Applying & Integrating Lesson Plan

by Katie Vensel

Lesson Overview
The anticipated grade level of this A&I Lesson Plan is tenth grade Science. The anticipated length of the class will be 50 minutes and the approximate number of students is 24. This is the first A&I lesson about various psychologists and their theories on human development.

Objectives
By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: - provide their own definition of cognitive development - state the four stages of cognitive development identified by Jean Piaget - provide their own definitions of two of the vocabulary words listed in the powerpoint

Standards
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information. Listening and reading to acquire information and understanding involves collecting data, facts, and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written, and electronic sources synthesize information from diverse sources and identify complexities and discrepancies in the information Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions. The central purpose of scientific inquiry is to develop explanations of natural phenomena in a continuing, creative process work toward reconciling competing explanations; clarifying points of agreement and disagreement

NY.ELA.K12.1

NY.ELA.1012.1.1 NY.ELA.1012.1.1.2 NY.MST.K12.1 NY.MST.1012.SI.1.1 NY.MST.1012.SI.1.1.3

Instructional Activities

Anticipatory Set
Description of the Lesson Launch activity: Have the students watch a clip from youtube which is about egocentrism. Tell the students how at the end of the lesson, we will be getting back to the video. I would like the students to tell me what they think they were seeing in the video based on the vocabulary words from the powerpoint. Description of how objectives will be communicated to students: powerpoint Description of the relevance of the learning: There are various ways psychologists explore the cognitive development of children. Jean Piaget is known as one of the most influential psychologists and his theory of cognitive development has been adapted into many educational environments.

Introduce New Information & New Concepts

A powerpoint will be used to provide the students with the new information they will need about Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Blanks will be left throughout to keep the focus of the students. At many times throughout the powerpoint, the students will be asked if they have any questions.

Guided Practice
The class should be broken up into groups of about 3 or 4. They should discuss the small group discussion questions. After about ten minutes, the groups will come back to the entire class and discuss the responses they came up with to the questions.

Assessments
A handout will be given in which the students will have to provide their own definition of cognitive development, list the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development, and provide their own definitions of two of the vocab words provided in the powerpoint.

Closure
The students will be asked to think back through their notes and discuss what they think they were seeing the video. They will be shown the video again and discussion will occur after about five minutes of small group discussion

Resources
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinqFgsIbh0&feature=related

Materials Needed
Powerpoint/computer Scenario Handouts

Credits
http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/piaget.html

Teaching Notes
All teaching notes will be in the powerpoint.