Iris Illumination Sensation!

Category	Learning Goal	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
Deeper Learning Competencies	Self Directed Learning	I can ask questions about how my eyes adjust to light and write down what I notice at each station in the Light Maze I use my notes and feedback from my teacher and classmates to improve my observations and make my poster and story more interesting and clear	I can use feedback from my teacher and friends to make my poster and story better I can explain how my eyes work with light and ask questions if I need help while doing my project	I can use feedback from my teacher and classmates to make my project better and make sure I'm on the right track I pay attention to what others say about my work and use their ideas to improve my poster and story I check my own work to see how I can make it clearer and more interesting for the Vision Quest gallery walk	I can independently use feedback from my teacher and classmates to improve my work, making sure my interactive poster and story include all the important details about how light affects the eye I can confidently share my ideas with others during the gallery walk and answer questions about my project
Deeper Learning Competencies	Academic Mindset	I can recognize that my ideas and observations matter and contribute to our class discussions I understand how my questions about the eye and light help me and my classmates learn more, and I feel proud to share what I notice during our light maze exploration	I can explain how light affects my vision and describe my observations using examples from the Light Maze I can tell a simple story about how light travels into the eye, using some of the new words I've learned I can talk to others about my poster and answer some questions about how the eye works	I can confidently explain how different lighting conditions affect my vision and describe how my eye adjusts I can share my thoughts and ideas about what I learned with others during the gallery walk, showing that I understand how light and vision are connected	I can confidently share my work and explain how the eye works with light to anyone who visits our gallery walk I understand how different lighting affects what I see and can tell stories about light and vision using scientific words I feel proud of my learning and enjoy helping others understand what I know
Deeper Learning Competencies	Critical Thinking & Problem Solving	I can ask questions about how light affects my eyes and make guesses about what will happen I try different ways to see what happens when the light changes, and I write down what I notice I can explain what I learned by showing people my poster and talking about how light goes into the eye	I can use information I learned about how light affects vision to make predictions and ask questions I can explain some of my ideas about why our eyes change in different light settings, and I can share my thoughts with my classmates and teachers	I can explain how light affects my eyes by creating a story or comic strip that uses scientific words correctly I can show how the iris changes when light enters the eye using my interactive poster I can also talk about my observations and answer questions during our Vision Quest gallery walk	I can confidently explore and explain how my eyes adjust to different lighting conditions by using my observations to make predictions and ask new questions I can create an interactive poster and a story that clearly show how light enters the eye and how the iris responds, using scientific words During the gallery walk, I can guide visitors through my Light Maze, answer their questions, and share what I learned about vision with excitement and clarity
Deeper Learning Competencies	Content Expertise	I can identify the basic parts of the eye, like the iris and pupil, and explain how they help me see better in different lighting conditions I can use simple words and drawings to show what happens when light enters my eye	I can explain the basic parts of the eye, like the iris, and show how they help us see different lights I can use my interactive poster to describe how light affects the eye and share what I learned with others during our gallery walk	I can explain how light enters the eye and affects the iris, using my interactive poster to show what happens I can share my knowledge by telling a story or comic strip about light's journey into the eye, using words like "pupil" and "iris" correctly During the gallery walk, I can answer questions and talk about what I learned with my classmates and visitors	I can clearly explain how light travels into the eye and how the iris helps control the amount of light entering it I can create an interactive poster that shows this process using flaps or sliders, and I can use scientific words to describe what happens During the Vision Quest gallery walk, I can confidently answer questions and engage visitors by sharing what I learned and observed in the Light Maze
Deeper Learning Competencies	Effective Communication	I can share my ideas clearly by explaining how the eye changes when light is bright or dim, using words and pictures on my poster I can answer questions from visitors about my work during the gallery walk, showing what I know about how the eye works	I can explain how light enters the eye and how the iris responds using my interactive poster, and I can answer questions from visitors about my work, using some scientific vocabulary and examples from my observations	I can confidently explain how light affects my eyes and how the iris changes in different lighting I use scientific words to share my ideas clearly with others, and I answer questions about my interactive poster and story during the Vision Quest gallery walk	I can confidently explain how light interacts with the eye by using my interactive poster to show how the iris works I can share my story or comic strip about light's journey with scientific words and answer questions from visitors during the gallery walk

