An artifact that I have completed that is representative of meeting the ACEI standard is my science lesson plan. The lesson plan is part of a unit plan and teaches students about energy with regards to calories. The lesson focuses on raising student awareness about calories, caloric intake, exposing unhealthy ingredients found in various snacks and beverages, and providing insights about investing daily caloric intake in foods that offer optimal nourishment.

The lesson includes various workshops instructed by a certified Nutritionist and a field trip to a convention sponsored by the Food Network in which students will partake in a taste testing comparing unhealthy foods, snacks, sweets, and beverages to healthy alternatives. In addition, students will be asked to track their dietary intake via a food journal and develop a detailed reflection about their experiences during the field trip.

In writing the lesson plan and reflecting upon a hypothetical enactment of the lesson plan, I learned about the many ways in which students can be engage in learning about one topic. I discovered that given no limitations and no time restrictions, teaching can and should expand far beyond the classroom.

My learning applies to the standard in the following ways:

• Candidates know, understand, and use fundamental concepts of physical, life, and earth/space sciences
• Candidates can design and implement age-appropriate inquiry lessons to teach science, to build student understanding for personal and social applications, and to convey the nature of science

Please take some time to view my attached Science Lesson Plan.