Main Focus Interdisciplinary Technology

Lesson Objectives Standards Assessment

& Activities Connections Integration

1. Introduction The students will be able Interdependent Formative: the Writing: During The teacher will use
to the Unit. to… Relationships in students will write the guessing video as a means to
1. Identify the Ecosystems their observations activity the illustrate what nature
What can you elements that form on what the students will need looks like.
see in nature? nature: plants, 2-LS2-1 Plan and students can view to incorporate
– the students water, sun, conduct an in Nature. their reasoning
will see a animals, etc. investigation to and write it
video and 2. The characteristic determine if plants Summative: The
identity of the different need sunlight and water students will have a
common elements that form to grow.  2 part assessment
elements that nature. where the students
you can see in 2-LS2-2 Develop a will need to guess
nature. simple model that one of the elements
mimics the function of of nature by it’s
Guessing an animal in dispersing characteristic/ Find
what you can seeds or pollinating elements that
see in nature plants. cannot be formed
by within nature
characteristic 2-LS4-1 Make
observations of plants
and animals to
compare the diversity
of life in different
habitats.

2. Set up for the The students will be able 2-LS2-1 Plan and Formative: I will Writing: the Creating an online
Experiment to… conduct an ask the students to students will learn observational journal
on what 1. Create a simple list investigation to tell me what plants how to write a on google docs. This
plants need to of what plants determine if plants need to live? Do journal entry will provide the
grow. need to live. need sunlight and water they need the sun? write about the students to
2. Set up an to grow.  soil? water? Etc. characteristic of collaborate on their
The students experiment on the While teacher the plant reports and also allow
and teachers elements of plant leading, I will ask the students to
will set up an growth. for the students explore common
 experiment to how can we test technologies such as
determine 3 these 3 different google docs.
questions elements. I will
1) seeds need discuss with the
soil and/or students about
2) seeds need setting up the
light and/or experiment.
3) seeds night
water Summative: The
teacher and
students will create
a plan for the 3
different
experiments, the
students will be
assessed if the
students followed
the directions of the
experiment and set
it up accurately.
The students will be
divided into a
different group

The students would

create a journal that
noted the plant’s
growth.
3. Continued The students will be able 2-LS2-1 Plan and Formative: I will N/A Creating an online
from the to… conduct an ask the students to observational journal
experiment – 1. Predict the investigation to predict the outcome on google docs. This
creating a outcomes of their determine if plants of the test via will provide the
prediction of test. need sunlight and water discussion students to
the test results 2. Listen and apply to grow.  collaborate on their
the story to either Summative: the reports and also allow
Presentation revise or add to students will write the students to
of each their prediction. their predictions on explore common
group’s data the same google technologies such as
and progress docs. google docs.
 on plant
growth

Exitsheet
4. Continued The students will be able 2-LS2-1 Plan and Formative: I will Speaking: The By using Google
from the to… conduct an ask the students to students will learn slides, the students
experiment – 1. Understand plants investigation to present their data how to present will learn how to use
creating a need water, soil, determine if plants using their journals. their data. different techniques
presentation sun to grow well. need sunlight and water The students will to show and present
of their data. 2. Create a google to grow.  illustrate their their data. Also by
slide show their observation via incorporating a video
Presentation data as a speech for a summative
of each presentation and assessment to
group’s data record a short Summative: the understand the
and progress video on it. students will create student’s
on plant a google slide/video understanding.
growth to show their
works.
Exitsheet
5. Introduction The students will be able 2-LS2-1 Plan and Formative: I will ELA: I will use a The teacher will show
to Plants and to… conduct an ask the students to short book on The a short video – From
the life cycle. 1. Write the plant investigation to tell me about the Amazing Life seed to flower(PBS) –
(w/ plant- cycle for the determine if plants different cycles of Cycle of Plants to to illustrate the life
related correct reasons. need sunlight and water plants. The teacher introduce the cycle of a plant.
vocabs) to grow.  will effortfully concept in a
honor the student’s familiar means to
Identifying 2-LS2-2 Develop a answers by using the students.
activity: simple model that the definitions
Name that mimics the function of except for errors.
part of the an animal in dispersing
Plant? What seeds or pollinating
does it do? plants.
worksheet

Pose the
question:
How do
animals help
 plants?
6. Introduction The students will be able 2-LS2-2 Develop a Formative: I will ELA: The Powerpoint and
of pollination to… simple model that ask the student – summative videos to aid the
and different 1. Identify the mimics the function of within the plant life assessment will student’s
methods. different methods an animal in dispersing cycle where do we provide a creative understanding.
of how seed seeds or pollinating see seeds. The class writing element
4 different spread. plants. will discuss on within the
ways of how 2. Discover the role where you find the assessment.
seed spread of animals within seed and how it can
activity. seed spreading. commonly travel.
The class will
How do discuss the 4
animals help different ways it
spread seeds? travels and then
asks how animals
will help on seed
dispersal.

Summative: the
students will have
to think of
themselves as a
seed and create a
short story on how
they were spread.