NISD Technology-Integrated Lesson Plan – Elementary

 

Author

First/Last Name Echols/Albrecht

School  Frances M. Rhodes Elementary

Date

3/28/05

Grade Level

Subject Area

            Tech Access via  

 

Lesson Overview

Title

 

Shadows

Lesson Focus: Shadows, Change over time

 

 

[kt1] Learning Objectives (Content & Technology):  Students will conduct a science experiment to record the change of shadows and record data on a data sheet, coupling events of their school day with changes in the shadows.  As appropriate for their developmental level, students will also write using emergent spellings, telling about each event.  Finally, they will describe why they think the shadows change.

 

 

Content TEKS/Standards:   SCI. TEKS 112.2  K.1, K.2, K.4, K.5, K.6, K.7

 

 

[kt2] Technology TEKS: 126.2- B1, 2, 7, 10, 11

 

 

 

Teacher Preparation

Elements that support Student Engagement & Student Challenge

[kt3] Learning Styles:

 

Multiple Intelligences:

 

 Sensing-Thinking

 Linguistic

 Interpersonal

 Intuitive-Thinking

 Mathematical

 Intrapersonal

 Sensing-Feeling

 Visual-Spatial

 Naturalist

 Intuitive-Feeling

 Kinesthetic

 Existential

 

 Musical

 

 [kt4] Cognitive Theory - Bloom’s Taxonomy:

 Knowledge

 

 Analysis

 Comprehension 

 Synthesis

 Application

 Evaluation

Explain briefly:  When coupled with classroom activities, students will be using all the learning styles and intelligences.  The technology activity itself incorportates the visual/spatial, kinesthetic, naturalistic, and verbal linguistic intelligences and can be structured easitly to fit all the learning styles.  In cognition, students must not only report changes in the shadows location but analyze why they think that actually occurs. 

 

 

 


 

Lesson Implementation

[kt5] Instructional Strategies:

 

1.  Students will complete a variety of classroom activities within the Shadows unit, encompassing all the learning styles and intelligences

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2.  Students will use a paper plate and pencil to make a "sundial."

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3.  Students will "visit" the sundial at various times through the day and record (on a data sheet) the change in the location of the shadow cast by the pencil.

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4.  Students will use the tip lab to transfer their data, relate the changing shadow to various activities in their normal day through the use of the stamp pad. 

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5.  Students will also use emergent writing (or dictation) to explain those activities and to describe why they think the shadow moves.

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[kt6] Accommodation/Modification Options:  Instead of emergent writing, students could dictate explanations and descriptions.

 

 

Prerequisite Student Skills:  Students should know the basics of Kid Pix, including the stamp pad and text box functions.

 

 

Time Frame (Example:  45 minutes, 2 hours, ongoing all year): Lab session will only take 1- 1 hour session.  However, the other classroom activities could fill at least one week of activities.)

 

 

Resources or Supplies Needed:

(see attached form for classroom components)

 

Technology - Hardware (Click boxes needed):

 

Computer(s)

VCR

Projector

Printer

Video Camera

Video Conferencing

Digital Camera

Scanner

Other

TV

Laser Disk

 

Comments:      

 

Technology - Software (Click boxes needed):

Microsoft Word

Web Publishing software

First Workshop

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Neighborhood Map Machine

Microsoft PowerPoint

Inspiration

Timeliner

Microsoft Access

Kid Pix

Video Technology

Microsoft Publisher