Julie Reflection 7

3 Lesson Plan Ideas

Starting a Business: Excel

Target Audience- Grades 3-6

Big Idea- Students will be using excel to create the design of their store while also calculating their sales. They need to come up with 5 items they would like to sell in their store and give each item a price using these prices, $5, $10, $25, $50,$100.
In this lesson, students will randomly draw numbers that reflect their sales of a particular item for the day. Students will use Excel formulas to calculate sales totals, then create a graph to display their sales results. This lesson will be integrating Math and Technology.

Goal- Students will be working on their business. The objective of today’s lesson is that students will complete their spreadsheet and calculate their daily sales. Students will also learn how to create a graph that visually displays their results.

Content Standards- NETS Standards Addressed
Basic operations and concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Students are proficient in the use of technology.

Social, ethical, and human issues
Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

Technology productivity tools
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 works.

Life Cycle of The Monarch Butterfly

Target Audience: 3rd grade

Big Idea: In this lesson, students will be connecting science with technology. They will learn about the life cycle of the Butterfly using the online resources I provided them and any other additional links. They will then be using Kidspiration2 to create their own life cycle of the monarch butterfly.

Goal: Students will create a picture representing the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly using the software Kidspiration2

Content Standards: ISTE NETS-S Standards Addressed
1. Technology productivity tools
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 works.
2. Basic operations and concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Students are proficient in the use of technology.

Resources:
http://www.midwayisd.org/etrip/third/Science/butterfly/lifecycle.htm

Additional Resources/Websites: Where do Butterflies come from?http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/
Life Cycle of a Froghttp://www.kie.berkeley.edu/ned/glossary/lifecycle/lifecycledef.html

Creating your own webpage: Wikipedia and Internet Research

Target Audience: 5-6

Big Idea: In this lesson, students will be given a topic to research. They will then look on Wikipedia to see if anyone has researched their topic yet. Once they find it or don’t, they will have the option to revise someone else’s webpage or create their own, with the information they have researched. This lesson integrates technology, language arts, history and/or science.

Goal: Students will be able to create a webpage using Wikipedia

Content Standards: ISTE NETS-S Standards Addressed
3. Technology productivity tools
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 works.
4. Basic operations and concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Students are proficient in the use of technology.