LESSON PLAN

GRADE/SUBJECT:  7th Grade Science

LESSON#       1

 

UNIT: Picture That!

DATE: June 2004

LESSON TITLE:       Building a Camera (How does it work?)

Lesson Objectives:    At the end of this lesson, the student will:

ü       Diagram how a camera works.

ü       Build a camera of his/her own.

Learning Targets:

Recognize the components, structure, and organization of systems and the interconnections within and among them.

Develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry.

 

LESSON CONTENT                                                                                                             

Introduction:     Recap on the history of the camera and its various parts.  Have students recall various steps of cameras: SLR, digital, etc. Have students gather the materials listed on their weekly science project letter home.

 Materials/Resources Needed:

The following materials will be needed for each group building a camera:

·        corrugated cardboard from a box, or stiff cardboard from the back of a pad of paper

·        black paper

·        black tape

·        a cartridge of 126 film* (teacher will provide)

·        aluminum foil

·        two large rubber bands

·        a ruler

·        a pencil

·        scissors

·        a sharp knife (teacher will provide)

·        a straight pin or sewing needle

LESSON CONTENT

Lesson Plan:     What concepts will the students explore? What experiments will they conduct? What instructional strategies will you use?

 After discussing parts of the camera supply students with their materials for building a camera and let them put it together without any instruction.  Encourage them to use what they have learned in the previous discussion to build their cameras.  Once students have put them together and had a chance to take picture, ask them what problems might arise.  Discuss solutions to this problem (discuss terms associated with Single Leans Reflex)

                                    

                                                 

 

Assessment:          

How will I know students learned EALR target(s)?

Students will use both written descriptions as well as sketches to describe how a camera works.

Students will build a camera and have film developed, to be included in science report, to demonstrate their understanding of the parts of the camera and how they work.

Closure: 

How will I end the lesson? What’s the connection to the next lesson?

Inquire how camera could/have benefit[ed] science.  Ask class if they could think of scientific instruments that built similar to camera. Lead the discussion towards telescopes and lens.  Have students define concave and convex and bring in objects that illustrate the terms.

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