5th Grade Curriculum
The idea behind this project was to produce a curriculum to be used by fifth grade teachers in order to teach their students science standards in an effective and interesting way. We, being STEM students, primarily chose to utilize Project Based Learning (PBL). We had to meet the Generation science standards for fifth grade students, focusing on the chemistry aspects. The documents following include our two week long curriculum, the physical science standards for California, and the survey we gave to Natalie's mom's students in order to shape our curriculum to best suit fifth grade interests.
We created a curriculum based on these standards, taking place over the course of three weeks, having that science would be taught three times each week for about an hour each time. The curriculum consists of labs interspersed with worksheets, asking the students to record their data from the labs they perform and then asking them to answer questions which help the students to express any curiosity they have about the lab or concepts (which can be discussed later), and which allows students to connect the lab activities to the concepts learned. We also created a quiz which is to be given both at the beginning and the end of the curriculum, recording students' growth of knowledge on the subjects taught.
Reflection:
I am proud of this curriculum, we worked very hard on it. We recalled past activities which made a lasting impression on us, allowing us to understand the concepts taught to use better. Ideally, we could expand the curriculum to include more feedback from the students, more hands on and immersive labs, and more content to cover more standards, but with the time limit we had I think that our curriculum covers a significant amount of content effectively. Our group works very well together, we are very cooperative and lenient, and listen to each others' ideas. We ran into no issues regarding the other members of our team. This project went very well.
I am proud of this curriculum, we worked very hard on it. We recalled past activities which made a lasting impression on us, allowing us to understand the concepts taught to use better. Ideally, we could expand the curriculum to include more feedback from the students, more hands on and immersive labs, and more content to cover more standards, but with the time limit we had I think that our curriculum covers a significant amount of content effectively. Our group works very well together, we are very cooperative and lenient, and listen to each others' ideas. We ran into no issues regarding the other members of our team. This project went very well.