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TitleofLesson:Partsofwindturbine
Grade:2nd
LESSONPLANTEMPLATE
STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].
2.RI.3Describetheconnectionbetweenaseriesofhistoricalevents,scientificideasorconcepts,orstepsin
technicalproceduresinatext.
4PS34.Applyscientificideastodesign,test,andrefineadevicethatconvertsenergyfromoneformto
another.*
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
Forthislessonwewillbegoingoverthepartsofawindturbineandhowthesepartsareusedwhencollecting
windforelectricity.Thestudentswilllearneachpartofaturbineandthanshowtheyunderstandtheseparts
bymakingtheirownwindturbine.Thereasonwhythisisrevelvanttosustainabilityisbecausestudentswill
learnhowwindisanaturalresourcethathelpsthewindturbinesmovetoconductelectricityinourhomes.
OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
Studentswillbeabletoshowtheyknowthepartsofawindturbine,bymakingtheirownturbinewiththe
materialsthatareprovidedforthem.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?
Iwillknowifmystudentshavemettheobjectivebypointingoutthedifferentpartsoftheirwindturbineand
beabletodescribewhateachofthesepartsdo.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?
Studentsneedtoknowwhatawindturbineis.Theywillalsoneedtoknowthehowthewindmakethewind
turbinemovetoconductelectricity.Iwillaccessestheirpriorknowledgebyaskingthemquestionsthathave
todealwithwindturbines.
MATERIALS
Listofrequiredmaterials.
Handoutwithwindturbinepartsanddefinitions
Paper
Straws
Pins
Scissors
Glue
Pencils
Highlighter
Listofkeyvocabularyterms.
Blades
Generator
Brake
VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
Teacherwillbeginbyaskingquestionsaboutwindturbines
Aftergettingsomeanswersfromthestudentstheteacherwillthangivetherightanswer
Teacherwillthanaskthestudentstogetouttheirnotebookandwritedownwhattheythinkthedifference
betweenwindmillsandwindturbines
Teacherwillaskstudentstosharetheirthinkingandwritedownsomeoftheiranswersontheboardfor
otherstosee.
Studentsandteacherwillthanhaveadiscussiononweithertheirthinkingisaccuratetowhatshehas
Teacherwillthanaddanythingthatthestudentshaventalreadycomeupwith
Onceteachergoesoverthedifferencebetweenthetwoshewillthangointothepartsofaturbine.
Shewillexplaineachoftheparts,byusingadiagramshownontheboard
Teacherwillexplainthedifferentpartsandhowtheyareallconnectedtogetelectricityfromthewind
Aftergoingoverthedifferentpartsoftheturbinetheteacherwillthanletthestudentsconducttheirown
typeofwindturbine
Studentswillgettheopportunitytoshowthedifferentpartsofthewindturbinebymakingtheirown
Theyshouldbeabletoexplainthedifferentpartsandhowtheyallworktomakeelectricity
Afterthestudentshavemadetheirmodeltheywillthanpresentthemtotheclassandtheteacheraswell
RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.
System thinking-