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| Lesson History |
| School |
Franklin Middle School |
| Class |
8th Grade Science |
| Date(s) |
October 16, 2003 |
| Learning Objective |
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Given their journals which are filled with
the information they have learned over the past
three days on both planets and "big words,"
students are to answer questions in a game of
"planetary jeopardy."
This was the final assessment for the planets
unit. Now that the students have researched
2 planets of their choice in addition to Earth
and possibly one planet or moon of their choice,
they have a chance to compare information in
groups and review all 8-10 planets in our solar
system (depending on if you count Pluto
and/or the new 10th
planet which was recently discovered).
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| National Standard(s) |
ELA.3.MS.6. Determine the meaning of unfamiliar
words and concepts in oral, visual, and written
texts by using a variety of resources, such as semantic
and structural features, prior knowledge, reference
materials, and electronic sources.
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| Relationship
to the Driving Question of the
Unit |
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game is meant to bring the class's
collective knowledge together
so that students compare notes
and think about the planets in
relation to one another. |
| Materials
Needed |
| Resource |
What is it? |
File(s) |
| Game Files |
The .ppt
file has the game with the
questions. It will not play
music without the .mov
file. You can also play
directly online. |
Jeopardy.ppt
Jeopardy.mov
online
version |
| 3 Helpers |
This person keeps score
on the board.
This person hits play
on the computer that has
music if the projecting
computer does not.
This person stands in
the front of the room
and sees who has their
hand up first AFTER the
music stops playing. |
score
keeper
music player
eagle eye
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| Projector |
One needs a method to
display the jeopardy board
large enough for the class
to see. Any computer attached
to a monitor or overhead
is good enough. |
Sign out a media cart
in the library! |
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| Instructional
Strategies |
| This
is an assessment lesson for the
unit. The idea is not only to
reward students now for having
done good research, but also to
see how much they learned. In
addition, correct answers from
their colleagues should reinforce
the information they learned.
I also gave additional information
when the correct answer seemed
to surprise the students. |
| Prep
Time |
| It
took me one advisory period (about
20 minutes) to research, write,
and type in 20 questions. The
other 5 questions were written
by a student during the research
period. |
| Game
Time |
| In
10-20 minutes, students can get
a fair chance to play the game,
but are never in any danger of
using up all the questions. |
| Instructional
Sequence |
- Pick up the projector at
the beginning of the school
day.
- Allow students to write
questions while they are researching
their planets.
- About 20 minutes before
the end of the hour, announce
that jeopardy will start as
soon as they are cleaned up.
- While students are cleaning
up, set up the projector and
start the presentation. This
will start a continuously
running loop of jeopardy theme
music courtesy of favewavs.
- Once the class is cleaned
up, you will find an invisible
button right next to the title.
Clicking here will stop the
music and take you to the
scoreboard.
- Choose your three volunteers
(see above).
- Play Jeopardy.
- You can reward the best
team with candy.
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| Assessment |
| Look
at how many hands go up as well
as how often those who answer
are right, or can argue their
case well. |
| Cautions |
| You
must be careful not to let one
person dominate. I also noticed
that quickly guessing wrong answers
seemed to dominate if I didn't
give students time to think. |
| How
it Went/Lessons Learned |
Having
students wait until the song
ends would encourage more collaboration
with each other and thinking
through of their answers.
It helps to announce at the
beginning of the hour that the
students can choose a quiz or
jeopardy depending on their
behavior during the hour. |
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| Driving Question |
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How does Earth relate to compare to other planets
and moons?
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