lakesFor goodness sakes!”

Which one is a large rock?

Boulder

Pebbles

Sand

What can you hold in your hand?

Pebbles

Sand

Boulder

Small Rocks

Sand

Pebbles

Rocks you can climb

Boulder

What are rocks made of?

Minerals

What are Minerals?Solid matter found in natureThey were never alive!

3 Minerals

Granite Rock

Are all rocks the same?

No!

Different colorsFeel rough or smoothSome are harder

What makes rocks different?

Different Minerals

Made differently

Turn to Page 41 in your science textbook.

Look at the rocks .

Do they all look the same or different?

What makes them different?

What is the shiny black rock called?

Which rock looks like it is made up of pieces of shells?Which rock looks like it could be used to make a blackboard?

So what makes the rocks on page 41 different?

Different MINERALS!

Minerals are solid matter found in nature and were never living.

Pop Quiz Time!

Soil

Soil

Pieces of rock and dead plants

Why do we need soil?

How are they the same?

How are they different?

What is kinds of things are in soil?

ClayDry Clay

Wet Clay

Silt

Powdery

Sand

Rough

Humus

Dead plants

Holds the most water

Which one is rough?

Sand

Silt

Which one has pieces of dead plants?

Humus

Dry Clay

Do you think all soil is the same?

NO!

Let’s make some soil together!What do we need?