CONTENT: SCIENCE UNIT: ELECTRICITY

GRADE: 4D MARCH 11-15

LESSON LENGTH: 45 MIN CONCEPT/SKILL: ENERGY
CCSS
ADDRESSED
CONTENT SW explore energy; sw id the four types of energy and both potential and kinetic;
OBJECTIVE(S) sw understand the transfer of energy and force
LANGUAGE SW ​R​ead and discuss ​(I)​ energy articles; sw sort and ​O​rganize energy words and
OBJECTIVE(S) pics; SW ​W​rite and take notes using thinking maps; SW ​C​ollaborate to identify
different energy sources
TARGET thermal, source, transfer, energy, power 
VOCABULARY
ASSESSMENT
 
MATERIALS ● books, notebooks, thinking map; ●
video links
MODIFICATION

 
LESSON COMPONENT MODEL TEACHER 1 TEACHER 2
Day 1 Intro KWL and discuss Facilitate experiment
Review types of energy; focus on POTENTIAL AND KINETIC what students know and give directions
kinetic and potential; give definitions, then have kids use actions to and want to know
**Team 
demonstrate; show slides 63-65 for definition and practice; Billl Nye 2 minute about electricity What did they learn?
Complementary
video and The Dr. Binocs Show - 4 mnute video - videos attached to slides; Add to KWL
Parallel
Label parts of bulb
Supportive
Kinetic/Potential Energy Group activity with answer sheet ; sw look at pictures
and decide if it’s kinetic or potential and write on answer sheet - (Tobin-Tuesday)

Day 2:
Review electricity and Have students test
Let’s play Kahoot! ​https://kahoot.com/​ - Tobin (Tuesday) **Team  what learned- have batteries and note on
user name: anabele.farrar Complementary students write Activity sheet
password: fourthgrade Parallel predictions in journals
Supportive
Energy Camping Article - sw highlight where different energy is used and label Partners use books for
each kind of energy (Tobin - Wednesday) vocab page
Day 3:
Energy questions Quiz (Tobin - Thursday) Review and watch Facilitate discussion
video; add info to KWL about baggies and
**Team 
OR determine of conductor
Complementary
or insulator; log on data
Parallel
Groups will share discussion cards; groups of 4 - must take turns asking each sheet
Supportiv
other a question, finding answer in article, and stating answer using a complete
sentence to earn a point

Day 4:
Team
Show slide 57 and play video; SW do energy walk around classroom with sticky *​*Complementary 
notes - they will write observations of energy around room and share Parallel
Supportive
Day 5: WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK:

Intro Energy Transfer: Transfer, Source, Receiver -slide (using tree map)
transfer- how energy goes from one place to another
source- what provides the energy
receiver- what’s receiviing the energy
**Team 
Complementary
Penny Acitivity:
Parallel
Supportive
Explore Pennies activity- sw use 8 pennies at each team- they must
demonstrate how energy is used to create motion of pennies; teams must record
4 ways they used energy to move the pennies (four square in notebooks)

Energy Transfer Activity and Recording Sheet with Ping Pong and Tennis Ball