To Design Instruction, Option B:
How One Part Relates to Others (Grades 3-5)

Science for All Americans and
Benchmarks for Science Literacy or appropriate excerpts

Chart paper
Markers
Blank transparencies

TRANSPARENCIES:
Central Benchmarks: How One Part Relates to Others
Exploring Project 2061 Tools -11A (Cell Lessons)
Strand Map: Cells as Systems
Exploring Project 2061 Tools - 5C
Principles for Lessons
Principles of Effective Learning and Teaching
Inquiry and Scientific Values
Steps in Designing Instruction

HANDOUTS:
Lesson Plan: How One Part Relates to Others
Strand Map: Cells as Systems
Benchmarks for Lesson Plan: How One Part Relates to Others
Steps in Designing Instruction
CELLS Through the Lens of Benchmarks
 

For the class:
A toy that has many parts, such as a monkey and stick toy, a toy crane with movable parts, a scooter, etc.

TRANSPARENCIES:
Dancing Puppet Diagram
Questions About Parts of a Toy
Questions About Parts of a Leaf
Questions About Parts of a Celery Stalk
 

For each student:
An envelope containing the parts to make the dancing puppet
(see HANDOUT: Puppet Pieces)
8 brass fasteners
2 pieces of string about 20 cm. long
1 piece of string about 40 cm. long
A leaf (leaves may vary in kind and size)

HANDOUTS:
Questions About Parts of a Toy
Questions About Parts of a Leaf
Questions About Parts of a Celery Stalk
 

For each pair:
Scissors
Celery stalk
Celery stalk that has been standing in red dye

HANDOUT: Dancing Puppet Diagram