By: Catherine Cinege

Summary:

Grades-10-12

Lesson Essential Question(s): How can three LEDs be wired in parallel? What can be used to prevent too much current from flowing through an LED?

Social Justice Rubric:

Inclusivity of multiple perspectives: 2/3

Link to real world problems: 2.29/3

Differentiation: 2.43/3

Agents of change: 1.43/3

Connections to students’ lives: 2/3

Lesson Assessment: 3/3

Total: 13.3/18

By: Samantha Clarke

Summary:

This is a STEM lesson plan where

• SWBAT design a handheld juicer that will juice cranberries at an accuracy of 75%
• SWBAT use the Process Skills of Observation, Measurement and Prediction in evaluating the success of their design
• SWBAT identify and calculate the volume of yielded juice at a accuracy of 90%
• SWBAT identify the anatomy of a cranberry and the impacts the berry has in New Jersey

Rubric:

Inclusivity of multiple perspectives: 2/3

Link to real world problems: 1.7/3

Differentiation: 2.4/3

Agents of Change: 1.6/3

Connection to students’ lives: 1.7/3

Lesson assessment: 3/3

Total: 12/18

By: Christina Paolini

Summary:

This is a STEM lesson plan where students can take a hands on approach to biodegradables, packing methods and sustainability.  This lesson takes a real world problem and creates different solutions.

• When presented with two options, students

  will be able to determine at least two benefits

  and two tradeoffs for each option.

• When given the unit price of an object,

  students will be able to set up an equation and

  determine the price of different quantities of

  the object with 85% accuracy.

• When asked about Styrofoam and corn starch

  packing peanuts, students will be able to

  describe at least two similarities and

  differences to how they are made.

Rubric:

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2/3

Link to real world problems: 3/3

Differentiation: 2.6/3

Agents of change: 1.4/3

Connection to students’ lives: 2/3

Lesson assessment: 3/3

Total score: 14/18

Lesson Plan by Jade Gordon
Grade Level: 4th Grade

Summary: This lesson serves as a portion of a bigger immigration unit. This particular lesson is guided by two focus questions. The first question asks students to think about what steps are needed in order for immigrants to be granted citizenship in the United States of America. The following question asks students the question of whether or not it is difficult to gain citizenship, why or why not. Through this lesson, students will be able to gain a greater understanding as to what undocumented citizens must do in order to be granted citizenship in the United States. Rather than learning through texts, students will research and present individual steps needed during the road to citizenship. This lesson can be beneficial in all schools yet more so in urban areas that have students from a myriad of countries. Not only are these students learning essential information, but also information that pertains to their personal lives.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2.2
Link to Real World Problems: 2..2
Differentiation: 2.6
Agents of Change: 1.8
Connection to Students’ Lives: 2.1
Lesson Assessment: 2.6

Overall Score: 13.5/18

Lesson Plan by Jade Gordon
Grade Level: 2nd Grade

Summary: The purpose of this lesson is to make students aware of what constitutes bullying. The lesson was written with three clear objectives in mind. The first objective is to discuss what a bully is. The second is to understand examples of bullying while providing students with the tools necessary to stop bullies in their schools. Lastly, the students will reflect on their own personal experiences with bullying. This lesson allows students to become familiar with what bullying is while also allowing them to strategize ways to stand up against bullying. This lesson can be adapted to any grade level and still serve a meaningful purpose

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2.6
Link to Real World Problems: 2.7
Differentiation: 2.3
Agents of Change: 2.8
Connection to Students’ Lives: 2.6
Lesson Assessment: 2.8

Overall Score: 15.8/18

By: Dana Carducci

6th grade

Summary:
This is a STEM lesson where students are asked to create a device to ease the process of
harvesting ice for an ice company. The teacher explains that the device will not only improve productivity but is also important for the safety of the workers because not every employee is able to lift heavy objects the same way. Students work together in groups to create a device to that will ease the process of putting ice onto the truck and discuss the mechanical advantages of simple machines.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives – 2
Link to Real World Problems – 2.5
Differentiation – 2.5
Agents of Change – 1.5
Connection to Students’ Lives – 1.5
Lesson Assessment – 2.5
Score: 12.5/18

By: Clare Sweeney

4^th Grade

Summary: In this lesson students learn about the most economical and effective way to design packaging for shipping products. Students will be given the opportunity to design and test their own packaging ideas. They will be challenged to make the most cost conscious yet effective packaging. This lesson connects very well to real life problems, provides good methods of differentiation and includes multiple forms of assessment to accommodate various learning styles. To take this lesson a step further in terms of social justice the teacher could expand beyond the scientific and economic aspects of packing and shipping to discuss the environmental impact different packing materials have. This could lead students toward making change in their communities surrounding pollution.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2
Link to Real World Problems: 3
Differentiation: 3
Agents of Change: 2
Connections to Students’ Lives: 2
Lesson Assessment: 3
Score: 15/18

By: Brittany Beekman

4^th Grade

Summary: This lesson teaches students about their immune system, the way their body fights off germs without them even knowing it. The lesson begins with a great hook to interest students and then allows students to break down the different parts of the immune system, looking into their individual purposes. In this lesson, students work in groups to create posters which appeals to various learning styles and strengths as it includes drawing, writing and researching. This lesson is easily connected to students own experiences and provide effective differentiation strategies and comprehensive, fair assessments. To increase the social justice aspect of this lesson, the teacher could begin a discussion about how we can help and hurt our own immune systems and introduce the idea that in some communities it is harder to maintain a healthy immune system than in others.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2
Link to Real World Problems: 2
Differentiation: 3
Agents of Change: 2
Connections to Students’ Lives: 3
Lesson Assessment: 3
Score: 15/18

Making Eco Friendly Packages

by Nicole Galgano
6th Grade

Objectives of the lesson:

• Students will be able to use the design process to create a design to decrease over packaging to benefit recycling in our community with an accuracy of 100 percent.
• Students will be able to recall the concept of ratio and produce the ratio language to describe the relationship between the weight of their package with the contents and the weight of the contents alone with an accuracy of 90 percent.
• Students will be able to integrate responsible recycling methods to design a package using the minimum of materials to safely send a package with an accuracy of 85 percent.
• Students will be to evaluate the differences using a previous design they made in class and the more eco friendly design they make in class today with consideration of our environment with an accuracy of 90 percent.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2
Link to Real World Problems: 3
Differentiation: 2
Agents of Change: 2
Connections to Students’ Lives: 3
Lesson Assessment: 3
Score: 15/18

Rationale:

“Making Eco-Friendly Packages” is a hands-on, inquiry-based lesson.  The students are given the freedom to use their imagination to address a prompted dilemma.  This lesson excels in linking the content to real world problems.  The students are exposed to recycling as not only a personal issue, but a global one.  By creating a national scenario, the concept of recycling is used beyond the students’ community.  The lesson also boasts a strong assessment that provides the teacher with the opportunity to continuously monitor student understanding and accommodate to student needs throughout the period.  While this lesson has many strengths, it also has an opportunity to improve its efforts to enable the students as agents for change.  It identifies a global issue but does not make a connection to a societal issue or injustice.  However, there is a strong connection to the students’ lives creating an authentic learning experience.

by Jill Turner
3rd Grade

Objectives of the lesson: Students will be able to analyze reasons why people immigrate and recognize that countries’ migration often occurred in trends.

Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 2
Link to Real World Problems: 2
Differentiation: 3
Agents of Change: 2
Connections to Students’ Lives: 2
Lesson Assessment: 3
Score: 14/18

Immigration Unit – Wednesday