School: Susitna Elementary Grade Level: 4 # of Students: 29
Date & Time of Lesson: Oct. 23, 2018 Length of Lesson: (day or days) 20 minutes Topic of Lesson: Jane Goodall Content Area: Science/Technology Materials: Include all materials including types of technology used: Projector, internet, graphic organizer
Alaska Content Standard: (One standard for the lesson)
C. Life Science 2. Students should develop an understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of organisms.
Transfer Goal(s) - Unpacked Standard (Transferability)
Students should understand how diverse and complex life on earth is and should develop an appreciation for animal and plant life.
STAGE ONE: Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings (Meaning)
Enduring Understanding(s) : (1 or 2 are Essential Questions to be Considered: (As sufficient) related to Enduring Understandings…) (1 or 2 are Students will understand that…. these are the BIG sufficient) ones! Scientist can make a difference not just by How did Jane Goodall’s work with the chimps learning more about the world, but by exposing change how people looked at Great Apes? information that changes how people think about things.
STAGE ONE: STAGE TWO:
Objectives/Learning Targets (Acquisition) Assessments/Acceptable Evidence Of Learning Knowledge and Skills: What knowledge and Sources of Evidence: Formative, Summative, skills related to content and/or content and/or Performance? language should students know and be able to do by the end of the lesson? Graphic Organizer-formative
Students should know that Jane Goodall
discovered that chimps used tools.
Students should be able to identify that using
tools was an activity that was previously thought to be specific to humans.
Students should be able to identify main ideas
and details. STAGE THREE: Learning for Understanding: Instructional Activities, Products, and Strategies Pre-Requisites: What is the prior knowledge/learning students have to have before starting this lesson? Students should have a background in Animal Intelligence from the previous unit. They have been reading about chimpanzees, gorillas, and other intelligent animals for the last two weeks. They are also familiar with identifying main ideas and details and this should be a review for them.
Overview/Introduction/Main Hook (Make a connection with students’ backgrounds and/or prior
learning using an authentic situation to start them thinking about the objectives and the essential question the lesson addresses.) Brain Pop Video: https://www.brainpop.com/science/famousscientists/janegoodall/
Process: Teacher Does/Student Product(s): Specific Strategies for
Does… Assessment/Evidence of supporting diverse learner Learning. skills and abilities throughout the lesson Teacher shows video on Graphic Organizer Visual and auditory overhead and displays Graphic elements Organizer on overhead to fill out Physical element – graphic via Google docs. Teacher and organizer students collaboratively fill in Main idea and 2 details. Group and individual work
Students complete detail #3 on Skills are pre-taught
their own. Closure: Review students’ organizers. Have students share details that they thought were interesting. Briefly discuss how watching the video was different from reading about Jane Goodall in their science readers. What do they think?
Considerations prior to the lesson:
What is the objective of the lesson? How will you know if the students have met the objective? What provisions are you making for faster and slower learners? How do you integrate local knowledge and cultural content? How do you use (or not use) technology wisely? How does this lesson fit into the overall curriculum? Have you changed the lesson plan at all?
Questions for reflection after the lesson:
How did the lesson go? Did the students meet the objective? How do you know? Were there any unexpected events? How effectively did you respond? Comment on one student who did particularly well and one who did not meet your expectations. Why did this happen? What can you do to follow up with the student who did not do well? Are there any changes you would make in this lesson if you could do it again? Why?