BEYOND-THE-BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

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Name: Tori Dycus
Grade Level: 2
nd

Content Area: Life Science
Beyond the Basic Productivity Tool Used: Inspiration9
Standards Addressed:
S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different living organisms.
a. Determine the sequence of the life cycle of common animals in your area: a mammal such as a cat
or dog or classroom pet, a bird such as a chicken, an amphibian such as a frog, and an insect
such as a butterfly.

Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: On Inspiration9 the students will be learning about
life cycles. The page will display a pre-designed template of a 4 step life cycle and the students will be
given options to drag and fill into the diagram. Then the students will write a 1-2 sentence
description about the life cycle they chose to create.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This activity will fit into the exploration category on
the LoTi level because it only reaches understanding on Blooms levels, the instructional model is
direct instruction, and there is little emphasis on real world applications.
Description of the sample BBPT file provided *: On the Inspiration9 file I am providing there will
be a template that the students fill out.
Other comments about your proposed BBPT Activity: There are many ways to create diagrams
and templates such as the one I have provided, Inspiration9 just makes it look cleaner and neater and
possibly sometimes more legible.