Team 3 Life Science

Lesson Plan

Monday, August 23 – Friday, August 27

Monday, August 23
Objectives: *To understand the progressive steps of the Norfolk Middle School discipline policy *To examine textbooks checked out to students and create a record of the condition of the textbooks *To gather information on student experiences and interests in the area of life science	Materials: *Planner *Textbook *Science student-interests survey and book condition report
Activities: *Present the NMS discipline policy power point presentation *Check out science textbooks *Complete science student-interests survey and book condition report	Assignments: *Complete the science student-interests survey and book condition report (due Tuesday, August 24^th) *Put a book cover on the science textbook (due by Thursday, August 26^th)

Tuesday, August 24
Objectives: *To identify the steps in the scientific method *To understand the process of sharing scientific findings and the value of doing experiments again and again	Materials: *Old textbook *Accompanying handout for section 1-2 in the old science book
Activities: *Introduce the scientific method and its steps *Read pp. 6-10 in old science textbook *Complete reading handout	Assignments: *Complete the handout for section 1-2 on the scientific method (due Thursday, August 26^th)

Wednesday, August 25
Objectives: *To identify the steps in the scientific method *To understand the process of sharing scientific findings and the value of doing experiments again and again *To compare and contrast two scientific studies	Materials: *Complete reading handout (section 1-2) *Video on the coyotes of Yellowstone National Park
Activities: *Check answers on handout for section 1-2 reading *Watch first half of video on the Yellowstone coyote study *Discuss similarities and differences between the two studies	Assignments: *None

Thursday, August 26
Objectives: *To compare and contrast two scientific studies *To introduce the concept of a hypothesis *To understand the difference between theory and law.	Materials: *Video on the coyotes of Yellowstone National Park *Science book *Section 1-3 handout
Activities: *Watch second half of video on the Yellowstone coyote study *Discuss similarities and differences between the two studies *Lab demonstration *Read pp. 14 – 23 in textbook	Assignments: *Read pp. 14 – 23 *Complete handout over pp. 14 – 23 (section 1-3)

Friday, August 27
Objectives: *To introduce the Life Science website and its features *To learn to navigate through the different pages of the website *To gather information on student Internet experience and home Internet access	Materials: *Science website survey *Instructions for using the website’s features
Activities: *Collect science student-interests survey/book condition report *Use the Life Science website to get information about the scientific method and an upcoming reading assignment	Assignments: *Complete the science website survey with parents/guardians (due Friday, August 27^th)