Teacher Guide
                 
    Aim:  Students will become knowledgeable about sunspots while using a familiar toy
    and the computer to facilitate engaged learning.

    Rationale:   These are highly motivational means of getting students to assimilate the
    information from the article and the computer.  Children love hands-on activities and using the computer .  Therefore this strategy of using what they like will increase their odds of being
    successful in learning the lessons.

    Goals and objectives:   The students will write questions and answers about sunspots on a
    'cootie catcher'. Students will be involved in engaged learning.

     Audience and pre-requisites:   This lesson will be completed in 5 days, in 40 minute
    class periods for second grade.
    Students who love to indulge in tactile activities and have had prior exposure to
    hands-on science activities, about sunspots, involving art and age-appropriate
    videos will most likely be successful with the curriculum.

    Description of subject-matter:   This is a science lesson about the sunspots found
    on our star, the sun.  Students will become aware of a pattern of appearance of
    and increase and decrease in the number of sunspots on the sun.

    Instructional plan:

        1.  The students will make models of a cootie catcher.

        2.   The teacher will explain to the students that they will be writing questions
          about sunspots and then put them on a cootie catcher to play a game.
     

        3.   The teaches will help the students write 8 questions and answers about
           sunspots on the board.

        4.   The teacher will read the directions for the cootie catcher to the class
           and demonstrate how to make the toy.

        5.   The teacher will distribute plain white paper and have the students prepare
            a cootie catcher.  When they have one that works, she will instruct them to
            write the 8 questions and answers on each fold of the cootie catcher.

        6.   The teacher will give them time to play the sunspot cootie catcher game.

    Materials:   Chalkboard, chalk, white plain paper, and enough copies of the
    directions for each child in the classroom.

    Plans for assessment and evaluation:   The teacher will assess and evaluate
    this lesson through observation. The teacher will also have students answer
    questions pretaining to the lesson.
     
     
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