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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT


LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Teacher Candidate:

Gina Laureti

Date:

Cooperating Teacher:

Dr. Varano

Coop. Initials

Group Size:

20

Subject or Topic:

Allotted Time 50 minutes

Displacement

November 4

Grade Level

3rd

Section

STANDARD:
3.2.3.A2. Recognize that all objects and materials in the world are made of matter.
1.6.3.A: Listen critically and respond to others in small and large group situations.
Respond with grade level appropriate questions, ideas, information, or opinions.

I. Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes):


A. The students will predict how many pennies will make a cup of water
overflow using the definition of displacement by recording their data on a
worksheet.
B. The students will observe the displacement of different sized rocks by
recording their data on a worksheet.
C. Students will test their knowledge of displacement by performing experiments
to visually see how objects push the water out of its way and take its place.

II. Instructional Materials


A. Mr. Archimedes Bath by Pamela Allen
B. Clear plastic cup
C. Water
D. A large amount of pennies
E. 5 graduated cylinders - 50mL
F. 5 plates or trays
G. 4 rocks per group in an assortment of sizes
H. Guided Notes
I. Data worksheet
J. Exit Slip

III. Subject Matter/Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, big idea, outline of
additional content)
A. Prerequisite skills
1. Students should have prior knowledge as to what gravity is and how
everything is affected by it.
2. Students should have knowledge of matter and mass.
3. Students should have knowledge of density.
4. Students should know how to use the measurements on a graduated
cylinder.
B. Key Vocabulary
1. Displacement: the act of an object pushing water out of its way and
taking its place.
C. Big Idea
1. How can we see how much water an object displaces?
D. Additional content
IV. Implementation
A. Introduction
1. Teacher will invite the students over to the carpet for a read aloud.
2. The teacher will conduct a read aloud to Mr. Archimedes Bath by
Pamela Allen. The teacher will set the purpose for reading for the
students to come up with questions about why the bath is
overflowing.
3. Students will share their questions periodically throughout the read
aloud.
4. After reading the book, the teacher will explain to the students that
since we already know how density affects how an object sinks or
floats, now we are going to learn about displacement.
5. Students will go back to their seats.
B. Development
1. Teacher will address some of the questions the students came up
during the read aloud. Examples of questions the students may have
thought of could be, Why does the water rise when something is put
into the water? Does the water rise for everything that is placed
into water? Do all objects make the water rise the same amount,
or does it depend on the object?
2. Teacher will explain what displacement is using guided notes.
3. Displacement is the act of an object pushing water out of its way and
taking its place.
4. Teacher will explain that when you place an object into water, it
takes the place of the water. The water that it takes the place of must
go somewhere, so the water level rises.
5. Teacher will then relate displacement to density the students learned
about in the previous lesson.

6. Objects that float, or have low density, displace little water because
only some of the object is in the water.
7. Objects that sink, or have high density, displace more water because
more of the object is in the water.
8. The teacher will explain it is now the students turn to see how
displacement works. Students will be broken into groups of 4 (5
groups total). Each group will have a 25mL cup filled with 15mL of
water, a handful of pennies, and a plate to place their cup of water
onto.
9. The teacher will hand out a data worksheet for each student to record
his or her data on.
10. In their groups, students will predict what will happen when they put
all their pennies into their cup. Students will write their prediction
on their data sheet. Then, students will start putting pennies into
their cup. Students will count how many pennies they put into their
cup until the water overflows. Students will record how many
pennies they put into the cup and explain what happened as they
were observing when they were adding pennies into the water.
11. Teacher will have the students come together and share how many
pennies each group put into their cup and what happened. The
teacher will write each groups number of pennies on the board.
Students will be able to see if each group had the same amount of
pennies.
12. The teacher will then ask, Does anyone know how much the water
rose from the pennies? Students will realize they do not know the
exact amount.
13. Now, each group will come back together. Each group will have a
graduated cylinder (50mL) filled to the 25 mL mark. Each group
will also have 4 rocks, varying in size.
14. Students will place the rocks one at a time in the graduated cylinder
and record how much the water rose on their data sheet. Students
will then share with the class their data and the teacher will write
each groups results on the board.
C. Closure
1. The teacher will go over again what displacement is. Displacement
is the act of an object pushing water out of its way to take its place.
2. The teacher will hand out an exit slip to each student. The exit slip
will ask the students to match displacement to its definition and
density to its definition.
3. Students will hand in the exit slip to the Question Box on the
teachers desk.
D. Accommodations/Differentiation

1.

A. P., who has a specific learning disability, will have guided notes
with choices on it. A.P. will have to circle the correct answer on his
guided notes as the teacher explains displacement.
2. If A.P. has trouble filling out the data sheet throughout the lesson,
his peer-tutoring buddy will be in the same group as him. A.P. can
ask his peer-tutoring buddy to help explain where to put the data and
any other questions he may have.

E. Assessment/Evaluation Plan
1. Formative
i. The teacher will walk around the room while the students are
experimenting with their groups. She will use the following
checklist to assess how well the group is working together:
+

Students worked
together and
discussed their
predictions about
what will happen
when pennies are
added to the
water.
Students filled out
their predictions
before actually
conducting the
experiment. The
students filled out
the results after
the experiment
was conducted.
Students used
their new
vocabulary
(density and
displacement)
when discussing
predictions and
observations.
i.

The teacher will use the exit slips conducted at the end of class to
determine if the students understood the definition of density and
displacement and could tell the difference.

2. Summative

V. Reflective Response
A. Report of Student Performance in Terms of Stated Objectives (Reflection on
student performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for
students who fail to meet acceptable level of achievement)
Remediation Plan
B. Personal Reflection (Questions written before lesson is taught. Reflective
answers to question recorded after lesson is taught)
1. Did the students benefit from having guided notes during the lesson?
2. Do students need more guided material to fully understand the
concept?
3. Were doing two mini experiments in one lesson too much for the
students to handle?
VI. Resources (in APA format)
Allen, P. (1998). Mr. Archimedes' Bath. HarperCollinsPublishers PTY Limited.
Homer, H. (2012, 12 7). Kid Science: Water Experiment - Displacement. Retrieved 10 6,
2014, from Kids Activities Blog: http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/22851/kid-science

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