Assure Model Instructional Plan 2
Assure Model Instructional Plan 2
Assure Model Instructional Plan 2
Erica Webb
ASSURE Model Instructional Plan
Erosion & The Grand Canyon
2nd Grade
Science
Lesson length: 60 minutes, or one class period
Analyze Learners
State Objectives
Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Change
SOL 2.7- The student will investigate and understand that weather and seasonal changes
affect plants, animals, and their surroundings. Key concepts include
a) effects of weather and seasonal changes on the growth and behavior of living things; and
b) weathering and erosion of land surfaces.
Media:
iPad cart for the classroom with google earth downloaded onto each
Overhead Projector/ Smartboard
Materials:
Two throwaway pie pans Soil Measuring cups
Two matched plastic saucers One small holed cup One medium holed cup
Meterstick or yardstick water several leaves
Grand Canyon coloring/worksheet crayons
Erosion experiment worksheet
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Methods
Whole group introduction of Grand Canyon and what it is, where it is and how it was made
Small group activities
Worksheet coloring and labeling of rivers
Erosion experiment
Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods
Media:
1 overhead projector/smartboard used to introduce the Grand Canyon and to show cool
pictures of the Grand Canyon
iPad used by students to go into google earth and label the different rivers on their
worksheet and to view the Grand Canyon
Materials:
1 Plastic saucer will be filled to the brim with soil and put into a pie pan to catch any
spilled material
Meterstick/yardstick will be placed upright behind the saucer
Small holed cup- will be held above the dish (2 feet), half a cup of water will be poured into
the small holed cup to represent rain
1 plastic saucer will be filled to the brim with soil and put into a pie pan to catch spilled
material
Medium holed cup- held above the dish as before
Leaves used in the erosion experiment
Grand Canyon Worksheet will be colored and used with iPad to label rivers in the Canyon
Crayons used to color worksheet
Methods:
Whole Group Introduction of Weathering and Erosion -- The teacher will introduce the topic
of erosion and weathering
Whole Group Introduction of Grand Canyon The teacher will explain how the Grand
Canyon is an example of erosion
Small Group Instruction The teacher will explain what the students will be doing for the
experiment and will divide the class into groups or pairs
Small Group Instruction The teacher will explain the worksheet and iPad assignment
Small Group Instruction: The teacher will explain the erosion experiment and safety and
divide the class into groups or pairs and pass out materials to each group and a worksheet.
The teacher will assist students with the experiment. Students will carry out the experiment
and answer questions on a worksheet at the end.
Exploration:
Fill a saucer level and to the brim with soil. Put the dish into a pie pan to catch an spilled
material
Place a meterstick/yardstick upright behind the dish. Hold the small-holed cup 2 feet above
the dish.
Have someone pour a half-cup of water into the cup. When the can stops raining, observe
the soil and pie pan.
Explanation:
What, if any signs of erosion are observed?
How will a heavier rain affect erosion? Fill a second saucer with soil. Use the medium-
hole cup for rain and compare results
How does the loose soil erode, compared with tightly packed soil? Prepare two saucers and
find out.
How will covered soil erode, compared with bare soil? Cover the soil in one dish with
several leaves.
Small Group Instruction: The teacher will let the students each get an iPad and make
sure they all get to the google earth app and search Grand Canyon, so they can look at it
and see and label the rivers on their worksheet. Once the students label the worksheet they
can color it. Afterwards the teacher will pull up the same worksheet on the smartboard and
call students up to label some of the rivers on the smartboard
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