Assignment+2


 * Socratic Seminar Planning Template **

e.g., scaffold your questions, ask question that promote higher level thinking || **1. Should vending machines be in schools?**
 * **Curriculum topic/unit/grade** || **Grade 7**
 * Health** ||
 * **What is the purpose of the Socratic Seminar? What are your goals?** || **The purpose of the seminar is for students to think about the advantages and disadvantages to having vending machines in schools.**
 * Students should be able to generate their own questions in response to what they have read and respond to others.** ||
 * **Keeping in mind the qualities of good questions*, what question(s) will you ask to begin your seminar?**


 * 2. What are the pros and cons to having vending machines in schools?

3. What should vending machines be stocked with?** ||
 * **What additional questions will you ask?** || **1. Are age groups of student’s important?**


 * 2. What kinds of foods should be in vending machines?**


 * 3. How do vending machines help** **//__schools__//** **and students?** ||
 * **What resources will you include in your Seminar?** || **1.** __http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35299173/__

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 * **What questions did YOU wrestle with as you developed your Socratic Seminar??** || **Does the vending machine promote unhealthy eating? How does having vending machines help the school?** ||

Topic:** Vending Machines in Schools 1. To raise questions that students will research and report back to classmates, and to encourage students to create their own questions. 2. For students to think about the advantages and disadvantages to having vending machines in schools. 3. Students will be able to discuss and define what is healthy and nutritional for growing bodies. 1. Online article from msnbc http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35299173/ 2. A healthy food pyramid and an unhealthy food pyramid healthy food pyramid" class="wiki_link_ext">[|healthy food pyramid] ist2_3460702-junk-food-pyramid" class="wiki_link_ext">[|ist2_3460702-junk-food-pyramid] 3. Two periodical articles On the day before the seminar, the students will receive the two articles, (one from msnbc and the other ). The students will be asked to highlight key areas they would like to discuss, and to write down any questions they feel would be helpful for adding to the discussion. On the day of the seminar, the two pictures of the healthy and unhealthy food pyramid will be displayed on the smartboard. The students will be given time to study the two pictures and to write down key ideas or comments they would like to make during the socratic seminar. Should snack food and drink vending machines be in schools? 1. What kinds of foods should be in vending machines? 2. How do vending machines help schools and students? 3. Are the age groups of students using vending machines important? 4. What are the pros and cons to having vending machines in schools? 5. Do vending machines affect childhood obesity or students making unhealthy choices? What is the role of the school and helping students to make healthy choices? Students will self-assess by writing whether they think vending machines should be in school and what should be inside of them.
 * 7th Grade Socratic Seminar: Health
 * Goals of the Seminar:**
 * Documents:**
 * Pre-Seminar Activitites:**
 * Socaratic Seminar Questions:**
 * Opening Question:**
 * Core Questions:**
 * Closing Question:**
 * Assessment:**