TPACK Template

Subject Science

Grade Level Third Grade

Learning Objective 3.8 The student will investigate and understand basic patterns
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
and cycles occurring in nature. Key concepts include a) patterns
finish the activity. For this objective, of natural events such as day and night, seasonal changes,
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on.
simple phases of the moon, and tides; b) animal life cycles; and
You can find the SOLs at c) plant life cycles.
Content

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/
look on the right of the screen for the
subjects and go from there.

Activity Describe what the
learning activity will be. What will the
students and the teacher be doing?
(This includes what they are doing
with the technology).
Pedagogy
Teacher will present a Prezi presentation of the plant or animal
life cycle to the students.
 Identifying the specific stages of and parts of the
plants.
 Explain the essential needs of the life cycle (animals
need oxygen versus plants needing carbon dioxide)
 Then the students will be required to pick one of the
life cycles and create their own Prezi to present to the
class as SOL review.

 The students must explain the difference between the

plant and animal system

Technology Computer
Technology

Name of the device and/or programs

being used. (The description of what
Internet
the students will be doing with the Prezi.com
technology will be included in the
pedagogy/activity section).

Include the hyperlink here so your instructor can see what you have created.
Link to the example
product
Before you submit, delete the explanatory text (the text in small italics).