Lesson Overview

Students will:

• Brainstorm why and how we use procedures in the real world
• Practice giving and receiving instructions to recreate images
• Reflect on what makes instructions more or less effective
• Direct instructor to assemble a physical object by developing a detailed procedure

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Write a procedure (using written steps and/or drawings) that will be replicated (and then follow a procedure to replicate an object)
• Critique their own procedures to identify what makes for good vs. poor instructions 

This lesson is aligned with these Next Generation Science (NGS) Standards.

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Science & Engineering Practice (SEP) 

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

• (3rd – 5th) Communicate scientific and/or technical information orally and/or in written formats, including various forms of media, as well as tables, diagrams, and charts.
• (6th – 8th) Communicate scientific and/or technical information (e.g., about a proposed object, tool, process, system) in writing and/or through oral presentations.

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