SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC DETAILS C
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Name Meaghan Sherer
Subject Science
Grade Level 2 Grade
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Date/Duratio 26 October 2015/15 minutes

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Big Ideas Using the scientific method, students will
learn how animals that live in freezing
temperatures keep warm.
Animals have protective clothing so
they can live outdoors in freezing
temperatures.
Essential How do animals keep warm in freezing
Questions temperatures? Can we survive in these
freezing temperature just the way we are
as humans?
PA/Common S.K-2.D.2.1.2: Identify how weather
Core/Standar conditions affect daily life. (1)
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S.K-2.B.1.1.1: Describe basic external
structures of animals and plants. (2)

S.K-2.A.2.1.2: Describe outcomes of an

investigation. (3)

CC.1.4.2.A: Write informative/

explanatory texts to examine a topic and
convey ideas and information clearly. (4)
Objective Using the scientific method, students will
make one prediction as to why animals
Bloom's can live in freezing temperatures and
Taxonomy humans cannot (1,2,3)
Using the scientific method, the students
Webb's Depth will conduct an experiment on how arctic
of Knowledge animals stay warm in the winter (2,3)
(DOK) Based on the conclusion of the
experiment, the students will infer based
on the experiment that humans cannot
live in the same climate as animals with
blubber. (1, 3)
Individually, students will write a short
story of five complete sentences and
 correct grammar usage. (4)
While writing a short story, the students
will describe the external structure of the
animal and the weather conditions it
lives in. (2).
Formative & The students will individually fill out a lab
Summative report modeling the scientific method
Assessment and be graded on the accuracy of
Evidence correctly testing their hypothesis.
The short story they are to write after
they finish the experiment will be graded
for accuracy of grammar and complete
sentences describing the external
structure of the animal and the weather
conditions it lives in.
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ISTE Research and information fluency
Standards for o Process data and report results
Students

Framework Global awareness and environmental

for 21st literacy
Century
Learning
Student 1: Because he has a good
Accommodati relationship with the teacher, he will sit
ons, next to her during the lesson. He will
Modifications work on the modified lab report.
Student 2: Assistance from student
number 1 when working on fine motor
skills and reading. Can help student 4, 6,
7, and 8 with math.
Student 3: Due to the short intention
span, after each little activity
successfully completed, he will earn a
token (1 token equals 2 minutes) to
make puzzle (artic animal related).
Student 4: To work on peer
relationships, he can assist those
struggling to form their short story.
Student 5: To prevent him from
stopping his work rather than asking for
help, we will work on skipping unknown
questions and saving them until the end.
When he has reached this point he will
 put his pencil down so that the teacher
knows he is finished. We will work on
raising our hand when we are stuck.
Student 6: Due to the low level we dont
want her to get frustrated, after each
little activity successfully completed, she
will earn a token (1 token equals 2
minutes) to make puzzle (artic animal
related). She will work on the modified
lab report.
Student 7: Due to the refusal to listen to
teacher, after each little activity
successfully completed, she will earn a
token (1 token equals 2 minutes) to
either talk with peers or draw. She will
work on the modified lab report.
Student 8: To work on peer
relationships, she can assist those
struggling to form their short story. She
will work on the modified lab report.
For any students with limited movement, a
small bag of blubber and bowl of ice with be
brought closer to them to put their hand in it
(hand over hand when necessary). If they do
not want to touch it due to sensory issues, a
thin glove will be placed on their hand and
then they can put their hand in. If they still do
not wish to touch it, I will tell them that the
blubber keeps your hand at almost room
temperature even when in ice.
SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
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Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-

Step Procedures
RATIONALE C
for the K
Learning Plan
Introduction Activating Prior Knowledge/ Hook/Lead-
In/Anticipatory Set
 Animals have protective clothing so
they can live outdoors in freezing
temperatures.
Who likes animals? What kinds of
animals do you like?
o If they are only saying animals
that are common to have as pets
ask about more exotic animals
If no one says they like an animal
that has blubber, tell them One of
my favorite animals is a penguin.
Do you know where penguins,
polar bears, and seals (show
pictures of these animals) live?
by pointing at a map. (I am
looking for either Antarctica or the
North Pole)
Do you think we could survive
living there just they way we
are?
Have you noticed how its getting
colder outside?
Do you think it is as cold here as
it is in Antarctica or in the North
Pole or if it is colder there?
Ask the essential question: How do
animals keep warm in freezing
temperatures?
We are going to be conducting an
experiment in order to learn how
animals that live in freezing
temperatures keep warm using
the scientific method.
Explicit Big Idea Statement
Instructions Using the scientific method, students
will learn how animals that live in
freezing temperatures keep warm.
Animals have protective clothing so
they can live outdoors in freezing
temperatures.
Essential Questions Statement
How do animals keep warm in freezing
temperatures? Can we survive in these
freezing temperature just the way we
are as humans?
 Objective Statement
Using the scientific method, students
will make one prediction as to why
animals can live in freezing
temperatures and humans cannot
(1,2,3)
Using the scientific method, the
students will conduct an experiment on
how arctic animals stay warm in the
winter (2,3)
Based on the conclusion of the
experiment, the students will infer based
on the experiment that humans cannot
live in the same climate as animals with
blubber. (1, 3)
Individually, students will write a short
story of five complete sentences and
correct grammar usage. (4)
While writing a short story, the students
will describe the external structure of
the animal and the weather conditions it
lives in. (2).
Transition
Waddle like penguins back to the
experiment tables.
Key Vocabulary
Blubber
Antarctica
North Pole
Prediction
Lesson PreAssessment of Students
Procedure The questions I ask them in the
beginning if they know where animals
that have blubber live and how they
keep warm.

Modeling of the Concept

The students will observe me
demonstrating how they will perform the
experiment. I will place one hand
straight in the bowl of ice water and the
other hand in the blubber.
Guiding the Practice
The students will take turns testing their
 hands in the blubber and ice water,
comparing how it would be like to live
with blubber and without blubber in
freezing temperatures.
Providing the Independent Practice
The students will fill out the scientific
method worksheet I have provided for
them to determine if they are grasping
the concept.
Transition
None
Reading 4 bowls
Materials Ice
Technology Water
Equipment 8 plastic bags
Supplies Crisco
Evaluation of Formal Evaluation
the The student will fill out a lab report
Learning/Mast modeling the scientific method and be
ery of the graded on the accuracy of correctly
Concept testing their hypothesis.
Their short story they are to write after
they finish the experiment will be
graded for accuracy of grammar and
complete sentences and being able to
describe the structure of the animal they
learned about that helps them survive in
the weather conditions they live in.
Informal Evaluation
They will be observed during the guided
practice and independent practice.
Closure Summary & Review of the Learning
Students will learn that animals that live
where it is extremely cold, where
humans cannot live, have adapted and
have a layer of fat called blubber to
keep them insulated and warm.
The story they are going to write after
reiterates
Homework/Assignments
Finish the short story if you were not
able to finish it in class and turn it in the
next day.
Teacher Since this is only a fifteen-minute lesson,
Self-reflection it is assumed that students know some
of the terms I am using due to prior
lessons.