he third step in planning a unit plan is to prepare how you will differentiate and accommodate instruction for your students to meet their specific learning needs. Differentiation and accommodations a

he third step in planning a unit plan is to prepare how you will differentiate and accommodate instruction for your students to meet their specific learning needs. Differentiation and accommodations a 1

Science Unit Plan

Grade: Earth Science

Unit Theme: Environment Protection

Week 1

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Lesson Title, Brief Summary, and Rationale

(fill in during Topic 1)

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

State-Specific Standards

(fill in during Topic 1)

K-5

K-6

K-7

K-7

K-8

Learning Objectives

(fill in during Topic 1)

By the end of the lesson, learners should explain the essence of recycling and reusing garbage

By the end of the lesson, the learners should identify the dumping sites and give the right direction for dumping waste

By the end of the lesson, learners should explain the significance of protecting the environment.

By the end of the lesson, the learners should elaborate the best strategies for protecting the environment.

By the end of the lesson, learners should elaborate on the significance of protecting the environment.

Vocabulary

(fill in during Topic 1)

Re-using, recycling

Dumping sites

Environment protection

Environment protection, dumping sites

Environment protection, garbage

Instructional Strategy

(fill in during Topic 2)

Learner will collect the reusable waste products.

The learners should also improvise garbage collecting tools

Learners will identify the reusable waste products

Learners will collect the reusable items from the school environment

Learners will collect the waste in the environment and dump it appropriately

Learners will collect waste in the school environment and dump it appropriately. The students will also dispose the products using the best approaches such as burning and burying

Summary of Instruction and Activities for the Lesson

(fill in during Topic 2)

Learners will collect the garbage around the school and identify the reusable ones. Learners will also make the tools.

Learners will collect the garbage ad identify the recyclable ones

Learners will focus on making the school environment clean by using different strategies of dumping wastes

Learners will collect the garbage and keep the environment clean

The learners will use different strategy to protect the environment which include burning and burying of garbage

Differentiation and Accommodations

(fill in during Topic 3)

For slow learners and individual with difficulties in making the tools. They will be asked to make their at homes

The teacher will also address the students with special needs in different sessions.

The teacher will identify the students with different special and offer the needed support

The teacher will identify the students with different special and offer the needed support

The teacher will identify the students with different special and offer the needed support

Materials, Resources, and Technology

(fill in during Topic 4)

Textbooks, Magazines, Journals, Watching documentaries and using real tools

Magazines, Journals, Watching documentaries and using real tools

Magazines, Journals, Watching documentaries and using real tools

Magazines, Journals, Watching documentaries and using real tools

Magazines, Journals, Watching documentaries and using real tools

Formative Assessment

(fill in during Topic 5)

The students should identify the different strategies for collecting garbage

The students will identify the reusable garbage

The learners will provide two merits of protecting the environment

The learners should also identify the different strategies used to keep the environment tidy

Summative Assessment

(fill in during Topic 5)

The learners will be interviewed through an oral test on the importance of protecting the environment.

The learners will also be assigned different cleaning roles based on the lesson taught as far as protection of the environment is concerned.

Reflection Topic 1:

Environmental Health is a critical topic that all learner should be equiped with (Moeller & Moeller, 2009). This is due to the rising call for environmental protection. There is a rise in the number of waste products which are inappropriately dumped. This affects the lives of different components of the ecosystem which include, the marine life. Student’s should therefore be taught on the significance of environmental protection.

Reflection Topic 2:

The learning process should also include instructional teaching strategies that help the learners conceptualize the topics of discussions better. Among the instructional strategy, include asking the students to collect the garbage around the school and identify the recyclable ones. The students will also improvise different tolls for managing waste. This aims at equipping the learners with the necessary skills that inference the topics taught.

Reflection Topic 3:

Differentiation and accommodation are crucial in the learning process. Learners are different; their ability to grasp concepts varies. There is a need to consider the individual differences that would be because of special needs. For instance, the facilitator will identify learners with challenges in identifying the concepts. The students with special needs will be offered the necessary support.

Reflection Topic 4:

The learning process should be bolstered by different learning equipment, including realia, 3D, and 2D objects. These objects ensure that the students effectively conceptualize the content taught. In this case, real objects, Documentaries, primary and secondary resources will be used.

Reflection Topic 5:

Assessment is crucial at the end of the learning process. The different learning processes will be used, which include formative and summative assessments. In this case, the formative evaluation will entail giving the importance of protecting the environment, categorizing the different garbage, among others. The summative evaluation will be based on taking care of the school environment based on the taught approaches.

Reference

Moeller, D. W., & Moeller, D. W. (2009). Environmental health. Harvard University Press.

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