Discuss the role of the teacher and the learner in the selected lesson plans.
The role of the content-specific lesson plan is to get the student engaged in the scientific learning process. The objectives that are stated in the lesson plan are that the “The learner will state two critical attributes of liquids—taking the shape of containers and taking up space”—understanding these particular attributes of liquids is fundamentally important for the development of student understanding of the scientific process and of the properties of liquids as a type of matter (Appleton, 2006). Alternatively, the long-term objective of the role-play lesson plan is stated as, “The learner will participate in collaborative problem solving ...