Sample Lesson Plan
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Name: Amanda D'Aprix
Unit Topic: Ecology
Grade: Third
Lesson Topic: Recycle/Reuse/Reduce- Living a
Greener Life
Lesson Objectives:
The student will be able to define the three
Rs: recycling, reducing, and reusing
The student will be able to provide 3 real
world examples for each concept: recycling, reducing, and reusing.
Instructional Techniques: Online Activity-
Research, Group Discussion, Online Activity- Quiz
Instructional materials:
https://www3.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
First Activity
https://www3.epa.gov/recyclecity/challenge/index.html
Last Activity
Theoretical Perspective:
There is a push towards greener living in America
currently. One of the biggest pushes is the concept of the three
Rs: recycling, reducing, and reusing. This lesson is designed to
focus on those concepts in context of the community that the
students are living in. This will provide them with the knowledge
of the concepts and examples of the concepts applied in society.
Procedure:
A. The
students will be sitting in a group together. The teacher will
introduce the words recycling, reducing, and reusing. The words
would be written on the board in a chart. The teacher will then go
through each word, asking the students to give examples for each
word. The teacher will write the student examples on the board
under each word. The teacher will then provide the definition of
recycling, reducing, and reusing. Next, the teacher will talk
about energy sources that are considered green like solar and
wind. The teacher will ask the students if they have seen solar
panels or wind turbines before.
B. The
teacher will split the class into four desk groups and pass out
the Recycle City handout. The students will sit at the desk groups
and go to the website on the handout for the map section. The
teacher will assign a group one section of the map to explore:
northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast. The students will
follow the handout. The teacher will move between the groups,
asking the students about what they are reading and if they need
clarification. After 10 minutes of group work, the teacher will
redirect the students’ attention back towards the whole group. The
teacher will ask the each of the groups to tell the class one way
of recycling, reducing, and reusing that they learned from their
section. Each member of group will share their way and then share
why it fits under the concept that they chose whether it is
recycling, reducing, or reusing.
C. The
teacher will pass out the Recycle City Challenge handout. The
Teacher will instruct the students to work by themselves for this
activity. The students will follow the handout, going through the
quiz/challenge and recording their answers on the handout.
D.
The biggest adaption
for the activity would be to allow the students to work in groups.
The activity on the computer is very reading dependent and would
be difficult for a student with a lower reading level. Placing the
students together would help to balance out the reading level so
that they both can get the knowledge provided to them. The groups
will allow students to be able to understand the concepts and
examples that are provided because they can talk with each other
about how it works.
Evaluation:
A. The
first objective is “The student will be able to define the three
Rs: recycling, reducing, and reusing”. This will be demonstrated
in the group share out of the first activity. The introductory
activity will introduce the definition of each concept to the
students. Each student will share out the example that they found
in the Recycle City map and explain what category it is in. This shows that the
students are able to identify how the example would be able to fit
into the concept. Being able to place the example into the
category shows an understanding of the concept and what makes it
different from the other concepts. The second objective is “The
student will be able to provide 3 real world examples for each
concept: recycling, reducing, and reusing.” The successful
completion of this one will be documented using the “Recycle City
Challenge” handout. The handout will go through a challenge or
quiz that would go through examples of recycling, reducing, and
reusing in various places in a community. The quiz gives tokens
for the correct answers, so the students will record the amount of
tokens that they got in total and for each section. This will give
a better understanding of how much the students were able to
answer correct and show how much they know is the best way of
recycling/reducing/reusing. The students will also record two of
their answers for each of the sections. This will show what they
chose as answers and see what they believe will be the best way of
living a greener life.
B. One
of the big concerns would be that students when working in the
group section will not be working on their sections and instead be
looking around at the other sections such as the game sections. My
other concern is that the students will not provide the answers
that they chose for the challenge and put the answer that they
think is the best.
Handouts
Recycle City Handout
Name:
Date:
Recycle City Handout
Go to the
Recycle City website. The Url is www3.epa.gov/recyclecity.
Click on the Map
section on the front page, it will be the big box on the left
side of the page.
Write down what
map section you have: ________________________________
Click on the
section of the map you were given. Click on the different
buildings. Read the information that pops up for the different
items.
What are two
ways of recycling that are explained in this section?
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____________________________________________________________________
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What are two
ways of reusing that are explained in this section?
·
____________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________
What are two
ways of reducing that are explained in this section?
·
____________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________
Share your
answers to the three questions with the other at your table.
Recycle City Challenge
Name:
Date:
Recycle City
Challenge
From the Recycle
City website, click on the words “Play the Games!”
Click on the Game
“Let’s take the Recycle City Challenge”
Follow the
directions on the screen
For each section,
write down the amount of tokens you earned and two of the
answers that you choose.
Maria’s Market: ____________ tokens
earned
v_____________________________________________________________________________
v_____________________________________________________________________________
Moonbeam’s Cafe: ____________ tokens
earned
v_____________________________________________________________________________
v_____________________________________________________________________________
City Hall: ____________ tokens earned
v_____________________________________________________________________________
v_____________________________________________________________________________
School: ____________ tokens earned