LESSON PLAN (Template) - DOC

							ED 101 Educational Technology Lab
Spring 08
Boston University – School of Education


                             LESSON PLAN
Your Name    Harjas      Supervising Nish Dagley
             Chilana     Teacher
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Grade/School 1 grade/Harrington Elementary School

Lesson title        Shelters             Content     Social Studies
                                         area
Time of                                  Duration of 30 min.
activities                               Lesson/Unit
   1. Content Area: My lesson will be covering first grade social studies.
   2. Topic: My lesson will be on the different shelter/habitats of different animals.
   3. Goals: I want my students to come away with the understanding of how each
      shelter differs for each animal (beavers, ants, rabbits, chipmunks, bees, birds,
      hermit crab) in location, structure, and function.
   4. Objectives:
       My students will be able to recite how beavers construct their lodges.
       My students will be able to explain what the function of a beehive is.
       My students will be able to locate what types of areas birds and chipmunks
          build their shelters in.
       My students will be able to explain what types of materials birds, beavers, and
          hermit crabs use to build their shelter.
       My students will be able to recite what predators the shelters protect an animal
          from.
       My students will be able to explain what the structure of a rabbit’s shelter is
          like.
   5. Technology, materials and aids: I will most likely be using one computer in the
      front of the room that is connected to a projector. The projector will project the
      website on a screen and I will control the website from the computer. Hopefully, I
      can find a pointer (laser or stick) to use during the lesson.
   6. Procedures/methods:
          a. Overview: My lesson will begin with a general introduction to shelters,
              then I will begin to get more specific by talking about certain animals and
              their shelters. Each animal will have their own page with images, so that
              student is able to visualize the shelter, and facts about the shelter. Some
              pages may have videos of animals and their shelter. Throughout the
   lesson, there will be activities (games, question, etc.) that will be used to
   reiterate what they have learned and to assess their level of understanding.
   The lesson will conclude by with an interactive and fun summary of what
   has been discussed in the lesson, a short quiz, and a question asking them
   to think about their own shelter that they live in.
b. Introduction: The lesson will begin with an explanation of what shelters
   are and what their basic functions are. Then I will introduce the animals
   that are on the website and, one by one, begin explaining about their
   shelters in more detail, but not too detailed because they are only first
   graders.
c. Activities:
     A. Lesson
           1. Introduction
                   a. Explain/Ask students
                           i. What are shelters?
                           ii. What can shelters be used for?
                   b. Segue into animals
                           i. Introduce which animals will be mentioned in
                               lesson
                           ii. “Today we will be talking about…”
           2. Specific Animals and their shelters
                   a. Go through each animal on website (beavers, ants,
                      rabbits, chipmunks, bees, birds, wombats, hermit crab)
                           i. Function
                           ii. Location
                           iii. Materials
                           iv. Construction
           3. Conclusion
                   a. Interactive (between me and students) summary of what
                      was learned
                           i. Maybe use of some questions; quiz
                   b. Critical thinking question: “Think about you own home,
                      can you think of any similarities between your house and
                      any of the shelters we talked about today? What about
                      differences?”
     B. Evaluation (throughout the lesson)
           1. Questions
                   a. What materials are used to make the shelter?
                   b. What predators do the shelter protect the animal from?
                   c. Where are the shelters built?
                   d. How do they build the shelter?
                   e. What are the functions of the shelter?
                   f. How does the shelter help the animal?
           2. Quiz
          d. Follow-up: I will suggest that the students the students consider their own
              shelter, their house, and think about whether they determine any
              similarities or differences between their house and any of the shelters
              discussed in the lesson.
   7. Technology Framework:
         1.1 Develop basic skills for using hardware and applications (e.g., open/close a
             file, navigate using scroll bars, arrow keys, special keys, and mouse).
         1.7 Collaborate with classmates to use teacher-selected Web sites.
         2.1 Follow classroom rules for responsible use of computers.
         2.4 Develop understanding of how the computer is a tool for learning.
   8. Assessment Plan: After the students have completely viewed the website, they
         should be able to differentiate between the different shelters of the animals
         presented, understand the function of them, and comprehend how they are
         made. Whether they have achieved these objectives or not will be assessed
         through the use of a quiz at the end, in addition, questions will be asked
         throughout the lesson (The questions used for this part will be the ones in the
         evaluation section above. The specifics of the questions depend on what
         animal is being discussed). Questions for the quiz that will be asked:
              1. Which of these animals does NOT live under ground?
                      a. ants
                      b. beavers
                      c. rabbits
                      d. chipmunks
              2. What are beaver shelters called?
                      a. dams
                      b. burrow
                      c. nest
                      d. lodge
              3. What is against the wall of a beehive?
                      a. plant resin
                      b. honeycombs
                      c. honey
                      d. none of the above
              4. Who usually makes the bird’s nest?
                      a. male only
                      b. female only
                      c. female most of the time, while the male help
                      d. male most of the time, while the female helps
              5. True or False: Hermit crabs make their own shelter.
                      a. false
                      b. true


Adapted from an assignment by Prof. T. Soefijanto