Learning Task: Land, Water, Air

Description:

Children work independently to put the objects which they can be found in – land, water, and air- in their right places. The containers which represent the three environment systems – land, water, and air- can help children sort pictures correctly.

Age group:

4,5-6

Subject area:

Science

Subject Strand:

Sorting

Subject Topic:

Land, Water, Air

Background Information:

Children like to discover their environments. Also, they notice that some objects can be found in land and others in water or air. By doing this activity, children will be familiar with three environment systems and the objects that can be found in these three environments.

Students Learning Outcomes:

Sorting: Identifying and sorting objects that can be found in the three environment systems- Land, Water, and Air.-

Prerequisite Concept & Skills& Values:

*Recognize that earth consists of three environment systems -land, air and water.

*develop eye hand coordination when the child takes the pictures and sorts them according to their environments.

*Adopt class routines for obtaining teacher's support to demonstrate learning tasks and to obtain assistance.

Learning theory& Instructional strategies:

*The activity is based upon a cognitive approach where children make links with previous experience.

*Children will work with materials that appeal to the sense and that can be touched.

*This activity encourages children to seek knowledge, search, and learn independently.

*The teacher demonstrates the learning task for the child initially, and then the child works on his own.

Student Characteristics Accommodated:

*This activity enhances a child's cognitive development by letting him/her learn new objects.

*It stimulates the child's mental process and makes him/her recognize the three environment systems surrounding him and has the ability to distinguish between them.

Introduction of the learning task:

*Show the child location of the activity in the shelf.

*Take the learning task to open space.

*Demonstrate how to take the pictures and the containers out of the tray, and show the child how to put the three containers on the top of the mat, and then show him/her to arrange the pictures according to their environments.

*Allow the child to take the pictures and sort them according to their appropriate places to be ensured that she/he understands the idea of the activity.

*Show the child how to tidy-up the activity.

Checklist of Tray Item:

*Tray

*Three containers

*Laminated sheet of pictures.

Simplification Activity:

*The teacher can start with the objects that are familiar for the child to let him/her understand how to sort the objects according to their specific areas.

Extension Activity:

*Ask the child to tell you the name of the objects which are represented in the pictures.

*Ask the child to tell you other objects that can be found in the air, water and land.

Enrichment Activity:

*Teacher can introduce new objects that can be found in the water, land, air.

*The teacher can develop the activity by dividing the objects in each area to two parts living and non living objects. The teacher may explain to children that each of these environment systems contains living and non living objects.

Assessment Techniques:

*Children use self-correct as they do this task.

*Observe the child while doing the task and provide feedback.

*Examine the child's product.

*Ask the child why he put these pictures in this side.

Feedback Suggestion:

*What is the name of this object?

*Why did you put these pictures here?

*Does the picture match the correct area?

*Can you name three objects that can be found in this area?

Key words:

Land, Water, Air, sorting, put.

Comments Hits, Suggestion:

*Start with familiar pictures which are easy to be recognized for the child.

*Introduce the activity to the child step by step.

*Use colorful pictures and make sure that pictures are clear.

Evaluation Rubric:

1-Doesn't the child distinguish between the objects that can be found in different environment?

2 -The child begins to distinguish some of the objects.

3-The child sorts most objects according to their environment .

4 -The child sorts all objects correctly.

Reference:

The activity is adapted from Child Care at Sultan Qaboos University .

Materials needed:

Three containers:Pictures of different objects

Cut and laminate the pictures:Scissors:

Keep the activity in the tray:Put all cards on a box:

Sultan Qabos University

College of Education

Early Childhood Education

Creating materials for use by young children ECED4080

Learning task:

Done by: Maryam saeed al-obaidani

ID: 86873