Melting Iceburgs Experiment

Just as many of you have posted, there is no threat that the oceans will rise because of floating icebergs melting, even though this goes against common sense thinking by assuming the ocean will rise. One bit of information that I found interesting from http://www.howstuffworks.com/question473.htm is that if the temperatures warm up a little, then chunks of ice will break off of the frozen glaciers on landmasses and fall into the ocean. This will cause the oceans to rise.

This is a great lesson to share with students to get them to really think and draw conclusions for themselves about a current questionable hot topic.

Caitlin,

Opps. I think I did that wrong. Okay... how to I comment on someone's direct post? In the meantime, Caitlin, I agree with you, this lesson plan format is not very practical.

STEM Strategies Lesson Plan

Planning the STEM Strategies Lesson Plan was very different than any lesson plan I have ever done in the past. I thought all of the resources were very interesting and informative for this week. I might not have done the lesson plan correct, but I didn't feel that the resources and the template correlated together. Again, it may be because I did something wrong. The lesson plans that I have done are aimed at explaining the steps or process of the lesson, while making note of the standards, evaluation, materials, procedures, etc. The main layout focuses on the entire lesson to allow a substitute to quickly fill in if needed. This lesson plan format would be completely foreign to a substitute.

I appreciated how the "Five E's" provided me with ideas and examples of ways to engage, explore, explain, elaborate and extend, and evaluate the lesson. I am always looking for ways to make a lesson better. The examples in the Five E's just tells me without me having to dig for the information. Great resources like that keep me from having to "re-invent the wheel" which is always nice to avoid.

First Time Blogger

Hope I'm doing this correctly!