Getting to Know You...

Where do you work, and in what capacity ?

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How comfortable are you with Smartboards & Notebook software?

What do we know about IWB's?

What do we want to learn?

http://oitqblogs.com/communities/sbscience

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/science-trivia-jeopardy

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Linking

http://pbskids.org/sid/

http://www.seussville.com/games_hb/lorax_trees.html

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/bugs/index.htm

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/interactive/interactive.html

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0602/es0602page02.cfm

The lesson plan format as outlined by Madeline Hunter’s Essential Elements of

Instruction:

1. Anticipatory Set (the lesson “hook”) - photograph, Graphic organizer, or pose series of questions to determine prior knowledge2. Purpose (purpose or objectives, based upon content or technology standards)3. Input (information, vocabulary, content and skills) - what do they need to learn in order to understand the information4. Modeling (teacher demonstrates how information can be used by the students) - can de demonstration, showing examples5. Guided Practice (student’s opportunity to interact with the material)6. Checking for Understanding (Assessment) - done before, during and after guided practice7. Independent Practice (homework)8. Closure (helping students to make sense of what they have learned)

The 5 E's Learning Phase of an Inquiry-Based Science Classroom

1. Engage/Excite - Teachers ask questions of students and engage them in the guided inquiry lessons. They use KWL that make connections between past and present experience. Teachers set a level of anticipation.2. Explore - Teachers set up the investigation and guide students in inquiry, asking probing questions to clarify understanding.3. Explain - Teachers ask probing questions that encourage students to look for patterns or irregularities in their data. 4. Evaluate - Teachers provide learning opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and to gain a deeper understanding. Activities can include reading articles and books, writing, designing other experiments, and exploring related topics on the Internet.5. Extend - Teachers diagnose student understanding through an ongoing process. Assessment can be both formative (ongoing and dynamic) and summative (end-of-lesson final test or product).

1. Anticipatory Set (the lesson “hook”) - Slide #1 Use photograph, Graphic organizer, video or pose series of questions to determine prior knowledge2. Purpose/Focus Question - Slide #2 (purpose or objectives, based upon content or technology standards - graphic organizer)3. Input - Slide #3 (information, vocabulary, content and skills) - what do they need to learn in order to understand the information4. Modeling (teacher demonstrates how information can be used by the students) - can de demonstration, showing examples5. Guided Practice - Slides #4 or more (student’s opportunity to interact with the material)6. Checking for Understanding (Assessment) - done before, during and after guided practice7. Independent Practice - Slide #5 (homework)8. Closure - Slide #6 (helping students to make sense of what they have learned

The Smartboard LessonThe lesson allows us to structure an interactive, SMART

board lesson that fits within one 43-minute period. It follows the Workshop Model, Madeline Hunter's Model & the 5 E's of

an inquiry-based science classroom

Remember the rule about color: Use light text on dark backgrounds!

K LW

What do we know about butterflies?

Life Cycle of the Butterfly

Objective: The students will identify the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle.

Standards: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principals, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical

development of ideas in science.

Grade/class: The lesson is for grades K-4 depending on the levels and needs of the students.

pupa

caterpillar

eggs

butterfly

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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

Touch each picture to see real

pictures.

The butterfly lays eggs on a leaf .

The First (1st) Stage

Task: Drag the eggs onto the leaf.

The Second (2nd) StageThe eggs hatch and out come caterpillars .

The third (3rd) StageThe caterpillar turns into a pupa .

1) The caterpillar crawls to a branch and hangs .

2) The caterpillar changes into a pupa .

The Fourth (4th) Stage

A butterfly comes out of the pupa .

Touch the butterfly to learn more

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Life Cycle of the Butterfly

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Task: Drag the pictures into the boxes in order.

Check youranswer

Matching

Catch all the butterflies in the net.

How many butterflies can we catch?

1) Count the butterflies

2) Write the number

Color the butterfly

Pupa

butterfly

Caterpillar

Eggs

pupa

caterpillar

eggs

butterfly

Life Cycle of the ButterflyTask: Drag the pictures into the boxes in order.