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DBUProfessionalEffectiveTeachingLessonPlan
TheDorothyM.BushCollegeOfEducationHasAdoptedThisFormatForLessonPlanningBecauseItProvidesA
FormatForPlanningEngaging,Rigorous,RelevantLessonsForStudents.
STANDARDS:ChooseAllOfTheDBU/InTASCAndSPA(SpecializedProfessionalStandards)ThisLessonPlan
Addresses.(NumberAndText)
Standards
VITALINFORMATION
Date
10/26/15
Subject(s)
Science,Technology
LessonTopic
AllAboutFrogs
Grade/Level
Grade3
Goal
112.14.Science,Grade3,BeginningwithSchoolYear20102011.
(b)Knowledgeandskills.
(10)Organismsandenvironments.Thestudentknowsthatorganismsundergosimilarlifeprocessesandhave
structuresthathelpthemsurvivewithintheirenvironments.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(C)investigateandcomparehowanimalsandplantsundergoaseriesoforderlychangesintheirdiverselifecycles
suchastomatoplants,FROGS,andladybugs.
126.7.TechnologyApplications,Grades35,BeginningwithSchoolYear20122013.
(b)Knowledgeandskills.
(4)Criticalthinking,problemsolving,anddecisionmaking.Thestudentresearchesandevaluatesprojectsusingdigital
toolsandresources.Thestudentisexpectedto:
(D)evaluatetechnologytoolsapplicableforsolvingproblems.
Objective(LearningOutcome)
Thestudentwillbeabletoexplainthelifecycleofafrog,performavirtualdissectionofafrog,andbeabletowritean
essayaboutthelifeoffrogs.
ValueandImportance
Itisimportanttoknowhoworganismsform,whattheyeat,andwheretheylivetounderstandtheworldandthe
creaturesthatshareitwithus.
MaterialsAndResources
MaterialsNeeded
computersfortheteacherandstudents,booktoread,worksheetaboutforglifecycle,pencils,markers
TeacherUseofTechnology
computerforfrogdissection
StudentUseofTechnology
Computersforthevirtualfrogdissection.
InstructionalMotivational
Strategies
computerwork,groupwork,playingwithaliveanimal
InstructionalStrategies
PriorKnowledgeNeeded
whatanimalsare,whatfrogsare,
AnticipatorySet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMrkcQ4eX_A
Iwillshowthisvideoaboutfrogsandthensurprisetheclassbybringinginapetfrogfortheday.Thestudentscansee
whatwearelearningaboutfirsthand.
Assessment(Checkfor
Understanding)
Thestudentswillhavetofilloutanexitticketwiththelifecycleoffrogsandthreefactsaboutfrogsthattheylearned
duringclass.
Thumbsupthroughoutthelessontocheckforunderstandingandtokeepallthestudentsontrack.
DirectTeach
Readthebook"frogs"byGailGibbons
ContentKnowledge
Lifecycle
Frogareadiverseandlargelycarnivorousgroupofshortbodied,taillessamphibianscomposingtheorderanura.
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Dissectionistheprocessofdisassemblingandobservingsomethingtodetermineitsinternalstructureandasanaidto
discerningthefunctionsandrelationshipsofitscomponents.
CriticalThinking
Dootheranimalsgothroughlifecycles?
Whatdoyouthinkitwouldbelikeifhumanswentthroughlifecycles?
Wouldyouwanttodoadissectiononarealfrog?Whyorwhynot?
Modeling
Iwillhavethelifecycleoffrogsalreadydrawnontheboard,wewillgooverthelifecycleasaclass,thenitwillbe
erased.
GuidedPractice
Wewillthenmoveontoonlinefrogdissectionsingroupsof3.Iwillshowtheclasshowtheonlinesiteworksandthen
movearoundthegroupsforanyfurtherneededhelp.
IndependentPractice
Thestudentswillhavetogohomeandresearchmoreaboutfrogsontheirownandbringbackonemorefactthatwas
notdiscussedinclass.
Modifications/Accommodations
forSpecialPopulatio
ELLstudentshelpwithbigwordsthattheymaynotknowyetlike"dissection"
GTstudentswouldhavetocompleteabigunitprojectaboutamphibians
Specialeducationstudentshelpwithcomputeruse,groupedwithGTstudentsongroupwork
Closure
Thestudentswillhavetofilloutanexitticketwiththelifecycleoffrogsandthreefactsaboutfrogsthattheylearned
duringclass.
WrittenReflections
ReflectionQuestions
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