The document outlines a lesson plan for a 4th grade class to learn about sedimentary rock. The students will listen to part of a podcast about sedimentary rock, make their own sedimentary rock cookies using toppings to represent layers, and complete a WebQuest on sedimentary rocks. The teacher will prepare the environment, materials, and students for the lesson to ensure the students understand sedimentary rock formation by the end.

1. Tuesday:
Sedimentary Rock

2. Analyze the Learner
• A fourth grade class, 20 students: 11 boys and 9
girls.

3. Objective
• A fourth grade class will explain sedimentary
rock and the processes that form it by making
their own sedimentary rock out of cookie dough
and various toppings, listening to part of a
podcast reading of The Magic School Bus Inside
the Earth, and completing the “sedimentary”
part of an online geology WebQuest with 100%
accuracy by the end of the day.

4. Select Methods, Media, Materials
• Podcast: The students will listen to part of The
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth (the part that
discusses sedimentary rock)
• Computers: Students will use computers to
complete the sedimentary part of the WebQuest
• Food: Students will use cookie
dough, sprinkles, chocolate chips, etc. to
demonstrate how bits of sediment (sand, rock)
cement together in layers to form sedimentary
rock.

5. Utilize Media and Materials
• Preview Material: When making or reviewing
the WebQuest, the teacher will ensure that all
sites the students are directed to go to are
appropriate and contain the information needed.
The teacher will listen to the podcast to make
sure it is working.
• Prepare Material: The teacher will book a
computer lab and make copies of the sheet
students will record their answers on for the
WebQuest. The teacher will gather the food
necessary to create the sedimentary rock
cookies.

6. • Prepare Environment: The teacher will reserve a
computer lab. The teacher will lay down
newspapers or table cloths to prevent a lot of
mess when students are making the sedimentary
rock cookie.
• Prepare Learners: The teacher will prepare
students to learn by guiding a discussion about
what they learned the previous day and use that
information to introduce the new topic.
• Provide a Learning Experience: The teacher will
be excited about the material so she might
inspire excitement in her students.

7. Require Learner Participation
• Students will be encouraged to ask questions
throughout the lesson. Students will also
participate by completing their WebQuest and
by engaging in the discussion at the beginning of
class and by taking turns adding “sediment”
(toppings) to our sedimentary rock cookie.

8. Evaluate and Revise
• Students will be evaluated based on the accuracy
and completion of their WebQuests
• Students will write a “two minute paper” at the
end of the lesson, describing for 2 minutes what
they learned