Student Name: Gisela Alt

Practicum2 Lesson Plan

Type of Activity: Exploding Rainbows (Science)

Age: 4-5 years
Number in group: 8

Observation and Planning

On-Going Assessment

Why do this activity? Children observing changes in season, new students in classrooms, family members being sick or having surgery
(Observations-Data Collection & and then recovering, children have been curious about how things change from the way they were.
Analysis)

What can children learn? Children can use describing works and identify physical qualities of things, children can identify different colors and
What can children do? explore changes when mixing colors, children can experiment with chemical reactions and describe differences in
Skills physical characteristics
Concepts:

WMELS Developmental Domain CScientific Thinking; Subdomain C.EL.4 Forms explanations based on trial and error,
Domain observations, and explorations; Makes reasonable explanations, using data gathered from observation and
experiments
Sub-Domain
Performance Standards
(Planning and Curriculum
Goals)

Exploding rainbow:
Small plastic containers
Materials Needed Rainbow food colors
Plain white vinegar
Baking soda
Eye droppers or clean medicine droppers
 Invitation/Hook/Finger
Play/Song/Question
Procedure
(list steps in bullet points or
numbers so you can follow
along as you teach)
Questions to ask
(open-ended questions
support divergent thinking;
how, why, what)
My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
Place a drop of food coloring at the bottom of each plastic container.
2. Fill up each container 1/2 way with vinegar
3. Help kids use droppers to add 1-2 teaspoons of baking soda into each plastic cup. Let them
practice themselves.
4. The mixture will start to fizz, then it will bubble, then it will rise
What do you think will happen if you add a drop of blue to the red color?
Where else have you seen something fizz up or bubble up like this? A volcano, pot of water on the stove?
Does it work with water too, or just vinegar?
Do you think we can separate the baking soda from the vinegar again, or is it stuck like this?
What do you think will happen if we leave it out over the weekend?
Prepare for the Activity- Implementation

WITC Instructor Only

/2 Activity Plan is developmentally appropriate
/2 Activity Plan is comprehensive
/1 Professional Presentation/spelling & grammar is correct

Reflection- On-Going Assessment

REFLECTION COOPERATING TEACHER STUDENT

How did the children
respond to the activity?
What did they do?
What did they learn? /3 points /3 points
Was the activity well
organized? Were there
enough materials? Were
the guidance techniques
appropriate?

/3 points /3 points
Was the activity effective
in encouraging the
concepts and skills? Did
the student encourage
those concepts through
questions? /2 points /2 points
What would you do
differently next time?
How can you build on
this activity for your next
lesson?