Solar Powered Sky Scrapers by Emily Viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw en-us 2019-02-07 15:38:51 UTC 2025-12-14 17:10:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Lesson Style Credits emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328795740 I wrote the lesson using Mr Pearce's framework.

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The lesson format is called a four part lesson - Structure developed by 


KYLE PEARCE from https://tapintoteenminds.com/about-me/


1.  Minds on:  Spark Curiosity Through a Contextual Task


2.  Inquiry:  Allow Students an Opportunity to Inquire and Apply Prior Knowledge


3.  Make connections: from Student Prior Knowledge to New Learning


4.  Consolidate: New Ideas Based on Student Work and Use Direct Instruction to Explicitly Teach Any Missing Pieces



]]> 2019-02-07 15:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328795740 MINDS ON emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328798055 Students are asked to get into groups of 4 each table will have chart paper and markers.  They will watch the video.
Afterwards as a group and encouraged to write down any wonderings they might have.
the video students will discuss as a table group
Materials:
Markers
Chart paper
Access to internet and device]]> 2019-02-07 15:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328798055 INQUIRY emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328799049 Teacher will ask for student's to share their "wonderings" with the group.
All student ideas will be recorded as to validate everyone's input. 
The teacher will then guide the student in a discussion to co-construct a inquiry question for today's learning (A learning goal). 
It is important that the teacher has a good idea of what they want the goal to guide the student's thinking but also still be flexible enough to allow for student ideas.

The teacher will write out the learning goal so that everyone can see it.

Sample learning goal:  I will know about one solar technology that is available to the Canadian consumer for home use and what types of atomic structures make the materials useful in producing electricity. Are solar power windows a good option for Canadian cities?

The teacher get student input and develop the success criteria in the same way.

Sample success criteria:
I will understand... 
how semiconductors move electrons,
how photons move electrons, energy states,
orbitals,
of materials necessary for a solar cell.


]]> 2019-02-07 15:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328799049 Curriculum links: emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328799939 SCH4U
C3. demonstrate an understanding of atomic structure and chemical bonding, and how they relate to the physical properties of ionic, molecular, covalent network, and metallic substances.
C3.4 explain how the physical properties of a solid or liquid (e.g., solubility, boiling point, melting point, melting point suppression, hardness, electrical conductivity, surface tension) depend on the particles present and the types of intermolecular and intramolecular forces (e.g., covalent bonding, ionic bonding, Van der Waals forces, hydrogen bonding, metallic bonding)
C3.5 describe a Canadian contribution to the field of atomic and molecular theory
F1. analyse technologies and processes relating to electrochemistry, and their implications for society, health and safety, and the environment;
F1.1 assess, on the basis of research, the viability of using electrochemical technologies as alternative sources of energy (e.g., fuel cells for emergency power generation or as power sources in remote locations), and explain their potential impact on society and the environment [IP, PR, AI, C]



]]> 2019-02-07 15:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328799939 Make Connections emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328800767 Students will work in groups of four and conduct internet research to answer the learning goals question.

Students will have jobs:  
Internet researcher, 
textbook researcher, 
note take, and summarizer/presenter.

Students will post their findings on the Padlet discussion board 
( or google classroom, brightspace, etc..)


]]> 2019-02-07 15:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328800767 Consolidate emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328801487 For homework students will read at least two other groups findings and ask each of the two groups a question.

The teacher will take student research summaries and questions and use it as a formative assessment of how well the students understand the concepts of the lesson.  

Form the teachers findings they will generate content for direct instruction and further reading on the topic for the students.]]> 2019-02-07 15:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328801487 SAMPLE Student Post emily_viirre https://padlet.com/emily_viirre/5cod00gk14lw/wish/328807874 Solar glass is not available yet but is in the development stage.
Solar roofs available in alberta and coming soon to Ontario!

Student description of technology.............

Opinion on technology.......

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