Lesson Plan Ideas

I found three different lesson plans that integrate technology. The first two are math lessons and the third one is a science lesson.

Write a Number Story

Grades: K-2

Brief Description

Students use AppleWorks or Office to write and illustrate a number story. Each student’s work is then added to a Keynote or PowerPoint show and displayed for the class (or parents!) to see and share.

Objectives

Students use AppleWorks or Office to write and illustrate a number story. Each student's work is then added to a Keynote or PowerPoint show and displayed for the class (or parents!) to see and share.

Complete a Pattern

To complete this activity:

1. Describe the sequence of colors starting from the upper left portion of the workspace.

Patterns are things that repeat. Recognizing a pattern makes description and problem solving more efficient.

2. When you recognize a pattern, you can complete the puzzle by coloring the buttons with question marks. To color those buttons, click on the button and then click on the appropriate color.

Can you think of more than one way to describe the pattern you observe?

3. Complete the color pattern and check your solution by clicking on the check button.

How might you describe the color pattern in the fewest number of words or letters?

Letters or words that indicate repetition are often used to shorten descriptions.

This lesson is done on the computer with computer generated color patters.

An Eye on Science

The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate student's knowledge of the human eye and its parts. Before this project, children need to be taught about the human eye, it's functions, and it's parts through books, posters, videos, and filmstrips. Before children dissect a sheep's eye under adult guidance, the teacher and media specialist will model, using Kid Pix Studio, drawing and labeling a cross-section of the human eye. Parts should be colored and labeled. Each drawing will be narrated and can be combined to create a Kid Pix Studio Slideshow.

Materials:

Any computer, MAC or IBM, Kid Pix Studio, nonfiction books and posters about vision, eyes, sight and healthy habits that are age appropriate and at different reading levels.

Also: Eye model, art makers, paper, and pencils. Microphones may be necessary to record on some computers.