1.Original Lesson Plan link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/176sP-eXx4QIbkR6dkMyiCwpdj-LIsnTV/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112506268754515870716&rtpof=true&sd=true

Credit: The original lesson plan above is my modified version of the lesson from the Amplify Science curriculum.

2. Redesigned Lesson Plan using Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction

Grade Level: 6th Grade

Subject Area: Science

Learning Objective: Students will be able to investigate the effect of a warm object touching a cold object.

Instructional Design Model: Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction

Technology Integration #1: The lesson will be presented on google slides with visuals.
Technology Integration #2: The exit ticket will be provided on a google form with visuals.

1.Gain attention: To gain my students’ attention I would ask them the following “Warm Up” question: What do you think happens when a warm object touches a cold object?

2.Inform learners of objectives: I will present students with the learning target (I can investigate the effect of a warm object touching a cold object.) to help them focus on reaching the objectives.

3.Stimulate recall of prior learning: I will ask students to think of a time in their life when they remember a warm object touching a cold object. Then, I would ask them to share what happened.

4.Present the content: Students will be given the lab experiment investigation handout and will be guided on how to conduct the lab experiment investigation in order to find out what happens when a warm object touches a cold object.

5.Provide learning guidance: This step is incorporated into step 4.

6.Elicit performance (practice): Students will work in groups to conduct the lab experiment investigation. They will also choose their lab group jobs.

7.Provide feedback: I will provide students with a rubric to help guide them through this lab experiment and will circulate around the room and provide feedback according to the rubric.

8.Assess performance: Students will complete a google form exit ticket question that will ask them to share 3 things that they learned, 2 things that they have questions about, and 1 thing that they liked about today’s lesson.

9.Enhance retention and transfer to the job: For homework, students will write a letter to a future new student to help the new student learn what was taught in the lesson. Students will write a summary of what they learned.

Reflection: The strength of both lesson plans are that they both ask students to elicit performance with a guided rubric. Another strength for the redesigned lesson is that it includes enhanced retention and transfer to the job. A weakness of the first original lesson plan is that the warm up is not a strong attention getter compared to the one for the redesigned lesson. The digital tool of google slides is needed because my classroom has diverse learners (general education, students with IEPs, and multi-lingual learners). Google slides allows me to provide visuals with colors and will be used to help my students understand the lesson. I also included google forms to be used as their exit ticket. This digital tool is needed to help my diverse learners have another way to display their understanding of the lesson.