Week 7: Assignment #2

Design your own Science lesson plan using current science learning standards: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/scirg.html. Your lesson will need to determine a grade level and choose specific standards when designing your lesson. Please include learning materials (links or book titles, or helpful resources) and rubric for evaluation (if you mention one in your lesson).

Lesson Topic: Learning the Density of an item
Grade Level: 7
Materials: Cylinders, Honey, Oil, Vinegar, Water, Peanuts, Corn Kernels, Marbles

Aim: How can we determine the different densities of liquids and select items?

Do Now: What do you think have the highest density and what do you think has the lowest density out of the following: Water, Oil, Honey, and Vinegar. Why do you think that?

Goal:
Students will analyze information about the density of liquids and select items (peanut, corn kernel, marble).
Students will organize information about the density of liquids and select items (peanut, corn kernel, marble).
Students will synthesize information about the density of liquids and select items (peanut, corn kernel, marble) through experimentation.

Objective:
Observe and describe properties of materials, such as density, conductivity, and solubility.
Determine the density of liquids, and regular- and irregular-shaped solids

Procedure:
Go over Do Now
Introduce the different liquids.
Pour liquids into a long tube and have students see how the different liquids will separate to show the different densities. (High density sinks)
Students will work in pairs to determine the different densities of items given to them. 
Students will share out their findings to the class. 

Science Standards:
3.1a Substances have characteristic properties. Some of these properties include color,
odor, phase at room temperature, density, solubility, heat and electrical conductivity,
hardness, and boiling and freezing points.
3.1h Density can be described as the amount of matter that is in a given amount of
space. If two objects have equal volume, but one has more mass, the one with more
mass is denser.
3.1e Aliquid has definite volume, but takes the shape of a container.