OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

Guest Speaker Taylor McCort, District 1, Traffic Engineer. Speaker will discuss traffic light aspects and how they relate to traffic conditions. Students will use active listening and inquiry skills to complete their KWL chart.

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• Subject Area: Computer Science, Science, Technology
• Grade Level : 3-5, 6-8
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Algorithms and Programming
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture
  • Communicating About Computing
• Considerations:
  • No.

Lesson Plan

Overview

Guest Speaker Taylor McCort, District 1, Traffic Engineer. Speaker will discuss traffic light aspects and how they relate to traffic conditions. Students will use active listening and inquiry skills to complete their KWL chart.

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

KWL chart - What I know, what I wonder, what I learned

OBJECTIVES

Ask and answer questions about traffic lights and how they are programmed to be most effective for their location.

CATCH/HOOK

Watch the video Going Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nI57gjhVd8

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Students will write as many things as they can about what they know about traffic lights. Students will write 3 questions about what they wonder about traffic lights, during the speaking students will check off any questions that were answered and then ask any that they still wonder about. Then will summarize what they learned about traffic lights.

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REVIEW

Each student will share out 1 thing they learned.

STANDARDS