Ed Tech 4 Science

While there are many powerful tools in the science teacher’s tool chest, one of the most potent is the word processor. This is because lesson planning is an iterative process; we write what we think is an effective lesson plan, then teach it, then modify it, then teach it, then modify it, etc. Although taken for granted now, we forget how easy it is to open a file and make some modifications that enhance what we do as science teachers.

Science teachers should have a template that they use in their day-to-day lessons. A template reduces the need to re-type information on a daily basis, and a template is a reminder of important areas for the teacher to include.

I have been using a Microsoft Word template for about seven years now in my preservice teacher classes. Overtime, I have modified the template, adding sections and deleting others. On a recent assignment in my elementary science methods class, I had a lot of strong lesson plans submitted by my students. Paige Hogg wrote an excellent Parachutes, and I am attaching her lesson plan as an example of a strong lesson and the use of a lesson plan template.

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