While at Antioch University, I had the opportunity to teach three full-class, problem-solving lessons to students at Brattleboro Union High School and Brattleboro Area Middle School. I made sure to meet NGSS standards requested by the consulting teachers while also incorporating an immersive problem-solving challenge designed to help the students understand these concepts.
This lesson is designed for 7th grade science students learning the processes of condensation and evaporation in the water cycle, with the challenge of pulling water out of thin air. Below are the anticipation guide, worksheet and exit ticket for this lesson.
This lesson is designed for 9th grade earth science students learning continental drift, leading to plate tectonics. After working with the evidence for continental drift with the puzzle pieces, similarly to scientists studying the continents in the 19th century, student inquiry about how and why continents move is discussed.
This lesson is designed for 9th grade earth science students learning the process of rock formation. Using inquiry as their basis, students are guided through two worksheets into the possible ways rock crystals could form and how these form different rocks.