Lesson Plans

Biomes of the World

Overview

This is a technology-based Biology lesson on the Biomes of the world. Students will work in groups and research their designated terrestrial biome. Students will research abiotic and biotic factors about their biome. Students will create a digital presentation of their biome using Haiku Deck. The presentation will summarize how the abiotic and biotic factors interact in their biome. Students will then use the collected data from the presentations to create food chains and food webs for their designated biomes.

This lesson plan results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

The students will:

recognize the role of climate in determining the nature of a biological community.
compare features of plants and animals found in different biomes.
construct models of food chains and food webs in their specific biomes.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

The students will use technology as a tool to research, evaluate, and communicate information to others using a digital presentation.

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

SC15.BIO.7

SC15.BIO.8

AAS.SC15.BIO.7

AAS.SC15.BIO.8

IPA is Cool![ai pi e Éªz kul]

Overview

Students will be introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet and learn how to apply it to songs in foreign languages. In this particular lesson, they will learn the symbols for vowels used in Italian and apply them to a simple, seventeenth-century Italian art song, "Star Vicino". Students will be evaluated through individual podcasts created and edited using Audacity.

Subject Area

Digital Literacy and Computer Science

Grade(s)

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to differentiate between various vowel sounds heard in Italian and English and correctly use IPA vowel symbols to represent them. Students will recognize IPA vowel symbols and correctly pronounce the vowel sounds they represent. Students will create a podcast that demonstrates their proficiency in pronouncing the selected Italian phrases.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Students will be able to differentiate between the seven Italian vowels (aurally and visually) and write the IPA symbol for each. Students will be able to substitute IPA vowel symbols for letters in familiar English words and names. Students will be able to substitute IPA vowel symbols for vowel sounds in a simple Italian art song.

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.8.R6

Disease and Disorders of the Integumentary System

Overview

This is a Project Based Learning activity of the Integumentary System where students will investigate different diseases that can affect the skin, hair, or nails. Students will write a paper and create a visual presentation to share the disease or disorder with the class.

This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Depth of Knowledge Level: 4 Extended Thinking

Students will demonstrate an understanding and apply their knowledge of the various diseases and disorders of the Integumentary System by designing a visual presentation.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Students will design a visual presentation on the disease or disorder that he or she has chosen.

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.HS.R5

DLCS18.HS.R6

SC15.HAP.3

National/Other Standards

National Science Standards

Grades 9-12:

Understandings about scientific inquiry.

Matter, energy, and organization in living systems and behavior of organisms.

Abilities of technological design, understandings about science and technology.

Natural and human-induced hazards, science and technology in local, national, and global challenges.

Understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge and science as a human endeavor.

DNA Mutations

Overview

This is a technology based, hands-on Biology lesson on the types of mutations that can occur during DNA replication. Students will complete a virtual lab on DNA Mutations. Mutations involve a physical change to genetic material that results in the abnormal encoding of protein sequences. The students will complete mRNA and protein sequences based on the information provided. The students will identify the number of amino acids changed and how they think this mutation will impact the organism.

This lesson plan results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will compare original DNA strands and mutated DNA strands to identify the type of mutation that has occurred.

Students will use the original strand of DNA to make the mutated strand or if given the mutated strand they will work backwards to recreate the original sequence of DNA.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Obtain information to identify errors that occur during DNA replication (e.g., deletion, insertion, translocation, substitution, inversion, frame-shift, point mutations).

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

SC15.BIO.3

AAS.SC15.BIO.3

National/Other Standards

Nets: Message in a Box

Overview

In cooperative/collaborative groups, students will compare and contrast a two-dimensional pattern and a three-dimensional shape. Students will use a net to label and then construct a rectangular prism. Students will find the surface area of a rectangular prism. As a final performance task, students will create a message box.

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Key Concept: Two-dimensional shapes can be assembled to form three-dimensional figures.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Message Box: Nets
Student Outcome: Students will create nets for a rectangular prism. Students will find the volume and the surface area of the rectangular prism.

Activities

Other Attached Learning Activities

Order of Operations

Guess the Tickets (Rounding Task)

Measurement Interactives

Before

Learning Activity (Before)

Order of Operations

Activity Learning Objectives

The student(s) will able to use the order of operations to solve a number sentence that involves more than one operation.

Activity Assessment Strategies

The teacher can use observation to determine student progress on guided practice and performance on the test that is provided.

Activity Acceleration and Intervention

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Learning Activity (During)

Let's Go to the Movies! - Phase Two

Activity Learning Objectives

*Students can participate in a conversation about their opinions on films and their interests using a variety of phrases and simple sentences.

*Students can use the target language to describe movies in the target culture and identify those which interest them personally.

