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Complete 3rd Grade Life Cycle Unit. Includes big ideas, assessment methods, and instruction design notes for each lesson throughout the unit.
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Life Cycle Unit Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson #1: Pre-Assessment and Introduction Big Idea: Students express their prior knowledge about life stages.
Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students speculate what
mature plants and animals might have looked like before they became adults.
• Teams choose illustrations and draw in notebook about what the plants and animals were before.
• Students draw pictures to show their ideas and display them on a team poster.
• Teams compare posters, and reflections are recorded within a Google form.
• Students will complete a Google form expressing prior knowledge.
• Students will create a drawing of “what came before” scored according to rubric.
• Students will work in cooperative groups to compare posters and complete a Google form.
• Engage stage of 5Es • Wiggins and McTighe Pre/Post
Assessment model for data-driven instruction
• Merrill’s Activation Principle, activating existing knowledge as a foundation for new knowledge
• Remembering level of Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Marzano Strategies o Identifying Similarities and
Differences o Reinforcing Effort and
Providing Recognition o Non-Linguistic Representation
Lesson #2: Doing Science Big Idea: Students review the Scientific Method and prepare for collaborative investigation.
Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students review the
definition of and reason for conducting a fair test.
• Students complete Google Forms while watching embedded video of a "Fair Test."
• Students then use Kidspiration to demonstrate understanding of the scientific process.
• Students will complete Google forms throughout this lesson for evaluation.
• Students create a diagram of the scientific process using Kidspiration.
• Merrill’s Activation Principle, activating existing knowledge as a foundation for new knowledge.
• Understanding level of Bloom's Taxonomy
• Marzano Strategies o Non-linguistic representation
Life Cycle Unit Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson #3: Mystery Objects
Big Idea: Brine shrimp grow from eggs and pea plants grow from seeds. Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students express prior
knowledge of what seeds and eggs need to grow.
• Students use Google forms to plan and conduct an investigation that will allow them to distinguish seeds from eggs.
• Formative assessment will be conducted using Google Forms.
• Anecdotal notes should also be taken during observation of students.
• Explore stage of 5Es • Merrill’s Activation Principle,
activating existing knowledge as a foundation for new knowledge
• Creating level of Bloom's Taxonomy
• Marzano Strategies o Questions, Cues, and Note
Taking o Generating and Testing
Hypotheses
Lesson #4: Crazy Caterpillars Big Idea: Caterpillars change in predictable ways as they grow. Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students use a Google
form to express their prior knowledge of a caterpillar before raising one of their own.
• Students observe and record changes in the caterpillar using a digital camera, blog, and Power Point presentation.
• Students are pre-assessed using a Google form.
• Throughout this unit, students will also be blogging and creating a Power Point presentation. These should be assessed following simple rubrics.
• Explore stage of 5Es • Merrill’s Activation Principle,
activating existing knowledge as a foundation for new knowledge
• Bloom’s Taxonomy levels: comprehension, knowledge, application, analysis
• Marzano Strategies o Summarizing and Note taking o Collaborative Working o Reinforcing Effort and
Recognition
Life Cycle Unit Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson #5: Alien Invasion Big Idea: Beetles go through predictable changes as they grow.
Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students sort beetles of
various life stages and record findings using a Google form.
• Students observe and record changes for mealworms as they become darkling beetles using a digital camera, blog, and Power Point presentation.
• Students may record audio for their presentations using Audacity. Sample
• Throughout this unit, students will also be blogging and creating a Power Point presentation.
• These should be assessed following simple rubrics.
• Explore stage of 5Es • Bloom’s Taxonomy levels:
comprehension, knowledge, application, analysis
• Marzano Strategies o Summarizing and Note taking o Collaborative Working o Reinforcing Effort and
Recognition o Non-linguistic Representation
Lesson #6: The Circle of Life Big Idea: Beetles go through predictable life stages that are part of a life cycle.
Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students use information
from a reading, "Beetle with a Bite," by Judy Brooks, to describe and sequence the life stages of a beetle in Kidspiration.
• Students create a diagram in Kidspiration demonstrating the life cycle of the beetle. This will become part of the capstone project.
• Students will also reflect on this exercise in a blog.
• These should all be assessed following a simple rubric.
• Explain stage of 5Es • Blooms Taxonomy Levels:
creating, analyzing, understanding, and remembering
• Marzano Strategies o Identifying Similarities and
Differences o Summarizing and Note Takingo Cooperative Learning o Cues, Questions, and
Advanced Organizers
Life Cycle Unit Lesson Plan Overview
Lesson #7: From Aardvark to Zucchini Big Idea: Every plant and animal has a life cycle. Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students work in groups
using technological resources to research a plant or animal of their own choosing and create a Power Point Presentation for the class on its life cycle.
• Students use Wall wisher to provide peer feedback on presentations.
• Students create a group Power Point demonstrating the life cycle of a plant or animal of their choosing and present it to the class.
• This should be assessed following a simple rubric.
• Elaborate stage of 5Es. • Blooms Taxonomy Levels:
creating, analyzing, applying, understanding, and remembering
• Marzano Strategies o Identifying Similarities and
Differences o Summarizing and Note talkingo Reinforcing effort and
providing recognition o Nonlinguistic representation o Cooperative learning o Cues, Questions, and
Advanced Organizers
Lesson #8: Life Cycle The Movie Big Idea: A life cycle is the pattern of life stages that living things go through to produce young. Overview Assessment Methods Instructional Design Notes • Students watch a short
movie produced by the teacher of life cycle posters created by the students during the pre-assessment.
• Students reflect upon what they have learned in the unit about insects, life stages, and life cycles.
• Students take all previous Power Points and use the pictures, data, and other information to create a movie in Movie Maker.
• Students create a movie using Movie Maker to demonstrate what they have learned about life cycles.
• Students also complete an assessment and self evaluation in Google forms.
• Evaluate stage of 5Es • Wiggins and McTighe Pre/Post
Assessment model for data-driven instruction
• Blooms Taxonomy Levels: creating, evaluating, analyzing, applying, understanding, and remembering
• Marzano Strategies o Setting Objectives and
Providing Feedback