BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: SPREADSHEETS

Name: Maggie Mozley

Grade Level: 2nd
Content Area: Science
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Graph Club
Standards Addressed: S2L1. Students will investigate the life cycles of different
living organisms.
a. Determine the sequence of the life cycle of common animals in your area: a
mammal
such as a cat or dog or classroom pet, a bird such as a chicken, an amphibian such
as
a frog, and an insect such as a butterfly.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: Students will use the attached
graph as a guide to make their own graphs detailing the life cycles of different living
organisms. Students will choose four different animals to identify in their graphs.
Students will create their own graphs with data collected from the unit on life cycles
of common animals.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): This learning experience would be a
LoTi Level 4 because the content area is student-centered, the students are applying
learning to the real world, the learning becomes authentic and relevant, and the
teaching is student-centered.
Description of the sample spreadsheet and graph/chart provided *: This
lesson plan contains a Graph Club graph containing data about the life cycle of five
common animals. The graph shows the number of cycles that each organism goes
through during their individual lifespan. The graph displays the number of life cycles
for a chicken, a frog, a dog, and a Monarch butterfly.
Other comments about your proposed spreadsheet/graph/chart activity: This
activity should be fun and engaging for the student. Allowing the student to analyze
and predict on how many life cycles each animal has will help them to grasp the
concept of the learning standard.

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