workshop model lesson plan

Aim:  How do you solve for rate of change?
Objective: Students will be able to set up a rate of change problem.

Motivation: I will introduce familiar terms to students and then explain to them that they are actually rates.
Do Now:  What do the following terms have in common?
miles per hour    words per minute   texts per day   rotations per day field goals per game

Anticipated response: they all have per in it
Correct Response: they are all rates of change
Now looking back at the examples on the board what do you think rate of change is?

Notes
Rate of Change: How much a measurable aspect of the environment, called a field, is altered over a given time--- years, hours, seconds.

Example: miles per hour, words per minute, texts per day, rotations per day, field goals per game

Rate of Change= Change in field value
                                 Change in time

Do we need to memorize this formula?
No it is in the reference table, but what you do need to know is how to use it.

Example:
A hot air balloon rose from a height of 100 m to 400 m in 3 minutes. What was the
balloon’s rate of change?

Teacher model

Step 1: Write the formula
Rate of Change= Change in field value
                                 Change in time
Step 2: Plug in the given information
R.O.C = 400m-100m
              3minutes
Step 3: Solve
R.O.C= 300m       =   100 m per minute or 100 m/min
         3 minutes

Activity:
Working with the person next to you, please answer questions 2 and 3 on the hand out

Evaluation: I will then ask for 2 groups to put their work on the board

Summary:  We use rates every day even if we don’t realize it. When we are exercising or go to the doctor we are monitoring our heart rate. When we are driving or walking, how long it takes up to go a certain distance is a rate. How we get paid is a rate. Later if the semester we are going to learn about other rates as well for example the amount of time it takes earth to complete 1 revolution around the sun (also a rate.)

Homework- complete the hand out

Follow-up exercise: graphical analysis lab

visit following site for the worksheet

http://newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/files/media2.php?media=Worksheet&subject=earth%20science

The Workshop model

The one teaching tool all new teachers should have in their pocket is knowledge of the workshop model. Some schools worship this method and so does the state education department....but what is it?


The Workshop model is basically is a framework for your lesson plan. The lesson is mainly student oriented, so there is less teacher talk. It's built on the ideal of a constructivist approach where students build on the material you taught to teach themselves and their peers.


The first part is about 10-15 minutes where the teacher gives a mini-lesson in which they give background information and model an activity or problem. For example if you were teaching a lesson on rate of change you would create a Do Now introducing the topic. So what I did was give a bunch of words that had to do with rates (ex. texts per minute) and asked them what they had in common. Then I explained they were all rates and gave them a definition and modeled a rate of change problem and gave out a student worksheet. When you give the model you explain your expectations or a rubric how many points they would receive for each problem and what a grader looks for. Next students were to work in pairs (think pair share) and worked on 2-3 problems together. Then you have the students present their work and explain what they did. After student presentations you would evaluate their work. Grade each problem while reviewing whats good and whats bad. This also gives students a chance to correct their work. Then assign a homework so my students completed the remainder of the problems for homework and I graded them for a quiz grade. Then you give a summary with real world applications. Where would I use this and why?


Below is a webpage explaining workshop model in more detail and I will also post a lesson plan for workshop model next post.


http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntny/nychelp/Professional_Development/workshopmodel.htm