Materials Lab

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LFS Lesson Plan
Materials Properities Lab
2 days
Unit EQ: What skills are basic necessities for understanding technology?
Lesson EQ: Why are materials chosen based on their properties
Activating Strategies: As students enter room they see various products around the room. They are invited to look at them before class.
Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary: Brittle, Ductile, Density, Elastic, Torsion, Tension
Shearing, Compression, Strength, Hardness, Optical Properties, Transparent, Translucent, Opaque. Thermal Properties, Insulator, Conductor, Electrical Properties, Magnetic Properties
Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:
Hand out the lab worksheet.
Explain how products are labeled.
Explain how to complete the lab.
Divide the students into groups. 5 products. Choose 3
Go to work. 1 day to do lab
1 day to review the lab.
Summarizing Strategies:
Handout the compare and contrast (mugs homework) on Day 2