Lesson by Carolyn Remde and Loribel Muliero
Grade Level: Grade 2
Summary: This is an interactive Science lesson that focuses on the changing states of matter. Students experience the concepts first hand as they work at stations and observe demonstrations performed by the Teacher. The Teacher engages the class in a discussion about their observations and ends the lesson by giving students an exit ticket.
Score: 11/18
Inclusivity of Multiple Perspectives: 1
Link to Real World Problems: 1
Differentiation: 3
Agents of Change: 1
Connections to Students’ Lives: 2
Lesson Assessment: 3
Rationale: While this lesson plan excels in certain areas such as differentiation, it does not score well in various categories of the rubric because as currently written, it does not lend itself towards the goal of incorporating social justice into the content. However, a social justice approach could easily be infused into the lesson by applying the content to larger issues such as pollution for example.