The following lesson plan, designed for intermediate students, incorporates each step in each model. It is an example of how one teacher might go about delivering content over a five day period. The lesson is multi-disciplinary, using science content to develop language arts skills and social studies concepts. Display photos of a red tailed hawk. Display posters in the room.
Students are to work with a peer to rank the questions in order of importance.
Tabulate and graph results on graph paper. Convert to percentages, decimals, and fractions. Provide time for free reading of texts on raptors, emphasizing the red tailed hawk and american kestrel. Construct Venn diagrams of habitat features shared by falcons and hawks. Formulate hypotheses about why differences exist.