Hitting The Big Time With Climate Science Lesson Plan Template Page 2

5E Lesson Plan

“Hitting the BIG TIME with Climate Science”

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Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs:

Flexible grouping. Students are divided into 6 groups of 3-4 students for this learning experience.

Scaffold writing support as appropriate.

ENGAGEMENT

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Give students a formative mini-assessment regarding their understanding of weather and climate and

introduction to speleothems (see, lab sheets).

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Give students 3-5 minutes of free play in their groups with instruction for the group to work together and

create the tallest drip castle (see, lab sheets).

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4-6 minute discussion regarding how the drip castles were formed. Identify successes for each group and the

primary variable (see, lab sheets).

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