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 a KWL chart.

Meta description

• 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 a 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 their programmed to be the most effective for their location.

CATCH/HOOK

Watch the video Going Green (https://youtu.be/7nI57gjhVd8)

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Guest Speaker Taylor McCort, District 1, Traffic Engineer.
Students will write down as many things that they can about what they know about 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 they will summarize what they learned about traffic lights.

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REVIEW

Each student will share out 1 thing they learned.

STANDARDS