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Shannon Donegan
Denise Ford, Stuarts Draft Elementary School
April 13, 2015 10:30-11:10am
D. ASSESSINGLEARNING
Assessmentchartmonitoringstudentsbehaviorduringdiscussionandthroughout
theactivity
Collectstudentsdesignbrieffollowingtheactivity
2.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals undergo a series of orderly
changes as they mature and grow. Key concepts include
1.
2.5 The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system. Key concepts
include
1.
a) living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings;
2.
b) an animals habitat includes adequate food, water, shelter or cover, and space;
F. MATERIALS NEEDED
Paper Plates
Construction paper
Paper Towels
Baking soda
Cotton balls
Aluminum Foil
Popsicle sticks
Tape
Glue
Felt
Straws
Book: Glasswings: AButterflyStory
G. PROCEDURE
Will start by reading the children a story called Glasswings: A butterfly story
o Throughout the book pause to reiterate key vocabulary words such as nectar and
pollen
o Also read from the authors notes which discusses pollination as well as facts about
Glasswing butterflies
After reading the story discuss with students exactly how pollination works, drawing
information from the story
o Point out what happened when Claire the butterfly started to drink nectar from all of
the flowers in the garden
o Show the students illustration of a flower and describe how the butterfly rubs onto
flowers when they are drinking nectar. That butterflies do not even realize that they
are helping flowers.
o Tell the students that butterflies are not the only things that help with pollination.
Ask them to think of what else could help butterflies to spread their pollen
Tell them about how bees, humans, bats, and even the wind can be helpful
with pollination
Instruct the students that now they are going to have a chance to make their own hand
pollinators so that they can act like butterflies and help to spread flowers pollen
Go over the design brief with the students, read it out loud and list the materials.
o They will be allowed to use a limited number of materials.
I will hand out the design brief to them where they will draw their design and list the
materials that they will need. They will get to test there design when completed
o They will test it on the flower The flower is a paper plate that has construction
paper cute out in the shape of a flower. Baking soda will act as pollen for the activity
and will be placed in a thin layer over the construction paper flower. There will be a
second plate, which will act as the second flower they will be pollenating. This plate
will not have a flower but a black piece of construction paper. The black
construction paper is used so that the students can see if baking soda does fall off od
their pollinator. This is hard to distinguish on other colors of construction paper.
o To test it they will dip their pollinator in the baking soda, see if the pollen sticks and
then tap it to be sure that some of the pollen falls off.
They will then be given the opportunity to modify their pollinators if there is time remaining
H. DIFFERENTIATION
I.
Thislessonappealstoauditory,kinesthetic,andvisuallearners.Theintroductioninformation
maybedifficultformylowerlevelstudentsbutIwillreachthemthroughtheinteractiveactivity.
Thisactivitygivesstudentsofalllevelstobeabletoexcelbecausethecorrespondingactivityis
aboutcreativityanddesign.