This lesson plan focuses on teaching students about tropical rainforests. The objectives are for students to identify key characteristics of tropical rainforests, animals that live there and why, and the importance of preserving tropical rainforests. To do so, the teacher will introduce tropical rainforests using Popplet. Students will then conduct a directed browsing activity using provided links to research and answer questions about tropical rainforests. Finally, students will create their own Popplet to share what they learned.
This lesson plan focuses on teaching students about tropical rainforests. The objectives are for students to identify key characteristics of tropical rainforests, animals that live there and why, and the importance of preserving tropical rainforests. To do so, the teacher will introduce tropical rainforests using Popplet. Students will then conduct a directed browsing activity using provided links to research and answer questions about tropical rainforests. Finally, students will create their own Popplet to share what they learned.
This lesson plan focuses on teaching students about tropical rainforests. The objectives are for students to identify key characteristics of tropical rainforests, animals that live there and why, and the importance of preserving tropical rainforests. To do so, the teacher will introduce tropical rainforests using Popplet. Students will then conduct a directed browsing activity using provided links to research and answer questions about tropical rainforests. Finally, students will create their own Popplet to share what they learned.
Lesson Subject area The Tropical Rainforest- Science
Objectives 1.The students will identify key
characteristics and features of a tropical rainforest. 2. The students will identify animals that live in the tropical rainforest and evaluate why they live in this environment. 3. The students will describe the importance of the tropical rainforest and discuss how they can be preserved. Procedures 1. Introduction to topic- the teacher will present information on tropical rainforest using popplet 2. The teacher will explain the directed browsing activity to the students. (ex: The teacher would say: Today you will be researching tropical rainforest on the computer. You will use links I have provided you to gather information and answer questions.) 3. After all students have completed the directed browsing activity, the students will take the information they have gathered and create a popplet of their own. The teacher will use their popplet on habitats to demonstrate to the students how to create a poplet and what theirs should look like.
Note: this lesson/ activities may
take several days to complete. Teacher Technology Activity The teacher will introduce tropical rainforest to the students by presenting information through Popplet, an online graphic organizer tool. Student Created Technology Activity 1. The students will complete a directed browsing activity to gather more information about tropical rainforest. The students will use provided links to answer meaningful questions about tropical rainforest. 2. The students will then use the information gathered from the directed browsing activity to create their own popplet on tropical rainforest. Materials needed 1. Popplet on habitats, specifically tropical rainforests 2. Directed browsing activity- students will be provided with links and appropriate questions 3. Class computers or tablets
Evaluation Rubric Attached to weebly
Standards LS-E-C1 Identify the components of a
variety of habitats and describe how organisms in those habitats depend on each other (GLE 35) 2.LS4.1 - Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. LS-E-C1- Describe features of some animals that benefit them in their environments (GLE 32) SE-E-A3 Describe a variety of activities related to preserving the environment (GLE 48)