Examining Curriculum Materials: IC - Lesson/Activity Purpose
Learning Goal: Benchmark 5E6-8 #1: Food provides the fuel and the building material for all organisms. Plants use the energy from light to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water. This food can be used immediately or stored for later use.
Name of material: Food for Plants by Kathy Roth
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Major Criterion |
Indicators - What must a material do to meet the criterion? |
Yes or No |
Justification and Citation How does the material meet this indicator? OR Why does this material fail to meet this indicator? Be sure to give specific examples |
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Criterion C: Justifying lesson/activity sequence Does the material involve students in a sequence of activities that takes the students' perspectives into account and systematically builds toward understanding of the learning goals? |
1. The activities are systematically sequenced.
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Yes |
The activities are grouped in a logical sequence, beginning with activities that establish the problem and elicit student ideas, moving to activities that explore and challenge students initial ideas, then to activities that explain concepts, and finally to activities that have students apply what they have learned. |
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2. The sequence of activities reflects consideration of students' initial ideas and skills and builds strategically toward a more accurate understanding of the learning goals
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Yes |
The grouping of activities described above elicits student's initial ideas, challenges those ideas, then provides conceptual information and finally has students apply their learning. |
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3. The material provides teachers with the rationale for the sequence, making clear the function of each activity in relation to the overall sequence of activities.
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Yes |
The teacher materials include explanations of the learner-centered, conceptual change instructional model. The sequence rationale is set out in a table with descriptions for each activity, making it clear to teachers how each activity fits into the overall sequence of activities. |