EDUC 2220 Lesson Plan Template.docx
EDUC 2220- Educational Technology Lesson Plan Template
Bugs and Technology Jessica ClarkPreschool: Science Plan
Common Core Standards:
Domain: Cognition and General Knowledge
Strand: Science Inquiry and Application
Topic: Inquiry
Explore objects, materials, and events in the environment.
Domain: Cognition and General Knowledge
Strand: Science Inquiry and Application
Topic: Inquiry
Describe, compare, sort, classify, and order
Domain: Language and Literacy Development
Strand: Listening and Speaking
Topic: Receptive Language and Comprehension
Follow two-step directions or requests
Lesson Summary:This lesson is designed to get children more
interested in using different types of technology around the
classroom. With preschool, STEM (science, technology, engineering,
and math) defines technology as any tool; such as a magnifying
glass. While I will use those types of technology in my plan, I
also have incorporated other various types of technology that the
children will see more once they are in grade school. This lesson
entails the use of technology for matching, sorting, following
directions, and working a computer.
Estimated Duration:This lesson plan will be broken into 20
minute intervals where the children will participate in these
activities during small groups for the duration of one week.
Commentary: My approach to the lesson will be to set one
specific technology activity out each day to let the children
freely explore it and figure out how to use it. One challenge I
anticipate is children arguing over tools.
My students are already interested in bugs so having a topic
that interests them, along with new materials set out I feel like
it will be easy to get them hooked in.
Instructional Procedures:
Day 1:
First 5 minutes: Introductory Activity- The students will be
shown a magnifying glass and be asked what they think it could be
used for.
Next 15 minutes: After the children have seen and explored the
magnifying glasses, they will be asked to draw what they have seen
on the drawing pad on the iPads. This will be the one technology
activity out among the other educational activities. Day 2:First 5
minutes: Introductory Activity- The students will first be able to
explore on the SmartBoard by touching it, drawing lines, and
learning about how to navigate it.
Next 15 minutes: After the children know how to work and
navigate the SmartBoard, the teacher will pull up the document with
the bug pictures on it for the children to match. They will match
them by using the SmartBoard to draw lines and connect the
corresponding pictures.
Day 3:
First 5 minutes: Introductory Activity- The students will be
shown the Bug Catcher Avatar who tell different facts about
bugsNext 15 minutes: Students will be able to continue watching the
avatar and there will also be books on bugs, both informational and
picture books where they can look up their own facts with support
from a teacher. Then they will be able to discuss what they
learned.
Day 4:
First 5 minutes: Introductory Activity- The students will be
asked how they can sort or classify bugs. After the teacher brings
up the SmartBoard, they will show children that they can do it on
the computer too. Next 15 minutes: Children will be able to use the
computer and mouse to look at bugs and separate them into different
types. They will also be able to look at new vocabulary words
(thorax, abdomen, etc) and see them next to the corresponding part
of the bug. Day 5:First 5 minutes: Introductory Activity- Teacher
will show students QR codes and ask them what they think they are.
Teacher will explain what they are and show the children how to
scan them on the iPads. Teacher will explain that there are 5 QR
codes hidden about the classroom and that they have to scan all 5
and circle the matching bugs that go with the QR codes.
Next 15 minutes: Children will be able to take the iPads around
the classroom and find the different QR codes. Then they will
circle the bugs that match each QR code.
Pre-Assessment:The best way to pre-assess preschoolers is to
make a KWL chart (K-what they already know, W- what they want to
know, L-what they learned). This is what I would do to pre-assess
them to see what they already know about bugs and the technology
they are using.
Scoring Guidelines:Preschoolers are not scored, but they are
observed so their interactions with materials, technology, and each
other will be logged and documented for things like parent-teacher
conferences and later activities. Post-Assessment:After we
completed the activities and discussions, we will complete the KWL
chart with the what they learned part at the end of the week to
assess what they took away from the activities.
Scoring Guidelines:After the activities are completed, each
students successes will be logged into their portfolios for
development.
Differentiated Instructional SupportDescribe how instruction can
be differentiated (changed or altered) to meet the needs of gifted
or accelerated students: Some students may need a teacher to help
them with each activity or even need a teacher to help them
one-on-one and not in a small group. Discuss additional activities
you could do to meet the needs of students who might be struggling
with the material: I could give these children less hands-on
materials if that bothers them, or more if thats what they need.
For example, if a child needs more hands-on materials and
experiences then they can hold and look at toy bugs for the
learning to be more concrete.
ExtensionFor an extension activity I would have the children
create their own bug based on what they learned then we could take
a picture of it and upload to the classroom website with its own QR
code so they can show their family.
Homework Options and Home ConnectionsI would have the children
either collect bugs at home or create a bug environment to share
with the class. That way the parents are involved with what the
children are doing at school.
Interdisciplinary ConnectionsThis lesson plan can be integrate
into literacy, science, and math. They are learning new vocabulary,
inquiry skills, and how to classify and group materials.
Materials and Resources:
For teachersI will need access to a computer to create the
documents the children will use on the SmartBoard and computers. I
will also need a computer and a camera to create the QR codes for
the bug scavenger hunt and to create the avatar. For students
SmartBoard, 6 magnifying glasses, 6 iPads, 6 student computers,
paper, pencils, books on bugs
Key VocabularySmartBoard, magnifying glass, QR code, antennae,
abdomen, thorax Additional Notes
