Download DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan Teacher: Angela

DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan
Teacher: Angela Johnson
Week of: January 30th-February 3rd
Subject: Science
Target Students: ________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Day/Date
Monday
Big Idea/
Goals
Focus:
The Inner
Planets
Tuesday
Focus:
The Outer
Planets
Students with Special Needs: _________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Standards
Lesson Activities
Chapter 9, Section 2 notes
Vocabulary: terrestrial planet,
prograde rotation retrograde
rotation
Stations: Scavenger hunt
Bell Work
Chapter 9, Section 3 notes
Vocabulary: gas giant
The invention of what
instrument helped
early scientists
discover more bodies
in the solar system?
(telescope)
Describe how the inner
planets are different from
the outer planets. (inner
planets are dense and
rocky, outer planets are
mostly gas)
0607.3, 0607.5, 0607.2
Stations: Planet riddles
Create a mnemonic
device to help you
remember the order of
the planets: (Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune)
Exit Ticket
How are mass and
gravity related? (more
mass an object has,
the more gravity it will
exhibit
0607.3, 0607.5,
0607.6.2
Chapter 9
Web-quest/Research
project-students will complete
web-quest on planet of their
choice
Get computer and
log on.
Tell me 3 things about
the planet you chose
for your web-quest.
0607.3, 0607.5,
0607.6.2
Wednesday
Focus:
A Family of
Planets
Chapter 9, Section 2 and 3
continued
List 3 difference between
and three similarities of
Venus and Earth.
(Unlike-Venus retrograde
rotation is very hot and
atmosphere is very
dense and contains
destructive acids.
Similar-size, density,
mass and surface
gravity)
What are some of the
characteristics of Earth
that make it suitable for
life? (Warm enough to
keep water from
freezing cool enough to
keep water from boiling.
Living things depend on
water for survival.)
0607.3, 0607.5,
0607.6.2
Thursday
Focus:
Inner and
Outer Planets
Brain-pop-solar system
Stations-Solar system activity
Friday
Focus:
Inner and
Outer Planets
Chapter 9, Section 2 and 3
continued
Brain-pop on each planet
Stations: finish Planet
research/web-quest paper
The many colors
of Jupiter’s
atmosphere are
probably caused
by what in the
atmosphere?
(organic
compounds)
Define gas giant. (a
planet that has a
deep, massive
atmosphere)
0607.3, 0607.5,
0607.6.2