Daily PBL Plans

Human impact on natural resources/graphing

Monday
Pre-Assess
- Warm up- 4
questions: renewable
vs. non-renewable
energy/resource
consumption and
human impact
-

Tuesday
Entry Event
- What types of things
can people recycle?
-

Quick Write
- At the end of the
Students will
period (journal). What
interpret, graph, and
did you learn about
create linear functions
natural
resources/recycling?
EL Strategies:
-

Wednesday
Quick Write
- What types of things
can we recycle at
school or at home?

Show video: depletion

of natural resources or reasons why we
should recycle

KWL chart to record

student responses

Draw pictures and

captions that illustrate
natural resources and
waste

Week # 1

How can we track our

consumption of these
items?

Thursday
Front Load:
- Direct instruction on
interpreting linear
functions (y=mx+b)
-

Dates _______________
Friday
Create:
- Teacher will put
students into
heterogeneous
groupings

Slope (What is it, what

does it mean?)
-

Groups will decide

which recycling
source they want to
track weekly

Application:
Research
- In groups, have
- Students will research
students apply their
how many recyclables
knowledge of slope
- Goal: track
are consumed per
and linear equations to
consumption, and
year, nationally;
solve problems.
create a way to
where they are most
recycle more or
abundant, how our
conserve resources
state acquires these
EL Strategies:
resources.
- Heterogeneous
- How will
grouping
consumption be
- Students will use
tracked? Whos
laptops to go online
- Student does not have
consumption will your
and research effective
to work alone on this
group be tracking?
recycling programs,
assignment- able to
(Classroom, grade
local recycling
collaborate
level, school?)
programs, and
programs at school
Intervention Lesson:
EL Strategies:
- Show students many - Heterogeneous
EL Strategies:
examples of linear
grouping
- Provide access to
equations, tell them
websites in their first
what is being
- Assign a specific job
language
measured, relate it to
to this student
current assignment

Intervention Lesson:
- Will have time to
collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see
what work they are
doing for their group
Daily PBL Plans
Monday
Exploration:
- Collect data
-

Record data

Create effective way

to represent data for
future data collections

Application:
- In table groups, have
students review their
knowledge of slope
and interpreting
linear equations to
solve problems.

Week # 2
Tuesday
Assessment:
- Students will
demonstrate
knowledge of
interpreting linear
functions

Wednesday
Research
- Students will continue
research on how many
recyclables are
consumed per year,
nationally; where they
are most abundant,
how our state acquires
these resources.

Research: (If there is

time)
- Students will continue
research on how many recyclables are
consumed per year,
nationally; where they
are most abundant,
how our state acquires
these resources.

Students will use

laptops to go online
and research effective
recycling programs,
local recycling
programs, and
programs at school

Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Front Load:
- Direct instruction on
graphing linear
functions (y=mx+b)
Application:
- In groups, have
students apply their
knowledge of slope
and linear equations to
solve problems.
EL Strategies:
- Heterogeneous
grouping
-

EL Strategies:
- Have collaboration
time with group and
other groups
-

Ensure they know

what is required of

Students will use

laptops to go online
and research effective
recycling programs,
local recycling
programs, and
programs at school

EL Strategies:
- Collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see
what work they are
doing for their group

Student does not have

to work alone on this
assignment- able to
collaborate

Intervention Lesson:
- Work one-on-one with
students to practice

Friday
Application:
- In table groups, have
students review their
knowledge of slope
and linear equations to
solve problems.
Exploration:
- Develop a plan for
Mondays data
collection.
- Self assess student
progress (With a
timeline provided to
students)
EL Strategies:
- Have collaboration
time with group and
other groups

their task
-

Have time to discuss

concept with table
members- whole
group participation
required

graphing
EL Strategies:
- Collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see
what work they are
doing for their group

Daily PBL Plans

Monday
Exploration:
- Collect data
-

Record data

Create effective way

to represent data for
future data collections

Application:
- In table groups, have
students review their
knowledge of
graphing linear
equations to solve
problems.
EL Strategies:
- Have collaboration
time with group and
other groups
-

Ensure they know

what is required of

Week # 3
Tuesday
Assessment:
- Students will
demonstrate
knowledge of
graphing linear
functions

Wednesday
Research
- Students will continue
research on how many
recyclables are
consumed per year,
nationally; where they
are most abundant,
how our state acquires
these resources.

Research
- Students will continue
research on how many
recyclables are
consumed per year,
nationally; where they
are most abundant,
how our state acquires
these resources.
-

Students will use

laptops to go online
and research effective
recycling programs,
local recycling
programs, and
programs at school

Students will use

laptops to go online
and research effective
recycling programs,
local recycling
programs, and
programs at school

EL Strategies:
- Collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see
what work they are
doing for their group

Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Front Load:
- Direct instruction on
creating linear
functions (y=mx+b)
Application:
- In groups, have
students apply their
knowledge of slope
and linear equations to
solve problems.
- Game: Have students
create their own data
to make a graph
EL Strategies:
- Heterogeneous
grouping
-

Student does not have

to work alone on this
assignment- able to
collaborate

Friday
Create:
- Begin working on
final portfolio
-

Students need to
create a power point,
poster or some other
way to display their
data.

What materials are

needed to complete
this project

their task

Intervention Lesson:
- Work one-on-one with
students to practice slope,
interpreting, and creating
a graph

EL Strategies:
Collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see what
work they are doing for
their group
Daily PBL Plans
Monday
Exploration:
- Collect data
-

Record data

Create effective way

to represent data for
future data collections

Application:
- In table groups, have
students review their
knowledge of slope
and linear equations to
solve problems.
EL Strategies:
- Have collaboration
time with group and
other groups
-

Ensure they know

what is required of
their task

Week # 4
Tuesday
Wednesday
Research
Create:
- Students will continue - Work on final
their research how
portfolio (poster
many recyclables are
board, power point
consumed per year,
etc.)
nationally; where they
are most abundant,
- Needs to include:
how our state acquires
Data, graph, research
these resources.
(Answer questions
from week 1) and
- Students will use
things learned, and 1laptops to go online
2 ways to reduce
and research effective
usage of resource
recycling programs,
local recycling
Application:
programs, and
- Groups will organize
programs at school
their presentation
EL Strategies:
- Collaborate with the
corresponding job in
another group to see
what work they are
doing for their group

Groups able to
practice in classteacher feedback
available

Intervention Lesson:

Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Create:
- Work on final
portfolio (poster
board, power point
etc.)
Application:
- Groups will organize
their presentation
-

Groups able to
practice in classteacher feedback
available

Friday
Final Presentations:
Assess/Present:
- Students self assess
their recycling
portfolio
- Present their
research/data
collection
Assess/Write:
- Students write
similarities and
differences groups
-

Intervention Lesson:
- Teacher will be
monitoring groups to
make sure students
are on track to finish

What did they

like/didnt like about
each groups
presentation

Teacher will be
monitoring groups to
make sure students
are on track to finish