Kylee Bulington 

InTASC Standard: Standard #7: Planning for Instruction. The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context (InTASC, 2013).

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Brief Description of Evidence: In my EDUC 101 Introduction to Teaching course during the summer semester of 2016, I created and implemented a lesson plan with two other peers. The lesson plan used an online video, demonstration, and home-made volcanoes to teach the students about how volcanoes work and where they come from. During the lesson the learners built on their English, math, science, and social studies skills. The video that played at the beginning focused on social studies and key vocabulary words. Both science and math skills were involved in doing the experiment because the learners measured the substances to cause a chemical reaction.

 

Analysis of What I Learned: I learned how to make a cross-disciplinary lesson. The students used their English and social studies skills when they were watching the video and answering the questions they were asked. They also used science and math when actually doing the volcano experiment. I now know how difficult it is to combine multiple subject areas together. This lesson plan is supported by Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Each of the learners possess one or more intelligences and I made sure that the lesson catered to each one. Visual and spatial learners had the opportunity to learn about volcanoes by the use of the video and demonstration. The experiment allowed an opportunity for bodily kinesthetic learners to understand the content.

 

How This Artifact Demonstrates my Competence on the InTASC Standard:  My competence in this standard is shown by my ability to design and implement a lesson plan that incorporates many different subject areas. Through the use of a video, demonstration, and home-made volcanoes the lesson gave each of the learners multiple opportunities for them to understand the curriculum, no matter what way they learn. Cross-disciplinary skills were taught to all learners when doing this lesson including math skills, English skills, social studies skills, science skills, and social skills which allowed them to draw upon their knowledge of the content areas. It is important that learners know about volcanos because they form in many places around the world where they may move to or vacation at in the future.