Name: Tiffany Darley
Mentor Teacher's Signature
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Date
Title of Lesson:
Head, Shoulders, Knees
& Toes
Primary Learning Outcome (PLO):
The primary learning outcomes to be achieved with this lesson include:
A. With teacher guidance students will be able to use the computer to research
information on the Internet.
Assessed QCC:
A. Grade: 5
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
13 Topic:
Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.
Materials and Equipment:
1. Paper for drawing
2. Crayons
3. Pencil & paper (to make notes for lesson plan assessment and reflections)
4. Modification of a lesson developed by Dr. Diane L. Judd
Technology Connection:
Technologies that will be used in this lesson include:
Procedures:
Step One: Introduction
Have a small group of students go to a computer. Explain to students
that you are going to use the computer to find out information about the human body. List 2 or more
questions that introduce students to the topic of the human body that establishes a connection to students'
prior knowledge by asking them: "Have you ever studied
the human body?" "Can you tell me something that you know about the
human body?" Today we are going to learn about the human body by visiting websites on the Internet
and we will do a fun activity to learn more about the
human body. I have made
a special body page
for your class. (During discussion have students turn around away from
the computer to interact.)
Estimated Time for Step One:
5 minutes
Step Two Teaching the Primary Learning Outcomes:
(Have students sit at the computer where they can control the mouse
and computer.) (Explain to students the process of the lesson.)
After we visit several websites about the human body you will pretend to be on an assignment for
some special doctors. You will take a tour of the human body and report on
two body parts. You will return from your tour with two drawings of
the body parts that you chose and information about what that body part does.
Check for understanding
Have students explore and discuss the information in each of the 3 or 4
pre-selected websites. Ask students guiding questions about the important
concepts in each of the visited websites. (Save "Kidshealth and MEDtropolis" website to use in Mission
Project.) List three or more questions.
1. What did you learn about the brain?
2. What is one function of the stomach?
3. How many bones does the human body have?
Practice and feedback related to the PLO
Read mission project to students. Explain to students that they are
going to be on a special
assignment for some doctors. Discuss with them that doctors not only
help sick people but that they have to research information about the body.
Tell the students that the information that they will need to complete
their mission project is listed and connected in the mission
activity. Visit website for information for mission project, "Head, Shoulder, Knees & Toes." Discuss
the information in the linked website in the mission activity with the students
to emphasize interesting and important information students will need to complete
mission project.
[Students will write (or dictate to teacher) information to be included
in the articles and draw pictures for the mission
project. While students are completing mission project, teacher will observe students and give assistance when needed.]
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Mission Project
Congratulations! You have been chosen
by the top doctors from around the world to do a very special assignment.
The doctors need some special help touring the human body. They need
you to take a tour of the human body and come back with information about
two parts of the body that you saw. When you come back you need to be
able to tell us about the body part and what that body part does. Also
you need to have two drawings of the body part that you chose. Have
FUN!!Mission Steps
2. Take notes about what two body parts you want to report on. 3. You will visit this website to help you find information about the two body parts that you chose. 4. You need to draw the two body parts that you chose. 5. Give your report to your teacher so she can publish them on the internet. |
Step Three
Closure:
Have students discuss their mission project of their chosen body parts, pictures and information
they found on the Internet about the human body.
Tell students that your topicquest page is on the Internet and they can
visit the website at school or home to learn more about the human body. Explain to students that you
are going to put their paragraphs
and pictures on the Internet and they will be able to share
their mission projects with their friends and family. (If possible
teacher should take brief notes during the lesson and concluding
discussions to be added later to the assessment and reflections in lesson
plan.)
Estimated Time for Step Three:
5 minutes
Assessment:
A. Technology Integration
Student will be assessed through observation while using the computer with
teacher guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Satisfactory: Student is able to use the computer with teacher guidance
to do research and find information for the mission project.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to use the computer with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Accommodation:
Links for
Accommodations for Special Students
1. Select one of your students that needs special
attention. Describe the student in your class with special needs. (Do
not use the student's real name. You could refer to the student as
"the special student.") Describe your
student and his or her needs. Summer Session
2. List the specific URL address of one Internet resource website, where you found information to assist you to work with your special needs student. Information for assisting special students: Links for Accommodations for Special Students or you can do a search. List the specific URL information for your special student. Be sure it links. Summer Session
3. Explain what you would add to this lesson plan to accommodate your special student? Explain what you would add to this lesson to accommodate your special student. Summer Session
Reflections: (For Electronic Portfolio Standard #1 Knowledge of
Subject Matter)
1. a. Describe and give examples of how your TopicQuest
lesson created learning experiences and activities that made subject matter
meaningful for your students.
* This lesson was meaningful for my students because they picked the
topic that they wanted to learn about. It was also meaningful to the
students because they had to go on a mission. They were pretending
to be doctors who had to go on a tour of the human body and bring back information
on two body parts. This allowed the kids to more imaginative than they
would have been with a normal assignment out of the textbook
b. Describe and give examples
of how your TopicQuest lesson illustrated your understanding of content
and tools of inquiry.
* I had knowledge of this subject area so I knew what
I wanted my students to research. By knowing about this subject I was
able to use various search engines to locate the websites that my students
used.
c. Describe and give examples
of how students were engaged in learning and responded during your lesson.
* They were very into the assignment. One of my students told
me that she didn't know she had so many things inside her. I knew that
they were engaged in the assignment because when I ask them the check for
understanding question they could answer them.
2. Describe and give examples of how the students achieved the
assessment of your lesson. Give the achievement level (satisfactory or unsatisfactory)
for each assessment for each of your students.
A. Technology Integration:
Student assessed through observation while using the computer with teacher
guidance to do research and find information for the mission project.
Student One: Satisfactory: The
student was able to draw and write a paragraph about two body parts.
Student Two: Satisfactory:
The student was able to draw and write a paragraph about two body parts.
3. Describe what you would do differently
and why if you taught this lesson again
* If I had to teach this lesson again I would do it with both students
at the same time. This activity, due to the amount of research, takes
a long time so I think this would be a good activity to do with a partner.
I would also only ask the students to research on one body part. However,
I would ask them to supply more information.
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Description of Student's Work |
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This fifth grade student chose to report on the heart and the spine.
Here is the paragraphs that she wrote. HEART: "The heart is a muscle. It is about
the size of your fist. The heart is important of what it does. It
sends blood around your body. It also carries away wastes that your
body does not need.
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This fifth grade student chose to report on the stomach and the small intestines. Here is the paragraph that he wrote. Stomach: The stomach is attached to the esophagus. The stomach has many important job. It stores food that you have breaks down the food into a liquid mixture and empties this liquid into the small intestines. The stomach breaks down food into smaller pieces. It also kills bacteria. Small Intestines: The small intestines is a tube that is packed beneath your stomach. It is very long. The small intestines breaks down what comes from your stomach even more. It absorbs vitamins. When the food leaves the small intestine it goes to the liver or large intestines. |