Jess's Science Lesson Plan Outline

**target audience-
My target audience is a fifth grade class. My class consists of 24 students and desks are arranged in 6 groups of 4. My overall class is very rowdy and therefore like a lot of hands-on activities. In my classroom, there are computers for each of the 6 groups. The teacher also has an screen at the front of her classroom that enlarges her personal computer screen.
** big idea-
I want my students to have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on activity that gives them a better sense of animal adaptations. I also want them to be able to visually seen different examples of animal adaptations.
** overall Goal-
My students will observe and explain how living things have different adaptations to best assist in survival and reproduction.
**indiana content standards-
5.4.1
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Explain that for offspring to resemble their parents there must be a reliable way to transfer information from one generation to the next.
5.4.7
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Explain that living things, such as plants and animals, differ in their characteristics, and that sometimes these differences can give members of these groups (plants and animals) an advantage in surviving and reproducing.
5.4.4
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Explain that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all.
5.4.5
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Explain how changes in an organism’s habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful.
** Student Standards
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative work.
Technology research tools
Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
websites:
http://www.indianastandards.org/files/sci/sci_5_4_7.pdf, http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=232
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=83