Date: Friday, May 8, 2009
Earth Space Science
Periods: 1, 2, 3, 4/5, 6/7, 10
Time: 50 min
Indiana State Standards:
ESS 1.11 structure, composition, and function of the Earth's atmosphere
ESS (weather)
Daily Goals: SWBAT
name the 4 types of clouds
provide one detail about each of the type of clouds
name one type of cloud for each of the type of clouds

Schedule
1. Entry Work Question: 3-5 min
2. Hook: 5 min
3. Introduction: 10 min
4. Together Work: 15 min
5. Independent Work: 15 min
6. Wrap up: 10 min

Lesson Plan

Entry Work Question:
“Who developed the system for classifying clouds and what is it based on?”
Hook:
Do you think you can tell what the weather will be like from the types of clouds in the sky? Let's make a chart on the board and see if we can connect the weather to the types of clouds to use later.
Introduction:
Review from the Cornell Notes:
How many types of clouds are there from the reading?
What are their names and characteristics?
Together Work:
Everybody is to work together in their table groups. Each group is going to receive one of the types of clouds and you are to do this on a piece of paper: A) write the name of the cloud, B) 3-5 characteristics, C) name of one type of cloud, D) description of what these clouds look like.
Independent Work:
everybody is to work on their lists for 10 minutes
have the students compare lists
if there is time, have the students act out or draw what their clouds look like and then switch posters and then do another person's group
Wrap Up:
review for the weekly quiz

Differentiation:
Assessment:
weekly quiz:
1 What is heat? energy moving from one place to another.
2 What is temperature? measurement of how quickly or slowing molecules are moving.
3 what is condensation? matter changing from one state to another (gas to liquid).
4 what is the dew point? temp to which air must be cooled at constant pressure for air to reach saturation – then condensation can occur.
5 what is humidity? the amount of water vapor in the air.

Notes for next time: