Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Inherited V. Acquired Traits

Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): 5th
Content Standard Addressed:

S5L2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information showing that some characteristics of organisms are
inherited and other characteristics are acquired.
Technology Standard Addressed: 3 knowledge constructor

Selected Technology Tool:

☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☒ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms
☐ Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/1ce40960-e075-4eb2-89fd-4dfc95dd58af

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

☒ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☐ Phone ☐ Tablet (such as iPad)
☐ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☒ Teacher-Paced ☐ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Students will be engaged through the competition aspect of the quiz. Having students strive for first place will
push them to answer correctly. Students could be put into collaborating teams in order to have students talk
through thinking. This game can be played later on as a review for students on their own time to study.

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
Prior to the Kahoot! quiz, the students will have briefly learned the difference between an inherited and
acquired trait. This will be a pre assessment to evaluate students’ early understanding of inherited and
acquired traits.

Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☒ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
misconceptions ☐ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☐ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity:

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Each student will sign into the Kahoot! quiz on his or her computer. The students will then read the eight
questions about a person or animals’ trait and answer whether the trait is acquired or inherited.

Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):

☒ Multiple choice ☐ Multiple select ☐ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☐ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☐ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):

Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?

☒ Yes ☐ No
☐ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes
☐ No
Why or why not?

I will go back over the questions after it has been completed in order to show students the correct answers
and the reason why.

Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?

After the quiz students will be given the correct answer for all of the questions. As a class we will further
discuss examples of inherited and acquired traits in nature.

How will the data be used?

Will you use data to differentiate instruction for students, if so describe how.) This activity will allow me to
assess how much knowledge my students know about inherited an acquired traits. This will allow me to decide
how much scaffolding the class as a whole will need. For the questions that a majority of the class missed, I
will receive feedback about why they thought one way or another.

Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.

My goal for this activity is to engage students in a fun way to assess their knowledge. I want to see my
students prior knowledge about how traits are passed down, and what traits are passed down.

Reflective Practice:

Although students enjoy the competition aspect of Kahoot!, for students who do not read and comprehend as
fast they can have a hard time answering at the speed that the quiz is set at. For classes that have students
with lower reading levels the teacher can read the question aloud, and increase the time limit for a question.

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