Lesson Plan Template

EDTECH 575
Your Name: Rachel Gensburg
Lesson Title: Animal Kingdom Characteristics
Introduction: Classification within the Animal Kingdom is built on relationshis and man!
times students ha"e a difficult time seeing these relationshis in the linear fashion the
h!lums are taught# The creation of an Access database will allow students to disco"er the
relationshis that are resent in the animal $ingdom# This lesson is ro%ect based# The
students will send most of the time wor$ing indi"iduall!& but can ha"e teacher assistance
when needed#
Grade or Age Level of Student(s): 'tudents in ((
th
or ()
th
grade *oolog!& +iolog! ,,& or
uer le"el +iolog! courses#
Obectives: 'tudents will:
-ocate information for fift! animals using the ,nternet and te.tboo$s#
/se rior $nowledge to determine aroriate terminolog! for database#
,nut located information into the roer field in the Animal ,nformation
Database#
Determine relationshis based on information#
0resent information disco"ered to the class#
Standards Addressed:
1hio Academic 'cience Content 'tandard: 'cientific 2a!s of Knowing& +enchmar$ A& Grade
((& 3umber (& Anal!4e a set of data to deri"e a h!othesis and al! that h!othesis to
similar henomena#
1hio Academic 'cience Content 'tandard: -ife 'cience& +enchmar$ E& Grade (5& number
()& Describe that biological classification reresents how organisms are related with secies
being the most fundamental unit of the classification s!stem# Relate how biologists arrange
organisms into hierarch! of grous and subgrous based on similarities and differences that
reflect their e"olutionar! relationshis#
Timeline: The lessons will ta$e eight da!s or aro.imatel! 6#5hours# This amount of time
can be ad%usted based on the number of records students are to comlete#
!aterials" 'tudents will need access to 7icrosoft Access& the ,nternet& and their
biolog!84oolog! te.tboo$#
'tudents will also need the following documents#
9ocabular! Re"iew
'tudent Handout :,ncludes direction and ;uestions#<
Database
'amle 'tudent Database :=or teacher use onl! to show an e.amle#<
Rubric for Assessment
Grouping Strategies" The student to comuter ratio is (:(# All students will ha"e access
to a comuter with 7icrosoft Access and the ,nternet#
Learning Activities"
Da! (:
Toda! the lesson will be introduced to the students# This includes going o"er the
student directions on the handout# Toda! the students will also ta$e the class eriod to
re"iew the recommended "ocabular!# Aroriate "ocabular! is necessar! for the lesson as
well as a good database# 'tudents should loo$ an! terms or words the! do not remember or
are not familiar with#
Da! ):
Toda! is the first da! for the students to be in the comuter lab# Each student will
ha"e access to a comuter with 7icrosoft Access and the ,nternet# =irst students will
download a co! of the database from 7rs# Gensburg>s website then sa"e a co! of the fill
to their folder on the networ$# 'tudents are to begin searching for data to fill their
database# Each student should begin with the recommended ten animals :these can be
comleted in an! order#< After doing the first ten animals students must find data for fort!
other animals# The! secific animals are u to each student ro"ided the! ha"e at least two
from each re;uired categor! :see student handout<#
Da! ?:
'ame as Da! )
Da! @:
'ame as Da! )
Da! 5:
'ame as Da! )& but students will run ;ueries to answer the ;uestions on the student
wor$sheet#
Da! 6:
'tudents will comlete ;ueries to answer the ;uestions on the student wor$sheet#
Da! 7:
'tudents must create a "isual resentation for the class# This could be a 0ower0oint file&
'7ART 3oteboo$ file& or another reAaro"ed file t!e# These resentations should oint
out the main relationshis the! disco"ered in their ro%ect#
Da! B:
'tudents will resent their "isual resentation to the class#
#iversit$" 'tudents on an ,E0 who need a reduced assignment will comlete less animal
records# The number will be determined on an indi"idual basis& but it will be in increments of
5#
Assessment" There is a rubric to assess the database& resentation& and "isual
:0ower0oint& etc<# The ;uestions in the student handout will also be graded# There is one
oint for the !es or no answer# The wh! or wh! not art of the ;uestion is worth three
oints# Then each field to be filled in from the database is worth one oint# =or e.amle
;uestion one is worth nineteen oints#
%eferences" This lesson was built using facts from the ,nternet to comlete the database#
The facts are a"ailable on man! sites# The rubric was created with Rubistar#
htt:88rubistar#@teachers#org8inde.#h