Tuesday 16 August 2016

CLASS:VII SCIENCE LESSON 2

Project Based Learning
 Lesson 2- (All about Heartburn)
2.1 Essential Question:
            Put in writing the question that will engage the students

What is meant by acidity? What are its cause and symptoms?
Why should we take antacid tablet when you suffer from acidity?
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2.2 Grouping Strategy:
            Describe the criteria that will be used to form students’ team and how this maps to the goals of the project.
Team will comprise groups of 5 students of mixed gender, and mixed ability and skills. One of the goals is to promote teamwork in mixed ability groups so that higher ability students get opportunities for peer instruction, and lower ability students benefit from the more advanced collaboration that will arise from this.

2.3 Learning Environment:
            Describe the learning environment for the project including any classroom adaptation that will be required.
A group working area in the classroom will be set aside with tables and chairs to allow more effective interaction among team members. Computer labs will be used for the majority of the online work. Research notes will be recorded in computers/blogs.

2.4Assessment Approach:
                Describe the approach for:
                2.41 Authentic Assessment:
Authentic tasks such as
1.       Reasons for the cause of  acidity.
2.       Documenting a list of food items which causes acidity.
3.      Types of antacids or related medicines prescribed by the doctor.
           

2.42 Formative Assessment:
Regular feedback will be provided as the students work on internet and library research, surveys, diet sheets, and presentation designs.           

2.43 Summative Assessment:
Assessment will be conducted on
·         Team  portfolios in blogs/emails
·         PowerPoint presentation related to cause , symptoms and remedy for the acidity.

2.44 Rubrics:
Rubrics will be used to assess:

Surveys
Medical records.
Final presentations
Blog

2.45 Grading:
Project grades will be based on a combination of scores from assessments made during the project. A rubric will be used to compile grades.               




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