​​​​Cole Denzin​

LESSON DESIGN                       Student Instructor Name: Cole Denzin

 

Lesson Duration/Dates: 10/17/13

 

Grade Level of Students: Sixth Grade

 

School: CAPS

 

CooperatingTeacher’s name: Mrs. Fry

 

Anticipatory Set:

I will have the students come up to the smart board and point out important continents, oceans, the prime meridian, and equator.

 

Lesson Objective: 

The students should learn the 7 continents, 4 main oceans, prime meridian, and the equator.

 

Standards Addressed and expectations of students:

5. Read maps and analyze city locations for hemisphere (e.g., equator and prime meridian) and climate (e.g. tropic temperature and arctic)

5. Create a map that includes titles, symbols, legend, compass rose, cardinal directions, grid system, and measurement/scale.

5. Identify major bodies of land and water

Teaching/Instructional Process:·

• Start by asking questions and having the students point out major bodies of land and water on an empty map on the smart board.

• Explain prime meridian and equator.

• Explain and demonstrate that we will make a paper-mache globe.

• Have them trace out the continents on card board paper.

• Make the paper-mache globe.

• Then we will review all that we covered and why it is important to know this.

 

Guided Practice/Monitoring:

If the students have the continents, land features, oceans, prime meridian, and equator placed in the right place.

 

Closure:

Discuss how the continents are different and why it is important to know where they are placed on the globe.

 

 Independent Practice/Collaboration:

Each student will have to do their own globe but they can use each other if they have questions or need help. 

This is a hand on project because sixth graders have a lot of energy and having them sit there and take notes is not always the best way to give a lesson. If they can visualize what the globe looks like while doing it, I think that will help them understand the concept better.

 

Independent Practice/Collaboration:

Each student will have to do their own globe but they can use each other if they have questions or need help.

 

Technology Integration:

 I will put a blank globe up on the smart board and have the students come up and point out on the smart board where the continents and oceans are.

 

Materials/Resources:

• Balloons 

• Construction paper

• Newspaper

• Glue

• Scissors