KTIP Pilot
Project Lesson Plan Format
Name:_____Rachel Staub__________________ Date:____04-02-08_________
Age/Grade Level: _3rd______
# of Students: _27_______ # of IEP
Students: __0_ # of GSSP Students: __2__ # of LEP
Students: __0__
Subject: __Science______ Major Content:
__Fossils___ Lesson
Length: _45
min. for four days _
Unit Title: ___Blast to the Past: Exploring the World of Dinosaurs____
Lesson Number and Title: _#2_Fossils_
Context
The planet
existed even before humans lived on Earth.
In order for students to understand the long life of our planet, we will
be exploring the era of the dinosaurs.
In learning about dinosaurs we will touch on some core content standards
dealing with fossils, since much of what we know about dinosaurs has been
discovered through investigation of fossils.
Students will work with examples of real life fossils and will perform
research based on fossils of different dinosaurs.
The
students have learned about life cycles of animals with which they are more
familiar such as butterflies and frogs.
However, now they will apply the knowledge they have about living things
to which they have been exposed to creatures they have never met.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
1.) Identify
different types of fossils and the processes by which they are made.
2.) Create a
video detailing their knowledge of the characteristics of dinosaurs and how
humans have uncovered knowledge of dinosaurs.
Connections
Academic Expectations
2.6 Students understand how living
and nonliving things change over time and the factors that influence the
changes.
Program of Studies
SC-P-BC-S-1
Students will identify and
describe evidence of organisms that no longer exist (fossils).
Related Core Content
SC-EP-3.5.1
Students will describe fossils as evidence of organisms that
lived long ago, some of which may be similar to others that are alive today.
Resources,
media, and technology
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Different types of fossils
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Worksheet on identifying fossils
Websites included in virtual
field trip:
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http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/fossils/preview.weml
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/dinosaurs/making_fossils/makingfossils/index.shtml
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http://earthsci.org/education/careers/pala.html
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/skeleton_jigsaw/skeletal_jigsaws/index.shtml
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http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/tour/main.html
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http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/results.pperl?title_auth_isbn=dinosaurs
Procedures
1.) As in
introduction students will watch a Brain Pop video on dinosaurs and complete
the online quiz.
2.) Students
will go on virtual field trip and visit different sites to be introduced to the
topics of dinosaurs, fossils, and paleontology.
3.) Then they
will have an opportunity to identify and categorize different fossils by what
type they are.
4.) As they
identify the fossils they will draw a sketch of each fossil on their paper and
describe the process by which the fossil was most likely formed.
5.) To apply
the knowledge they obtain about fossils, students will join with a partner,
choose a dinosaur to research, and put together a video on their dinosaur (see
rubric).
Assessment
Plan
See rubric on Assessment page