Activity Assessment Strategies

*Informally assess whether the students are able to carry on a conversation with their partner about film preferences, using complete sentences with details, by moving around the room and listening in to make sure each pair is speaking in the target language about their opinions of the movies.

*Informally assess if the students are able to complete the conversation about their opinions on the movies with their partners by checking their graphic organizers for completion.

Activity Acceleration and Intervention

After

Learning Activity (After)

Measurement Interactives

Activity Learning Objectives

Students will convert among different units of measurement within the customary system to solve real-world problems.
Students will convert among different units of measurement within the metric system to solve real-world problems.
Students will determine the appropriate unit of measurement for a given object.

Activity Assessment Strategies

Students should be able to use the skills obtained in the lesson and practiced in the interactives to solve real-world problems. Assess student mastery with a combination of skills in isolation, and then through application such as this activity. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h5DSnI9dKEBKjTxQWj0asbELda3XPhXXhmd0L8HM6uo/edit?usp=sharing

Activity Acceleration and Intervention

Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

MA19.6.27

National/Other Standards

Standards for Mathematical Practice:
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for make use of structure

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards for Grades 6-8:

Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships of similar objects; create and critique inductive and deductive arguments concerning geometric ideas and relationships, such as congruence, similarity, and the Pythagorean relationship; precisely describe, classify, and understand relationships among types of two-and three-dimensional objects using their defining properties; understand relationships among the angles, side lengths, perimeters, area, and volumes.

Using Technology to Research Tornadoes

Overview

Students will learn about the formation of tornadoes and where they most likely occur. They will learn about the technology that is used in order to chase these storms and transmit data to the weather station. By studying this data, students will then see how meteorologists try to predict these storms.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

1) Students will be able to describe the basic formation of tornadoes.

2) Students will study the technology used in order to predict weather systems.

3) Students will be able to read weather maps.

4) Students will be able to describe where different weather systems occur.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Activities

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Aligned Standards

National/Other Standards

The Roles of the President of the United States

Overview

Students will create a Podcast that reflects the President of the United States fulfilling his roles. Students will use the internet to visit several websites to find pictures of the President of the United States fulfilling his roles. Students will create a Podcast on which they will display the photos of the President and describe his Constitutional roles.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will know and understand examples of the President of the United States fulfilling his roles.

Students will also learn the qualifications to become the President of the United States.

Activities

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Aligned Standards

Decimals:  Carlos the Centipede goes shopping for Christmas gifts!

Overview

Carlos the Centipede and his friend are Christmas Shopping for friends and family. Carlos will add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals. Carlos will change percents to decimals to get all the great discounts during this season of the year. In addition, he will calculate tax on his purchases.

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

solve real-life problems that use decimals
add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals
convert sale discount percents into decimals
covert tax percents into decimals
strategically use a calculator as an appropriate tools

Activities

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Aligned Standards

National/Other Standards

Mathematical Practices: Standards 1 and 5

1. Make sense of problems and perservere in solving them.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

Exponential Trash

Overview

Waste disposal is a problem for the entire Earth and must be dealt with in a responsible manner to maintain biodiversity in ecosystems. After investigating the amount of waste they produce as an individual, family, class, school, community, and society, students investigate how items decompose in a landfill and develop arguments to support a solution to the problem. Students engage in argument to defend the effectiveness of a design solution on a proposed method of disposing of waste in their school and community.

This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Learning Targets

I can:

1. calculate the approximate amount of garbage produced by the class.

2. describe options for dealing with trash: recycling, reusing, incinerating, use of landfill, and composting.

3. describe how long trash will last in a landfill.

4. identify the basic components of a landfill.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Engineering and Design: Design a solution for reducing the amount of garbage.

Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect

Activities

Before

During

After

Aligned Standards

Content Standard(s)

SC15.7.7

SC15.7.9

AAS.SC15.7.7

AAS.SC15.7.9

National/Other Standards

MS-LS2-5 ECOSYSTEMS: INTERACTIONS, ENERGY, AND DYNAMICS

Masters of Disaster (Middle Grades)

Overview

Students will research natural disasters and their impact on people. They will work in teams to design a disaster preparedness guide to share with the community to reduce the impact of a natural disaster utilizing various creativity apps on the iPad.

Grade(s)

Learning Resource Type

Lesson Plan

Objectives

Primary Learning Objectives

Students will:

collaborate with others to complete a project.
use critical thinking skills to solve real world problems.
communicate effectively with others.
be able to describe the factors that cause changes in the Earth's surface.

Additional Learning Objective(s)

Essential Question:

How can we plan and prepare to minimize the impact on people in the unfortunate event of a natural disaster?

Content Standard(s)

DLCS18.6.R5

DLCS18.6.R6

SC15.6.12

AAS.SC15.6.12

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