Assignment3

Assignment 3


 * iPad Application Lesson Plan Format**

Title of Lesson: Tree Species of First Immanuel

Instructor(s): Mr. Craig Schaubs

Time Allocated: 40 Minutes

Grade Level / Subject Area: 4th and/or 5th Grade Science

Learning Objectives / Goals:

A. Students will learn how to effectively use a tree identification guide. B. Students will learn the physical characteristics used to identify trees. C. Students will learn to identify three varieties of trees.

iPad Application(s) Used: Leafsnap

Learning Activities (Indicate where / when iPad is used):

A. During a 10 minute discussion/instruction period, we will establish our goal (to identify 3 species of trees found on the FIL campus, and the 6 physical characteristics we will use used to identify them (leaf, leaf arrangement, flower, fruit, and petiole).

B. Students will go outside in predetermined groups of 2 or 3 and collect leaf samples from 3 predetermined trees on the school property.

C. Each student will use Leafsnap on their iPad to take a picture of each leaf sample and begin identifying it by comparing the plant’s physical characteristics to descriptions of various species listed on Leafsnap. Students will collaborate with the other members in their group as they do this.

D. Each student will make a determination as to the identity of each of the three trees based upon their research, and lock it into their Leafsnap application.

Evaluation: When the students feel that they have correctly identified all three species, they will show me the results on their iPads. If reinforcement is necessary, we will go, as a large group, to each of the three trees and work through the keying out process together. I expect a high rate of success with this, but in the event that I encounter some strugglers, I will narrow the number of choices Leafsnap initially suggests down to two or three.