MONSTER GOOP
Temple University Lesson Plan
Heading:
Subject Area: Science Grade Level: 3rd
Concept/Topic: Creating a Mixture Time: 1 hour class period
Desired Results:
Lesson Background:
a. Students will need to know the difference between a liquid and a solid. They will need to know what cornstarch and baking soda are. This lesson will teach them what happens when we mix certain ingredients together. They will be making predictions about the properties of the mixture.
b. The teacher will need to know how much background knowledge students have. The teacher also must be knowledgeable about the properties of water, cornstarch, and baking soda. He or she has to know what a mixture is and what will happen when water, baking soda, and corn starch are mixed together.
Curriculum Standards:
3.2.4.A4 - Recognize that combining two or more substances may make new materials with different properties.
9.1.3.B - Recognize, know, use, and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.
Objectives:
SWBAT make predictions about what will happen by mixing water, cornstarch and baking soda
SWBAT create a song that explains how to make the "goop" mixture
SWBAT identify the mixture as both a liquid and a solid and explain why it is both.
Procedure (LEARNING PLAN):
Materials and Technology:
Teacher Materials: water;cornstarch;baking soda; measuring cup; plastic bowl; spoon;white board;markers
Student Materials: water;cornstarch;baking soda;measuring cup;plastic bowls;spoons;paper with "recipe"; scrap paper; writing utensils
Step-By-Step Procedure:
1. Engagement/Introduction:
a. Explain the “hook” or lead-in part of the lesson: Students will gather on carpet area and I will show them the cornstarch, the baking soda, and the water. I will ask students if they know what the cornstarch and baking soda are. If they do not I will explain that they are powder-like ingredients that people use for baking. I will then ask students what they think will happen if we mix those ingredients.
2. Exploration/Explicit Instruction with Modeling and Guided Practice:
a. Explicit Instruction: I will write their guesses on the board. Then I will explain that these ingredients are all different and when we mix them together we will make something new, a new "mixture".
b. Modeling: I will then write the recipe for monster goop on the white board and mix the ingredients. I will pick it up for students so they can see how it is a "liquid but not." With students, I will create a song about monster goop and its properties.
c. Guided Practice: Students will work in small groups and each group will receive correct measurements of each ingredient. As a group, they will mix the ingredients. After mixing the ingredients and exploring the new mixture, each group will create its own song about the goop.
Evaluation:
Attachments:
The song should explain the texture and properties of the goop. It should be creative and mention all of the ingredients.
Students who do not want to touch the goop will be responsible for recording the group predictions and ideas.
A student who is not able to make predictions will record what happened and what might have happened instead.
Heading:
Subject Area: Science Grade Level: 3rd
Concept/Topic: Creating a Mixture Time: 1 hour class period
Desired Results:
Lesson Background:
a. Students will need to know the difference between a liquid and a solid. They will need to know what cornstarch and baking soda are. This lesson will teach them what happens when we mix certain ingredients together. They will be making predictions about the properties of the mixture.
b. The teacher will need to know how much background knowledge students have. The teacher also must be knowledgeable about the properties of water, cornstarch, and baking soda. He or she has to know what a mixture is and what will happen when water, baking soda, and corn starch are mixed together.
Curriculum Standards:
3.2.4.A4 - Recognize that combining two or more substances may make new materials with different properties.
9.1.3.B - Recognize, know, use, and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce, review and revise original works in the arts.
Objectives:
SWBAT make predictions about what will happen by mixing water, cornstarch and baking soda
SWBAT create a song that explains how to make the "goop" mixture
SWBAT identify the mixture as both a liquid and a solid and explain why it is both.
Procedure (LEARNING PLAN):
Materials and Technology:
Teacher Materials: water;cornstarch;baking soda; measuring cup; plastic bowl; spoon;white board;markers
Student Materials: water;cornstarch;baking soda;measuring cup;plastic bowls;spoons;paper with "recipe"; scrap paper; writing utensils
Step-By-Step Procedure:
1. Engagement/Introduction:
a. Explain the “hook” or lead-in part of the lesson: Students will gather on carpet area and I will show them the cornstarch, the baking soda, and the water. I will ask students if they know what the cornstarch and baking soda are. If they do not I will explain that they are powder-like ingredients that people use for baking. I will then ask students what they think will happen if we mix those ingredients.
2. Exploration/Explicit Instruction with Modeling and Guided Practice:
a. Explicit Instruction: I will write their guesses on the board. Then I will explain that these ingredients are all different and when we mix them together we will make something new, a new "mixture".
b. Modeling: I will then write the recipe for monster goop on the white board and mix the ingredients. I will pick it up for students so they can see how it is a "liquid but not." With students, I will create a song about monster goop and its properties.
c. Guided Practice: Students will work in small groups and each group will receive correct measurements of each ingredient. As a group, they will mix the ingredients. After mixing the ingredients and exploring the new mixture, each group will create its own song about the goop.
Evaluation:
Attachments:
The song should explain the texture and properties of the goop. It should be creative and mention all of the ingredients.
Students who do not want to touch the goop will be responsible for recording the group predictions and ideas.
A student who is not able to make predictions will record what happened and what might have happened instead.