Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: States of Matter

Content Area: Science

Grade Level(s): Second Grade

Content Standard Addressed: S2P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the properties of
matter and changes that occur in objects.

Technology Standard Addressed: Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: bubbl.us

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://bubbl.us/mindmaps

https://www.brainpop.com/science/matterandchemistry/statesofmatter/

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

X Remembering X Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating X Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

X Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☐ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.

☐ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

● Visual Learners

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● ELs (Pictures can be provided as additional supports)

● Students who struggle to organize their thinking

Lesson idea implementation: The teacher would first provide the information about solids, liquids, and gases
via a BrainPOP tutorial. After viewing the information in the BrainPOP, the teacher will instruct the students
to complete a quick write about what they know about solids, liquids, and gases. Next, the students will then
be instructed to make a mind map using bubbl.us. The teacher will tell the students that it is their job to be
scientists and they can organize and create their mind maps any way they choose, so long as it covers all
three states of matter. The students will receive support in the form of pictures depicting each of the
aforementioned states of matter.

Before the students present their information, they will be provided a rubric so they can self-assess. After
the students make their mind map using bubbl.us, the students will be asked to share their presentation with
the class, and explain why they chose to organize their knowledge in this way. The whole class will then
participate in a scientists collaboration, where they can ask questions about each other’s map as a whole
group.

Reflective Practice: I believe utilizing Bubbl.us will help my students organize information about the states of
matter. This supports the UDL’s principle for providing multiple means of action and expression, allowing
students a different way to represent their thinkinking as opposed to taking notes on notebook paper.
Students will be able to go back and use their own mind maps in upcoming assignments on states of matter as
a support. While this activity is informal and should be done during the learning, I can include the use of
technology in the final project for this unit by having students make a PowerPoint presentation on the states
of matter and where they see solids, liquids, and gases in the world around them.

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