Measuring Volcano Eruptions

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Lesson Title: Measuring volcano eruptions

Describe the classroom environment (location, environment, class size, range of academic levels special needs, home language Math/Science, 6th grade, 20 students
There is a cultural diversity in my class; Caucasian, Hispanic, African American, Asian. In the class 80% of the students get free lunch 15% gets reduced lunch and of the free lunch 75% live in a one parent home. As for the reduced lunch 12% live in a one parent home. Students have good attention spans and a lot of work I will chunk. The work will be broken up and not all taught at one time.3- Special education – one blind, English language learners
There is a Paraprofessional in the classroom to assist the 5 students who scored below

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