Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model Lesson Plans: Materials Selection

Unit Description:

FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in STEM areas, expand their vocabularies, and to promote reading and writing success.” Each model lesson includes materials based around reading, research, industry tours, and reflection through discussion and essay writing.

This lesson is part of a collection  of Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans.

Lesson Description:

This model lesson from FLATE focuses on material properties and asks students to think about how different materials affect the manufacturing process and vice versa. In considering these issues, students will: 1) Discover the properties of various materials, 2) Identify manufacturing processes used for differing materials, and 3) Analyze the effect various materials have on the manufacturing process. 

The completion of the lesson in full takes four 50-minute class periods. Resources available as part of this lesson include a Teacher Lesson Plan & Grading Rubric, a Teacher Lesson Guide Presentation, a Lesson Article, a Student Worksheet, and a Company Profile Worksheet.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with CIS Teacher Lesson MFG Day_Materials Selection.pdf, which offers a description of the lesson as well as an overview of topics covered and the intended audience.

Lesson Contents:

The Lesson Plan document includes lesson objectives and expectations, relevant Common Core standards, required materials and supplies, a detailed sequence for both teacher presentation and student completion of the lesson, and a grading rubric for the essay that serves as evidence of student achievement.

The PowerPoint presentation covers an introduction to choosing materials for manufacturing, basic vocabulary, directions for student activities and assignments, and class discussion questions. 

The article, titled “Materials Selection versus Manufacturing Process” covers the basics of the process of selecting materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. 

The five page Student Worksheet, designed to be used throughout the four day lesson, includes space for students to think critically both before and after reading the article, a page for directed note-taking, and space to compose their reflective essay.

The Company Profile worksheet guides students in finding information online to answer questions about a manufacturing company.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Materials Selection (5 files, 2.7MB)

• Materials Selection Lesson Plan (1_CIS Teacher Lesson MFG Day_Materials Selection.doc 1.9MB)
• Materials Selection Presentation (2_Materials Selection Process.pptx 431KB)
• Materials Selection versus Manufacturing Process Article (3_Article_Materials Selection vs Manufacturing Process.pdf 69KB)
• Materials Selection Student Worksheet (4_ Student Worksheet Materials Selection Questions and Essay.pdf 188KB)
• Company Profile (6_Company Profile Worksheet.pdf 65KB)