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Science lesson plan

Science lesson plan

Paper instructions:
Science supports the natural curiosity of young children. At an early age, all children have the capacity to observe, explore, and discover. When teaching science to young children, teachers should balance the use of formal educational opportunities for scientific discovery and exploration (e.g., designed classroom experiments with predetermined materials) with informal opportunities (e.g., allowing students to play with materials and observe their physical properties or letting students verbally describe their observations while walking or hiking in nature).

For this assignment, use the “COE Lesson Plan Template” to design a science lesson that integrates technology and one other content area (literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts). Collaborate with your mentor teacher to select an appropriate state science standard, so you can teach this lesson during your next clinical field experience.

Include the following in the indicated sections of the lesson plan template:

Lesson Summary and Focus: Describe how literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts will be integrated into developmentally appropriate science instruction .
State Learning Standards and Objectives: Select a science standard and ensure the objectives relate to the science and another content area’s (literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts) standards.
Academic Language: Include content-related, age appropriate vocabulary that engages students in applying methods of inquiry and standards of evidence .
Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how instruction will be differentiated to support students with language development delays or challenges .
Multiple Means of Engagement: How the lesson will incorporate technology and encourage students to understand, question, and analyze standards-based science content .
Multiple Means of Expression: Create developmentally appropriate assessments and explain how they align to the content-area standards and measure learning objectives.
Support your assignment with 3-5 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Lesson Summary and Focus:
This lesson will teach students about plant and animal adaptations through a read-aloud of the book “The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carle. Students will use iPads to research different plant and animal adaptations and create a digital presentation to share with the class.
State Learning Standards and Objectives:
Science Standard 2-LS2-2: Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
Literacy Standard: RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Objectives:
Students will be able to describe how seeds are dispersed.
Students will be able to identify an animal that helps disperse seeds and explain its role.
Students will be able to effectively communicate their understanding through a digital presentation.
Academic Language: adaptation, dispersal, pollination, plant, animal, seed
Multiple Means of Representation: The read-aloud and digital research caters to different learning styles. Pictures and videos used in the presentation help English language learners understand concepts.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Students will be actively engaged through the read-aloud, hands-on research, and presenting their findings. Using technology encourages curiosity and exploration of science concepts.
Multiple Means of Expression: Students’ digital presentations will be assessed based on inclusion of an adaptation example, accurate description of its dispersal or pollination role, and effective communication of ideas. Observations during research and presentation will also be used to check understanding.
Supporting sources:
Carle, E. (2007). The tiny seed. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
National Research Council. (2012). A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165.
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards for English language arts and literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects. Washington, DC: Authors.
Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

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