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.