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CollegeMentorsforKidsLesson
BaileyCrowder,MollyBull,&MichaelaAlexander
3rd5thgradestudents
Overview
LearningObjectives
UpperelementarystudentsfromtheCollege
MentorsforKidsProgramwillcometo
PurdueUniversityandlearnaboutfallleaves
andwhytheychangecolor.
1. Giveninstructionandavisualaidofa
greenleafandacoloredleaf,the
studentsshouldbeabletotoidentify
theprocessofaleafchangingcolors.
2. Givenaglossaryofleafpictures,
studentsshouldbeabletoidentify
whattreetheleafcamefrom.
3. Givenfivedifferentcoloredleaves
andinstruction,studentsshouldbe
abletoputtheminorderfromthe
mostchlorophylltotheleast.
Standards
CreativityandInnovation
CommunicationandCollaboration
ResearchandInformationFluency
RequiredMaterials
Paper
Crayons
GlossaryofLeafPictures
Leaves
Pencil
Procedures
1. Studentswillbeshownavideoon
whyleaveschangecolor.
2. StudentswillgotoAgricultureMall
andsplitintogroupsoffivestudents
andfivebuddies.
3. Eachgroupwillcollaboratetofindfive
differentcoloredleavesgreen,
yellow,orange,red,andpurple/brown
withthehelpoftheirbuddies.
4. Studentswillcomebackasquicklyas
possibleandarrangetheleavesin
orderofcolorchanges.
5. Studentswillmakeleafrubbingsand
identifythetypeoftreeitcamefrom,
usingtheleafglossary.
6. Studentswillcompleteashortquiz
overfallleaves.
References
http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/whatT
ree.cfm?ItemID=E6A
http://snr.missouri.edu/forestry/extension/cde
trainingmanual.pdf
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.ht
ml
b.Michaelacameupwiththelessonplanwithoutusingonethatwasalreadyonline.We
researchedwhyleaveschangecolorsontheinternetincludingtheUniversityofMissouris
websiteandtheofficialarbordaywebsite.
d.Mastascusa,E.,Snyder,W.(2011)
EffectiveInstructionforSTEMDisciplines:FromLearning
TheorytoCollegeTeaching.C
alifornia:JosseyBass.
Thisarticleexplainsthatthereisaneedforchangeintheclassroom.TheSTEMdisciplines
shouldberesearchedandimplementedineveryclassroominAmericaateverygradelevel.The
authorsexplainthatScience,Engineering,MathandTechnologyarethecategoriesthatwill
moveournationforward.Weusedscienceinourlessonplanbecausewebelievescienceisa
categorythatneedstobeusedandimplemented.
Henderson,C.,Beach,A.,&Finkelstein,N.(2011).FacilitatingchangeinundergraduateSTEM
instructionalpractices:Ananalyticreviewoftheliterature.
J.Res.Sci.Teach.Journalof
ResearchinScienceTeaching,
952984.
ThisarticleisaboutusingSTEMcoursestopromotechangesininstructionalpractices.Using
fourbroadcategories,
disseminatingcurriculumandpedagogy,developingreflectiveteachers,
enactingpolicy,anddevelopingsharedvision,coredifferencesamongliteratureandcurriculum
shouldbecomeidentifiable.Thisarticleisbasedonareviewof191otherjournalarticlesabout
STEMcoursesandcurriculumchangewithnewinstructionalpractices.