Assignment
Lesson Title: Butterflies
Assignment:
The
lesson plan will outline what the student should be learning and
how they are to portray that knowledge to the instructor.
Objective:
The
objective of this lesson is to teach students basic facts about
butterflies that they may not have known previous to this lesson.
Students are
also encouraged to persue their study of butterflies in a more
comprehensive study and then asked to portray thier learning in a
complete
package. The activities were aslo
designed in order to help the child better understand the material and
to encourage them to look beyond this
lesson and find even more facts
through other resources.
Preparation
for the Lesson:
By
including and emphasizing books on butterfies in the class library
students are introduced to the lesson and will already begin to become
familiar with some basic facts. A
short list of possible teacher resources, such as videos, books, and
websites, can be found in the "resource"
portion of this lesson.
Instruction:
Introduce the lesson by first either
reading a book about butterflies to the class or by watching a movie
about butterflies.
Post instrutions next to the
computer explaining how to get to this site and how to correctly
utilize the information providided. You may also
want to
give the class a short demonstration showing the information that is
posted.
Introduce the website by
showing the class the "Fun Facts" page and instructing them to read the
material carefully and to pay close attention
to the purple activities. Tell the
students that they are to completely the activities as they are
presented to the student and that they may do
their
research for the major activity but once finished they much return to
their desk to finish the drawing and writing portion of the activity in
order to allow other students to
completely the lesson.
Students may view the website in
apporpriate pairs but the assignments are to accomplished independantly
unless instructed differently.
While specified pair is on the
computer other students should also be engaed in activited to help them
learn about butterflies. These
alternative projects may consist of a short video, work
sheets, or artistic activities.
Maine Learning
Results:
This lesson is in alignment with the
state of Maine's Learning Results for Science and Technology for
elementary school learners.
