MultiMedia Tools: Video

Lesson Idea Name: Water Cycle

Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): 4th

Content Standard Addressed: S4E3: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to

demonstrate the water cycle.

Technology Standard Addressed: Knowledge/3

Selected Technology Tool:

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

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

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

Levels of Technology Integration:

☒ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice
or Choice” during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☐ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is
student-driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and
determining the technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes
more of a facilitator.
☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student
work and promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s
morning newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) : The technology tool I selected for this lesson will support
all students. This lesson plan uses a free online website called iMovie. iMove allows you to insert
videos, pictures, and sound in your own creative way. This video allows students to build an
understanding of the water cycle. This lesson will enhance students interests by providing learners
with pictures and videos. This lesson is also composed of multimedia such as text, speech, film and
music.

Lesson idea implementation: The lesson will explore the water cycle using an online application
called iMovie which allows users to insert videos, pictures, and sound in your own creative way. The
standard that is addressed is S4E3: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to demonstrate the
water cycle. Students will Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in
charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain
how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
SBooker, 2020
 MultiMedia Tools: Video

The lesson will be introduced with a visual of the water cycle. There will be descriptions of what
happens during each step. Then students will watch the video provided and then match the correct
description to its part of the cycle. This activity should take no more than 10 minutes. Students will be
assessed based upon a KWL chart prior to the lesson and then concluding the lesson. To further
extend this lesson, students can create a diagram of their own water cycle and take us through the
steps.

Importance of technology: Using multimedia tools like this is important to the lesson plan because it
provides students with a foundation before advancing to the more complex part of the lesson. This
project uses technology to help engage learners instead of having them listen to the teacher speak the
whole time. Instead of listening to the teacher, they are presented with visuals to help them
comprehend the information. This multimedia tool uses images, video, and sound to help educate the
learners.

Inspiration (optional): I loved the video I included ftom http://www.discovereducation.com . This

helped me in creating my video by adding more visuals and information to start of the video.

Internet Safety and Student Privacy: While implementing this learning experience, students are
exposed to the internet which could lead to them posting their private information. To ensure that this
does not happen, I have made sure to educate all my students and their parents on internet safety
rules and will be monitoring them on all that they do.
Reflective Practice: After designing my lesson, I feel as if the activity will positively impact students
by keeping them engaged while also learning the steps of the water cycle. Students process the
information through visuals and sounds which allows them to stay entertained. Students could test
their knowledge on the learned information by putting the steps of the water cycle in order.

SBooker, 2020