1. EVOLUTION OF STARS
SCOTT HELMS
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2. KETTERING MIDDLE SCHOOL
SETTING
KETTERING MIDDLE SCHOOL
SUBURBAN COMMUNITY
~1100 STUDENTS
8TH GRADE SCIENCE
2 COTAUGHT
2GENERAL

3. STANDARDS
ES8.7 EXAMINE THE LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR AND PREDICT THE NEXT LIKELY STAGE OF A STAR
ES9.1 DESCRIBE THAT STARS PRODUCE ENERGY FROM NUCLEAR REACTIONS AND THAT PROCESSES IN STARS HAVE LED TO THE FORMATION OF ALL ELEMENTS BEYOND HYDROGEN AND HELIUM

4. ASSESSMENT Formative Summative PRE TEST NOTES CLASS DISCUSSION
SECTION REVIEW
EXERCISE PAPER
CURRENT SCIENCE MAGAZINE
STAR CYCLE LAB
POST TEST

5. DATA CLASS PRETEST x POST TEST x SECOND 7.89 14.2 THIRD 7 14 SIXTH
7.85
14.1
SEVENTH
6.93
15.625

6. INTERPRETATIONS THE % INCREASE WAS CALCULATED / CLASS
FORMULA FOR % INCREASE
FINAL - INITIAL x 100%
FINAL
2ND PERIOD = 44.4%
3RD PERIOD = 50.0%
6TH PERIOD = 44.3%
7TH PERIOD = 55.6%

7. STUDENT WORK SAMPLE

8. MODIFICATIONS
ESSENTIALS: GUIDED NOTES ARE USED RATHER THAN ASKING STUDENTS TO COYP NOTES. GIVING STUDEDNTS TIME TO PARTICIPATED IN DISCUSSION WHO WOULD NORMALLY SPEND TIME MAKING SURE WORDS WERE WRITTEN CORRECTLY. INFORMATION IN DATA TABLE WOULD BE PARITALLY COMPLETED FOR THEM AS A GUIDE.
ENRICHMENT: BLANK DATA TABLES WOULD BE USED. STUDENTS WOULD BE ASKED TO COPY THEIR OWN NOTES. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WOULD BE ASKED TO INTERPRET AND COLLECT DATA FROM A REAL WORLD SOURCE IN ORDER TO COMPLETE DATA TABLE.

9. REFLECTION THE UNIVERSE CURRICULUM HAS 4 PARTS
THE EVOLUTION OF STARS LESSON WAS PART OF THE SECOND SECTION OF THE UNIVERSE CURRICULUM
IF WE CAN CONCLUDE THROUGH CLASS DISCUSSIONS, SECTION REVIEWS, EXERCISE PAPERS, LABORATORY EXERCISES, WRITING ASSIGNMENTS, AND TESTS THAT THE STUDENTS CAN EXPLAIN INFORMATION AND APPLY THEIR UNDERSTANDING TO NEW SITUATIONS, THEN THE LESSON WAS SUCCESSFUL
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL BASED ON ~50% INCREASE IN OUR TEST SCORES