Grade:_4_Subject:

_Science____
Timeframe:
_60min________
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DrivingQuestion:Wehavelearnedthatlightcanbereflectedorabsorbedbutwhat
happensifallorsomeofthelightpassesthroughtheobject?Howdoyouclassifyobjectsin
thatrespect?

LearningTargets:
Science
Classifyobjectsasopaque,transparent,ortranslucent

AdditionalOutcome
Math
SCOSP02Studentswillbeexpectedtoconstructandinterpretpictographsandbargraphs
involvingmanytoonecorrespondencetodrawconclusions.

Resources:
LCDProjector
Screencast
onOpaque,Translucent,andTransparent
Backupsetof
PlickersCards
(126)(Studentsshouldhaveoneswithmagnetictapestuckundertheir
desks.)
6flashlights
extrabatteries
RecordingSheet:
Opaque,Transparent,orTranslucent?
6containerbins
Materialstotest
whitepaper
waxpaper

spoon
blackconstructionpaper
leaf

glassofwater
tinfoil
plasticziplock

Preparation:
Have6bins,eachcontaining
samplesofeachmaterialneeded
aworkingflashlight
5copiesofhandout
SetupPlickers(seedemovideoof
Plickers
foundonYouTube)
onclasscomputerlogonto
www.plickers.com
withLogin:******andPassword:******
loginusingApponiPad(orpersonalphoneifyouhaveApp>
Apple
or
GooglePlay
)
ClickonMr.Casey4/5"
ItshouldbeinQueuemode,selectthequestionPrediction#1...(
clickhere
forcopyof
questions)
TheLiveviewonthecomputershouldalsobedisplayingthequestion.
Youareallreadytogo!
SPECIALNOTE:
IfyouwouldliketousethesePlickersquestionswiththeirimagesbutdonothaveaccesstomy
queuenorhavethetimetocreateyourown,trythefollowing!
usetheLCDprojectortoshowacopyofthequestions(
clickhere
)notinPlickers
thensimplytypeeachquestion#anditem,asnewquestions,onyourhandhelddevices
PlickerApp(Pred.#1whitepaper,Pred.#2waxpaper,.Result#11hand)
youcanevenleavechoiceA,B,C,andDblankbecausestudentswillnotseeit
WhileshowingtheLCDimageofthefullquestion,recordthestudentsresponseson
yourhandhelddevicewithyoursimplifiedquestions.


Adaptations(ChildSpecific):
(*,*,&*)printoutofthe
StepByStepDirections
Checkintoensuretheyareproperlyparticipatingwiththeirpartners

Part1
:(2025min)

()Create&Publish
()Evaluate&Leverage
()Apply&Interconnect
()Analyze&Synthesize
()Communicate&Collaborate
()Find&Validate

Connection

Introduction:
Reflectingonpriorteaching:
reviewhowweseethingsbecauselightisreflectedand/orabsorbedbythings

Posethedrivingquestion:

Wehavelearnedthatlightcanbereflectedorabsorbedbutwhathappensif
allorsomeofthelightpassesthroughtheobject?

Activate1stPlickersquestion:(Shouldlooklikeimagebelow)

StudentsholduptheirPlickersheetstocorrespondwiththeirintendedanswer
ClickthecameraonyourhandhelddeviceandscantheroomtoreadthePlickersheets
Theirnumberwiththeirnamebesidewillbecheckedofftoindicatethattheirshasbeenread(actuallive
viewshowsfullstudentname)
Afterallstudentshavebeenscanned,youcanclickontheGraphtab(asindicatedbythearrowinthe
imageabove)toseehowtheclassscored
DonotclickontheRevealAnswerbuttonbecausethestudentsdonotneedtoseehoweachindividual
answered.

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ReviewthepredictionsbyrevisitingthequestionsinPlickerswhileonGraphView(example)

Havestudentstryanddescribewhatthedataisdemonstrating
Werethepredictionsallthesameordidtheyshowuncertainty?
Whatinformationismissingtomakethisaproperlylabeledgraph?
Howcouldthatinformationhelp?
Whattypeofintervalswouldyouusetolabeltheverticalaxis,otherthanonetoone?

