OpenSciEd Unit 6.3 · Lesson 03 · 3.B
Develop a model to show the relationship between the…
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Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
3.B Develop a model to show the relationship between the motion of the molecules that make up air and the energy of those molecules to explain the patterns of change in air temperature at various altitudes.
What to do
Use students’ Progress Tracker to formatively assess (1) their understanding of the relationship between temperature and kinetic energy of particles of matter and (2) their ability to apply this understanding to develop a model that represents the differences in temperature (thermal energy) of the air at different altitudes. Students’ responses should not be graded; rather, use what you learn to inform next steps for moving their thinking forward. Examples include:
documenting your feedback in students’ notebooks, such as additional probing questions, suggestions for improvement, or a request for additional evidence or reasoning;
revisiting, reteaching, or reinforcing ideas from the lesson to help students fill in gaps in their learning;
using examples of actual student work to prompt discussion about what we have and haven’t figured out up to this point in the unit; and asking additional questions at the beginning of Lesson 4 to probe students’ thinking and help students make connections and build understandings.