Comets By Kim Reeder Class Overview Grade Level

Comets By Kim Reeder

Class Overview Grade Level: 6 -9 MD Self Contained Resource Room Class l School Setting: Rural District (Urbana) Junior High School Resource Room l Approximately 600 students l Standards (On Plan): Earth and Space Sciences Grade 8. l

Standards l l Ohio Benchmark Grade 8 Earth and Space Sciences: A. Describe how the positions and motions of the objects in the universe cause predictable and cyclic events. Ohio Indicators Grade 8 Earth and Space Sciences: 8 A 3. - Compare the orbits and composition of comets and asteroids with that of Earth.

Differentiation and Modifications l The lesson was differentiated and modified because of class academic level and learning styles. l Graphic organizer was used to help students find and organize most important ideas from reading. l Summarization of content learned was done as we were making comet. l Comet was a hands-on activity to address students’ different learning style. l Lower level and higher level students were put in groups of two to make project.

Assessments l Formative l Discussion participation l Students’ graphic organizer l Informal observation l Pre-test

Assessments l Summative l Comet project participation l Post-test

Data and Results

Data Interpretation l All students increased their score. l Student 1 - 33. 3% l Student 3 - 50% l Student 4 - 16. 6% l Student 5 - 42. 9%

Reflection l The lesson was a success. l The students were engaged in a hands-on project. l The graphic organizer and project helped them to learn and summarize new information. l All students showed an increase in test scores proving they did learn new material.

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