Lesson Plan: Introduction 1

Unit Title: Inventure Challenge
Topic Title: Introduction 1
Name of Lesson:What is Inventure Challenge?
Standards: See standards alignment grid in the introduction section of this framework.
21st Century Technology:
X Interactive Smart Board
X Student ipads and laptops
X LCD Projector
Essential Question(s):
·  How can failures lead to success?
Assessment Description/Performance Task:
x-Constructed response
Brief Description:
·  Students will be introduced to Inventure Challenge.
Instructional Methods:
·  Hook/Activator: Introduce the motivational video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYECIjmnQs that depicts famous failures. After the video discuss with students what would have happened if these people simply gave up?
Teaching Strategy:
·  Hold up an unfamiliar object (letter opener, soda can opener for people with nails, a wash board, etc.) and have students brainstorm possible uses for the object. Record student ideas on the interactive white board, chart paper, or white board. Share with students what the item is actually used for and how people solve problems by inventing.
·  Introduce the Inventure Challenge competition with the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLJ3LDNHg8nlnDDUEw-bYeMmcw-Aju7K9R&v=XIPSLPJMKZo (Mt View Elementary School’s local competition)
·  Students will set up Inventure Journals to be used throughout this project.
·  As a self-reflection, students will set goals that will help them preserve through the Inventure process.
Differentiation:
·  Share a story from Gifted or Goof Off By: Nancy Polette
For this Lesson:
·  Unusual household object (letter opener, soda can opener for people with nails, wash board, farm tool, etc.)
·  Student Inventure Journals (composition book, spiral notebook, etc)
Vocabulary:
·  Inventure Challenge
·  Failure
·  Self-reflection / ·  Perseverance
·  Motivation
·  Invention
·  Goal


Journal/Inventor’s log

Each student will need a composition (or some type) of notebook.

At the end of each day, students will be required to reflect on the day’s activities to be included in their inventor’s log that we will put together before the competition.

Each entry should be dated.

After groups have been formed, students will use the following criteria in their self-reflections:

First entry may explain how the group came up with this idea.

Questions to consider for your daily journal entries:

What did your group work on today?

What did your group get accomplished?

What was difficult for your group today?

How did you resolve conflicts?

What is your plan for next class?

What help do you need from your teacher?

Which research materials did your group found helpful?


Student Inventure Journal

(Cut out and place in student journals)

Questions to consider for your daily journal entries:

What did your group work on today?

What did your group get accomplished?

What was difficult for your group today?

How did you resolve conflicts?

What is your plan for next class?

Which research materials did your group found helpful?

What help do you need from your teacher?

Questions to consider for your daily journal entries:

What did your group work on today?

What did your group get accomplished?

What was difficult for your group today?

How did you resolve conflicts?

What is your plan for next class?

Which research materials did your group found helpful?

What help do you need from your teacher?

CCSD Version Date: July 1, 2005