By: Brian Dahl Context for Learning Attention to students backgrounds, interests, and needs This lesson will be taught to a 4th grade class at Hoover Elementary School in Rochester, Minnesota. In the class there are 13 males and 12 females. The environment of the classroom is set up for easy collaboration between peers and easy access for everyone to see the board. The conditions that might impact this lesson could be distractions between students as they are sitting in quads together. The only other condition that might interfere with my lesson is one of the eggs breaking during my instruction. Lesson Rationale I am teaching my students about oral health today. This will help them see the positives from brushing and flossing teeth every day. We will also be taking a look at what health related impacts can happen from not having good oral hygiene. Students need to start taking personal responsibility for the care of their teeth as they only get one set. Content Standard(s) Standard #: Students will be able to comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. P.I. #: Learning Objectives (Established Goals): Giventheeggexperimentactivity.Thelearnerswillidentifythe negativeimpactsdifferentthingswedrinkcanhaveonourteethinordertodemonstratetheirknowledgeofproper oralhealth. Formative/Summative Assessment (Process) Title: The battle of tooth decay egg experiment Description of assessment activity: I will have 4 different hard boiled eggs and 1 raw. We will see what happens to the hard boiled eggs when they are placed into either: pop, juice, coffee, and water. The raw egg will be placed in a cup filled with vinegar. (Placed in the night before) Each student will make hypothesis on each experiment. After we conclude the experiments the students will write what they observed/learned. Evaluative criteria: Seeing if the students can identify that negative impacts of not brushing our teeth and how can we prevent poor oral hygiene. Designed to assess: To demonstrate the negative effects when proper oral hygiene is not taken place. Feedback to students: I will collect and look over the worksheets each student completed. Academic Language (Vocabulary) Oral health-health that takes place inside your mouth Plaque-The sticky deposit on your teeth that consists of bacteria and causes cavities. Hygiene- The conditions needed to maintain good health. Integration Science- Hypothesis and observation, Acids and bases. Materials 4 Hard Boiled Eggs 1 Raw Egg 5 liquid solutions: Water, Vinegar, Pepsi or Coke, Orange Juice, and Coffee 5 Clear glasses Toothbrush and tooth paste Battle of Tooth Decay Worksheet Mouth Diagram Smart Board Floss Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks to Support Learning Time & Materials Learning Activities (Procedure) Purpose (Objective) Orientation/Engagement/Motivation Any order 1 min Hook: Have the students compile a list of things that To get the students attention and they like to eat or drink. to think about the things we may eat or drink. < 1 min Relevancy Ask the students how many of you are afraid This will lead into a discussion of
Battle of Tooth Decay
4th Grade 30 Minutes By: Brian Dahl of going to the dentist? 5 min
being afraid of having cavities or
scary. To relate to the lesson that is going to be taught today.
Review: Yesterday we talked about the amounts of sugar
in different drinks. Pop has a lot of sugar, juice is less sugar but is acidic, coffee doesnt have much sugar but full of caffeine and water is the healthiest choice. < 1 min Preview: Today we are going to learn about the negative impacts that can happen to your oral health if proper Content Choose all that apply (Can repeat and add rows): Presentation/Explicit Instruction, Structured Practice/Exploration, Guided Practice/Feedback, Independent Practice/ Application, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment 5 min Structured Practice/ Application: Summative Assessment. To help Pass out hypothesis/observation worksheet to everyone. the students understand how I will explain to everyone that this worksheet will be different drinks can affect our completed as we work through the lesson. They will teeth. need to make a hypothesis on what each drink will do to the egg. 5 min Presentation/ Structured practice: I will place each egg in a different drink. After I drop each egg in I will also talk about the amounts of sugar in each drink. As I am doing this, the students will make a hypothesis on what will happen. 10 min Presentation/Application: To help students see what plaque After each student has complete their hypothesis can do to your teeth. The students worksheet we will go over the observations of what has will learn how to properly take happened. During this time, we will talk about the care of their teeth. negative impacts what you drink can have on your teeth. In addition, we will look at the egg in vinegar that is representing teeth that havent been brushed before. Closure Any order <1 min Review: Lets pass in our worksheets and talk about To confirm that students retained things each person can change in order to improve their the information that was taught. oral health. < 1 min Preview: In our next lesson we will continue looking at To get the students prepared for body functions by looking at how the heart and lungs the next lesson. work. <1 min Home/Family Involvement: I want each of you to go A message the students can bring home tonight and remember to brush and floss your home to their parents. teeth tonight. Also share this information with your family. <1 min Closing Statement: Remember that we all can have Closing message to the students. things that contain sugar, but we need to remember to brush our teeth daily to remove plaque. Our teeth are our first impression when we meet someone. Extension/Lesson Builder 5 minutes Oral Health Chart: The student will create a graph to This will help the students to get a chart the number of times they brush their teeth each better understanding of how often day. they bush their teeth. Modifications, Management, and/or Safety Issues Repeat as needed Issue: Hygiene and classroom noise Modification: Wash hands before hand and close door Content Information (Resources)
"Luv Pre-K: Two Toothy Eggsperiments." Luv Pre-K: Two Toothy Eggsperiments. N.p., 17 Feb. 11.
Battle of Tooth Decay
4th Grade 30 Minutes By: Brian Dahl
"What Is Plaque?" - Delta Dental. N.p., Mar. 2012.