Progress+Report


 * Curriculum Unit Project Progress Report **


 * Names: Hannah Liss, Adam Penney, Iesha Burns, Maggie Davis **


 * Topic: Cooking - In the Kitchen **


 * Date: 4-23-12 **

1. What did your group accomplish? Are you satisfied with the product?

We created a multi-subject curriculum unit plan on cooking. It covered physical science, chemistry, history, mathematics, and English. We were able to successfully tie in all the subject areas into a unit design which we feel students are familiar with and have a prior interest and knowledge in. We are very satisfied with our final product!

2. Comment on the cooperation and collaboration within your group. What worked well? Did you have any concerns? How did you address these?

We worked well together. The most difficult part was trying to get everybody's schedule in line. But, we made up for that with emails, texts, phone calls, and some meetings. The thing that worked the best for us, was that we were all devoted to the success of our individual unit. When you have four people who really want to see the project be a success, it makes the whole project so much more fun and partnering together easy.

3. Comment on the project itself and the process. What did you learn about curriculum planning? What challenges did it present for your group? How did you overcome these?

Curriculum planning is not the easiest thing, and it definitely takes a lot of hard work. I think we all wanted to be the captain of the ship because we all had such focused ideas on how we wanted to guide our individual lessons. What worked well is that we all got to be captains of the ship. :) When we explored our own lesson plans and combined them with each others, the whole unit planning purpose became clear. It is possible to teach science in a history class, history in an English class, and English in a mathematics class. We are all intertwined because we're all teaching the same topic. No topic is completely on an island alone, void of any other subjects' influence. It helped us understand how teaching across the curriculum can benefit the students and the teacher too. Curriculum planning is time consuming but so worth it. We each had a lot of fun and were eager for our teaching day. And, even though we wish we could have taught all of the lessons, it is gratifying knowing that we are all capable of creating something worthwhile, memorable, fun, and effective.