GuidedPractice

Pose2ndpartofDrivingQuestion

Howdoyouclassifyobjectsinrespecttohowmuchlighttravelsthroughit?

Discussdifferentsuggestionsfordescriptions.

ExplicitTeaching
Teachermodels/demonstrates

Shows
creencast
onOpaque,Translucent,andTransparent

Part2
:(1520min)

()Create&Publish
()Evaluate&Leverage
()Apply&Interconnect
()Analyze&Synthesize
()Communicate&Collaborate
()Find&Validate

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Independent/Groups

Practice/Conferencefocus:
handoutrecordingsheet:
Opaque,Transparent,orTranslucent?
directthemtothevocabularyandhelpfulSmileFaceimageontopofpage
Handoutmaterialbinsandhavethemstarttheirexperiments(turnofflightsifpossible)
walkaroundtoreinforceuseofpropervocabularyandthatstudentsareassessingtheresults
accurately

SPECIALNOTE:
IhadthePlickersResultquestionsalreadyenteredbutwithoutthecorrespondingimage
sothatIcouldshowanimageoftheactualitembeingtested
afunoptionistousetheiPadtosnappicturesofthestudentswhiledoingthe
experimentstouseinthePlickersresults
thenusetheplickers.cominthewebbrowser(nottheApp)toaddtheimagesintothe
pretypedquestions

Whenallstudentshaveanswersrecorded(including#12extraitem),collectupbinsofmaterial

Part3:
510minutes

()Create&Publish
()Evaluate&Leverage
()Apply&Interconnect
()Analyze&Synthesize
()Communicate&Collaborate
()Find&Validate

TimetoShare
CollectPlickersofresults

reviewresultsinGraphModeasyougo(donotrevealindividualanswers)
Askhowmanythinktheresultwasdifferentfromwhattheyoriginallypredicted.
discushowthegoalisnottohavepredictionsthatmatchresults.Discoveriesaremadeif
theresultisdifferentthanwhatwasexpected.
Askwhytherestillappearstobesomedifferencesinhowsomestudentsrecordedtheirresults.
Notethatitmaybedifficultindecidingwhetherenoughlightisgettingthroughinorder
tocallitTransparent.
Scientifically,someindividualbeamsoflightmaynotgetthroughtheitembutitstill
maybeconsideredtransparentbecauseofthelargenumberthatdo.
Also,somelightraysmightslightlychangetheirdirection,alteringtheimagebutstill
travelthroughtheobject.

WrapupwithaclosingdiscussiononthetermsTransparent,Translucent,andOpaque

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StepByStepDirections

1)

Writeyournameonyoursheet.

2)

Pickanitemfromthecontainerandfinditonyourlist.

3)

Ifthereisnotaflashlightavailable,waityourturn.

4)

Testtoseeiflightcanpassthroughtheobject
completelysoIcanseethroughitwithnoproblem
(transparent)
Icanseelightbutnotallofit(translucent)
Icantseeanylightthroughit(opaque)

5)

Recordacheckmarkunderthecolumnthatfitsyourfindings.
(transparent,translucent,oropaque)

6)

Returntheitemtothebinandchooseanotheritemtotest.

7)

Ifyouviewedanothergroupmemberdoanexperimentandcan
concludewhethertheirmaterialisdefinitelytransparent,
translucent,oropaque,youmayrecordthatfinding.However,if
youarenotcertainwhattheresultsare,tryityourself.

8)

Returnallitemsinthecontainerandhandinthecompleted
form.

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Name:_______________

Opaque,Transparent,orTranslucent?

Transparent

Translucent

whitepaper

waxpaper

spoon

blackconstruction
paper

desk

leaf

shirt

glassofwater

tinfoil

plasticziplock

hand

_____________

(addyourown)

Opaque

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PlickersQuestions

For

ObjectClassification

Prediction

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PlickersQuestions

For

ObjectClassification

Results

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