This assignment is for a Curriculum and Instruction course. Please use the topic Elementary Math: Fractions or 5th Grade Science: Ecosystems (whichever is easier) The purpose of this assignment is to

This assignment is for a Curriculum and Instruction course. Please use the topic Elementary Math: Fractions or 5th Grade Science: Ecosystems (whichever is easier) The purpose of this assignment is to

This assignment is for a Curriculum and Instruction course.

Please use the topic 5th Grade Science: Ecosystems 

The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize and design a curricular unit.

Think about something (it can be about any subject) you are familiar with and design a curricular unit that includes the following slides in a slide deck:

• Slide 1: Title
• Slide 2: Overview of the Curricular Unit
  • Answer these questions:
    • How is it useful?
    • How is it unique?
    • How is it urgent? (How does it address a current need?)
    • How is it ultra-specific, yet a part of a bigger curricular infrastructure?
• Slide 3: Purpose of the Curricular Unit
  •  
    • Who is the unit intended for (grade, age, etc)?
    • Where does it fit into the established curricula?
    • What state/federal education standards does this unit align to?
• Slide 4: Curricular Unit Learning Objectives
  • Start with an action verb.
  • Use the framework "Students will be able to..." (SWBAT)
  • You should have at least 2.
• Slides 5-7: Strategies of Instruction (may take more than one slide)
  • What are the ways you are going to present the information?
  • What resources are you going to use?
  • What are the activities the students will participate in?
    • Individual versus collaborative
    • Synchronous versus asynchronous
• Slides 8-9: How You Will Evaluate the Implementation and Instruction
  • What are the student deliverables?
  • What are the rubrics?
  • Give examples of both the deliverables and rubrics.
• Slides 10-11: How You Will Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Curricular Unit
  • How will you evaluate student success?
  • How will you evaluate the success of the unit overall?
• Slides 12-13: Curricular Mapping Tables (create a table for each of the following)
  • Show how the artifacts map to the unit objectives.
  • Show how the deliverables map to the unit objectives.
• Slide 14: Reflection
  • Talk about how the curricular design process has changed the way you understand the profession of teaching.
• Slide 15: References
  • Provide APA references for all of the artifacts that will be used in the unit.
  • Provide APA references for all in-text citations/quotations.

Submission Instructions:

• Create a presentation with a minimum of 15 slides.
• The presentation is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
• The slides should be formatted per current APA, excluding the title and reference slides.
• Research and incorporate a minimum of 3 current academic resources within your work. Lecture materials may be used, but do not count toward the five sources that you are to research.