Deeper Learning Competencies

Self Directed Learning

I can ask questions about how my eyes adjust to light and write down what I notice at each station in the Light Maze
I use my notes and feedback from my teacher and classmates to improve my observations and make my poster and story more interesting and clear

I can use feedback from my teacher and friends to make my poster and story better
I can explain how my eyes work with light and ask questions if I need help while doing my project

I can use feedback from my teacher and classmates to make my project better and make sure I'm on the right track
I pay attention to what others say about my work and use their ideas to improve my poster and story
I check my own work to see how I can make it clearer and more interesting for the Vision Quest gallery walk

I can independently use feedback from my teacher and classmates to improve my work, making sure my interactive poster and story include all the important details about how light affects the eye
I can confidently share my ideas with others during the gallery walk and answer questions about my project

Deeper Learning Competencies

Academic Mindset

I can recognize that my ideas and observations matter and contribute to our class discussions
I understand how my questions about the eye and light help me and my classmates learn more, and I feel proud to share what I notice during our light maze exploration

I can explain how light affects my vision and describe my observations using examples from the Light Maze
I can tell a simple story about how light travels into the eye, using some of the new words I've learned
I can talk to others about my poster and answer some questions about how the eye works

I can confidently explain how different lighting conditions affect my vision and describe how my eye adjusts
I can share my thoughts and ideas about what I learned with others during the gallery walk, showing that I understand how light and vision are connected

I can confidently share my work and explain how the eye works with light to anyone who visits our gallery walk
I understand how different lighting affects what I see and can tell stories about light and vision using scientific words
I feel proud of my learning and enjoy helping others understand what I know

Deeper Learning Competencies

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

I can ask questions about how light affects my eyes and make guesses about what will happen
I try different ways to see what happens when the light changes, and I write down what I notice
I can explain what I learned by showing people my poster and talking about how light goes into the eye

I can use information I learned about how light affects vision to make predictions and ask questions
I can explain some of my ideas about why our eyes change in different light settings, and I can share my thoughts with my classmates and teachers

I can explain how light affects my eyes by creating a story or comic strip that uses scientific words correctly
I can show how the iris changes when light enters the eye using my interactive poster
I can also talk about my observations and answer questions during our Vision Quest gallery walk

I can confidently explore and explain how my eyes adjust to different lighting conditions by using my observations to make predictions and ask new questions
I can create an interactive poster and a story that clearly show how light enters the eye and how the iris responds, using scientific words
During the gallery walk, I can guide visitors through my Light Maze, answer their questions, and share what I learned about vision with excitement and clarity

Deeper Learning Competencies

Content Expertise

I can identify the basic parts of the eye, like the iris and pupil, and explain how they help me see better in different lighting conditions
I can use simple words and drawings to show what happens when light enters my eye

I can explain the basic parts of the eye, like the iris, and show how they help us see different lights
I can use my interactive poster to describe how light affects the eye and share what I learned with others during our gallery walk

I can explain how light enters the eye and affects the iris, using my interactive poster to show what happens
I can share my knowledge by telling a story or comic strip about light's journey into the eye, using words like "pupil" and "iris" correctly
During the gallery walk, I can answer questions and talk about what I learned with my classmates and visitors

I can clearly explain how light travels into the eye and how the iris helps control the amount of light entering it
I can create an interactive poster that shows this process using flaps or sliders, and I can use scientific words to describe what happens
During the Vision Quest gallery walk, I can confidently answer questions and engage visitors by sharing what I learned and observed in the Light Maze

Deeper Learning Competencies

Effective Communication

I can share my ideas clearly by explaining how the eye changes when light is bright or dim, using words and pictures on my poster
I can answer questions from visitors about my work during the gallery walk, showing what I know about how the eye works

I can explain how light enters the eye and how the iris responds using my interactive poster, and I can answer questions from visitors about my work, using some scientific vocabulary and examples from my observations

I can confidently explain how light affects my eyes and how the iris changes in different lighting
I use scientific words to share my ideas clearly with others, and I answer questions about my interactive poster and story during the Vision Quest gallery walk

I can confidently explain how light interacts with the eye by using my interactive poster to show how the iris works
I can share my story or comic strip about light's journey with scientific words and answer questions from visitors during the gallery walk