Mini-Lesson Plan Guide for Science

Date(s): TBD Subject: Eath and Space; Earth Structure Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Planning
Benchmark/Standard: What is the next benchmark on my course curriculum guide or FCIM calendar?
SC.912.E.6.5: Describe the geologic development of the present day oceans and identify commonly found features.
Essential Questions: How will I reword the benchmark into specific questions using student friendly terms?
What are the three main regions of the ocean floor? How do continental margins in the Atlantic Ocean differ from those in the Pacific Ocean? What is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
Materials/Resources: What do I have or need to teach this lesson?
Lesson Agenda: How will I deliver this lesson to help my students answer the essential questions?
Day One: Explicit and Modeled Instruction
Day Two: Guided Instruction
Day Three: Independent Instruction
Lesson Delivery
Explicit Instruction: How will I focus my students on what they need to learn? Which important vocabulary will I introduce/review?
·  Teacher will read the essential questions and tell students that they will know the answers to each question by the end of this series of mini-lessons.
·  Teacher will read aloud and write the Key Vocabulary Terms
Modeled Instruction: How will I show my students what they are expected to do to answer the essential question?
·  Teacher will conduct a think-aloud for the first powerpoint series.
·  Teacher will model for the students the process of highlighting relevant information specifically pertaining to the first essential (or “key concept”) question.
·  Teacher will model how to rewrite the definitions for the first two Key Vocabulary Terms using her own words.
Guided Practice: How will I help my students practice answering the essential question?
·  Students will perform a “Read and Say Something” for each slide.
·  Teacher will add the remaining Key Vocabulary Terms to the science word wall.
·  Students will silently read the passage and independently answer section assessment question.
Independent Practice: How will my students practice answering the essential question individually?
·  Student will create a venn diagram comparing and contrasting features in the mid-ocean ridge.
·  Teacher will circulate to check for understanding and provide assistance when needed.
·  Teacher will collect student answers at the end of the mini-lesson to check for understanding.
Assessment:


Assesment Questions:

The longest mountain range on Earth is formed by the

·  ocean trench system.

·  ocean ridge system.

·  continental shelves.

·  continental rises.

New ocean floor is formed

·  at ocean trenches.

·  on the continental slopes.

·  at mid-ocean ridges.

·  on the continental shelves.

The largest percentage of the ocean floor consists of

·  the ocean basin floor.

·  mid-ocean ridges.

·  the continental shelves.

·  the continental slopes.

Mcdougal Little

PG 67 num 2, 5, 6, 8, pg 68 num 13, 15,