TPACK Template

Subject Science

Grade Level 2

Learning Objective 2.4 The student will investigate and understand that
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
plants and animals undergo a series of orderly
finish the activity. For this objective, changes as they mature and grow. Key concepts
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on. include
You can find the SOLs at
a) animal life cycles; and
Content

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

In this interactive white board activity, the children will touch the board to drag
pictures in order and label them to learn about the life cycle of plants and animals
Pedagogy Planning

For example: In this interactive white board activity, the children will touch the board
to move and sort authors by time period and learn about literary genres.

Activity
1. As a warm-up, the teacher and students will discuss
as a class what we already know about the life
cycles of plants and animals.
2. The activity we will be doing includes fill in the
blanks, labeling, and putting pictures in order for the
life cycles of a butterfly, tadpoles, and plants.
3. The activity begins with a fill in the blank of the life
cycle of a butterfly. 2 Students at a time will go up
to the SMART board and complete this slide.
4. After the slide is completed by the students, the
teacher will then go over the slide with the class.
5. 2 more students will go up to the SMART board and
complete the next slides.
6. Following the butterfly is the life cycle of a tadpole
and plants.
7. The same steps 3-5 will be conducted for both
tadpoles and plants.
8. As a wrap-up activity, students will complete a
crossword puzzle containing facts that we discussed
in class.
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