Micro Teach Lesson Plan

Name: Shawn Glass, Laura Abate

Date: 9/15/2014
Subject/Grade: History & Science
Lesson Title: Science & History: How it made the world better
Objective(s):
The students will comprehend the age of revolution by exploring
how new ideas changed the understanding of the world.
SSHS-S2C6-01
The students will comprehend the history of human endeavor in
science by explaining how diverse people and cultures have
contributed to scientific innovations.
SCHS-S2C1-02
State Standards Covered:
Strand 2: World History
Concept 6: Age of Revolution
PO 2. Explain how new ideas (i.e., Heliocentrism,
Scientific Method, Newtons Laws) changed the way
people understood the world.
Strand 2: History and Nature of Science
Concept 1: History of Science as a Human Endeavor Identify
individual, cultural, and technological contributions to scientific
knowledge.
PO 1. Describe how diverse people and/or cultures, past
and present, have made important contributions to
scientific innovations.

Teaching Procedures:
Bell Ringer Activity/ Anticipatory Set:
As the students come into the classroom their bell work
will ask them to think about what scientist they know and what that
scientist contributed to mankind (good or bad). Prior to starting the
lesson teacher will call on students to share what they wrote down.

Aligned Information:
Information aligned to the lesson objective
Includes any prerequisite knowledge needed
Includes any vocabulary needed
Taught in manageable chunks
Duration of no longer than seven minutes per instruction
set and then a check for understanding or an opportunity
for students to process the information should take place
before continuing the lesson
Model:
Shows the correct performance
Labels the criteria for the correct performance
Is done throughout the lesson
Clearly labeled in the lesson plan
Check for Understanding:
Specific
Every seven minutes
Overt Active Participation on the part of all students
Includes aligned activity/aligned questions that are
aligned to the standard and lesson objective
Must show the teacher that the students are
understanding the concept being taught at that precise
moment
Guided (Supervised) Practice:
Teacher guided aligned practice
Highly structured by the teacher so there is little room for
student error
All students participate
Teacher checks to make sure all students are showing
correct performance
Directly aligned to the standard and lesson objective
Extended (Independent) Practice:
Aligned to the standard and lesson objective
Students work independently to demonstrate mastery of
the information/skill taught
Lesson Closure:
The students will be given whiteboards with markers and an
eraser. The teacher will use the projector to put up a list of historical
scientist. Next the teacher will ask who in history did and the
students will be required to write down on the whiteboard which
historical scientist matches the teachers question.
Materials/Resources:
PowerPoint

Projector,
Computer
White board
Dry erase marker
Paper towels,
Assessment:
The students will pick one of the two historical scientist that they
discussed with their table mate and create a 5-10 minute
presentation on their contributions and why it was significant.

Note: The plan must include the following throughout the lesson:
Exactly what the teacher is doing
Exactly what the students are doing