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Lesson Idea Name: Invertebrates vs. Vertebrates

Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): 5th

Content Standard Addressed: S5L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to group organisms
using scientific classification procedures.

Technology Standard Addressed: 3 – Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: Bubbl.us

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bubbl.us
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/invertebrates/
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/vertebrates/

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☒ Level 3: Infusion ☐ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Students are free to design their graphic organizers however they wish. Visually laying out the information on
Bubbl.us can help support visual learners. Students can review the instructional video on BrainPOP as many
times as needed to support their learning as they work through the assignments. Closed captioning is
available on BrainPOP to support students who are hearing impaired. English language learners can view the
videos with captioning and they have access to academic vocabulary cards within the BrainPOP software.

Lesson idea implementation:

Students will view BrainPOP video on the invertebrates as a whole class. The whole class will have a group
discussion on invertebrates and then the whole class with take the BrainPOP quiz together. The teacher will
call on one student to share what they think the answer is and then the teacher will click it. The entire class
will be able to view the quiz as it is projected onto the SMARTboard.

Then, students will view BrainPOP video on the vertebrates as a whole class and after discussing, the whole
class will take the BrainPOP quiz on vertebrates together.

The teacher will then have each student log onto Bubbl.us on their own individual laptop. The teacher will
instruct students that they should create a graphic organizer showing the classification of invertebrates and
vertebrates. Students should include subcategories of each type and also list characteristics of each
subcategory. Student should also include examples of animals that fall under each category. Students can

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choose how they organize and design their charts. Students can go back and watch the BrainPOP videos as
many times as needed to get information for their graphic organizer. Students can also use other sources if
desired.

Students will be provided with guidelines and a rubric to reference as they work. Students will share their
completed charts with their shoulder partner at their tables and then students will submit their graphic
organizers to the teacher for assessment and feedback. Students will also be able to save and upload their
graphic organizers online so that other peers and parents can view their work. Students can review their
charts and use them as a study guide for the unit’s summative assessment.

Reflective Practice:
I think that allowing students the design and create their own graphic organizer, using formatting and
examples of their own choosing would increase the students’ interest in the assignment. Students will learn
more by having to create their own graphic organizer than if the teacher simply made one and gave it to the
students to study from. Students could work on the assignment outside of class if they and Internet access.
Students can also review the video and learning materials as many times as needed. Students can also use
sources of their own.

The graphic organizers that student create can be used to help them study for a summative knowledge
assessment for the unit of science on classification. Students could also create graphic organizers to show
how to classify animals by kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus and species.

BrainPOP also offers videos on many subclassification of vertebrates and invertebrates such as amphibians,
birds, and mollusks. I could show these videos in class to support student learning and understanding. I could
also assign these videos to students to watch during center time. I could also have them complete the quizzes
or activities on BrainPOP that correspond with each.

I could also create a SMART presentation that requires student to drag a picture of an animal into the correct
classification. I could start by having students have to sort them by invertebrates and vertebrates and then
increase the difficulty by having students sort them by subcategories. Students could do this activity during
center time as well.

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