The lesson was well constructed and executed and the students were completely engaged.

I have some reactions to specific sections of the plan.

The hook was great with Zoe and Jaeden showing their paper airplanes and having the students
vote on which would fly the furthest.
Telling the students to think about design set the stage for the upcoming task.

A good bit of conversation was generated after distributing the picture of a plane and all but one
volunteered with information to write on the class chart.
Zoe and Jaeden continued to move the conversation forward by asking pertinent questions. One
student seemed disconnected from the activity. Do you know why?

Zoe and Jaeden distributed 3 by 5 cards for each student to write their hypothesis for what will
make the plane go far. However, although these hypotheses were discussed at the end of the
second days lesson, they never referred back to the actual cards to check on their predictions.

Directions for the task were clearly stated. Teams were formed with ease and students got right
to work because knew what to do. Liked that students were able to choose their own teams.

Trying out individual planes was good stopping point for day one.

The second day began with constructing a bar graph of how students travel to school. I
understand that it was a way of showing how to collect data. Although it was a nice activity I
didnt think it was a necessary one. Students have been involved with making bar graphs since
kindergarten and the data collection for the planes distances was recorded in a different format. I
think the 10 minutes devoted to the bar graph would have been more beneficially spent on
discussion at the conclusion of the lesson.

Students worked very well together in coming to a consensus about which of the individual
planes should represent the group.

After entire group reconvened each team tried out their plane and measured the distance
traveled. This part was great. Students were super excited, but well behaved in their enthusiasm.

When the Innovation Teacher stepped in to explain the relation between feet and inches it was a
good example of the "teachable moment. Dont be afraid to take advantage of those.

Students were brought together to chart data and examine results. Students came up with
reasonable explanations for distance flown. Zoe and Jaeden did prod with questions. However, I
think they could have pushed further with the discussion, as look more closely at the two planes
that traveled similar distances. The students mainly focused on the appearance of the size of the
wings and the nose, but not on any real cause and affect aspects.

Good question on exit slips. Curious to read their answers.

Think you should feel really good about this lesson.