Lesson Plan Group Micro-teach Nov 16

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Tyler, Megan and I chose to do a lesson on volume from the Grade 8 curriculum.

Lesson plan: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wtxr2OJ0HAT13wxmoXvRymSejASUGGHDekHmP9yDzz8/edit?usp=sharing

Slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nwq4E_Lp5Bd5jigYc7hqQI73SM0su0TzL2UEsAklTh0/edit?usp=sharing

Required Materials:

Students need one sheet letter sized paper.

Comments

  1. Susan Gerofsky16 November 2020 at 11:28

    Hi Adam, Tyler and Megan! Looks like an interesting lesson (and I hope that the Giant Soup Can might have been some inspiration). Make sure you are clear who is leading what when, and how much time learners will have to work on their designs. Also, be sure to do a brief assessment of learning and wrap up the lesson before the 15 minutes are up!

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