Tim Kosuda

5/6/16

Health

5th Grade

Intro to the Human Body

Objectives:

            Using the Human Body for Kids website, students will be able to use what information they gain from the site, to answer as many quiz questions as possible.

            Students will be about to recall important information about several important organs and systems in the human body.

Instructional Techniques:

·      Independent Work

Instructional Materials:

·      Computers (Enough for each students)

·      Projector/Smart-Board

·      Notebook paper

·      Pencils

Theoretical Perspective:     

It is important for students to understand how their bodies work, and what some of the most important organs and systems are. This lesson is an introduction, and will only scratch the surface of the topic, but hopefully in a way that engages and hooks students

Procedure:

A.   Introductory Activity

·      This will be an introduction lesson on the human body

·      The teacher will open the lesson, by explaining to the students that they are going to begin learning about the human body.

·      The teacher should address any immediate questions from the students.

·      When all question have been addressed the class should proceed to a computer lab, so each student has access to a computer.

B.    Step-by-step

·      On the projector, the teacher will guide the students to the “Human Body for Kids” website.

·      The teacher should explain that the site has both an information section, and a short quiz

·      Students will then be asked to explore the links information section of the website for about 15 minutes.

·      Once the 15 minutes have finished, the students will be asked to return to the home page, and begin the test.

·      The goal is for students to progress as far as possible in the test at this time, it does not have to be completed, all students will be asked to complete the test in its entirety later in the unit.  

·      Students should be given 8-10 minutes to work on the quiz.

·      Once the 10 minutes have finished, have the students begin to turn off the computers, and return to the classroom.

C.    Closure

·      Once all of the students have returned to the classroom, have them independently write down 3-4 new idea that they learned from exploring the site.

·      Once most students have finished writing begin calling on students to share one thing that they learned, with the class.

·      Try to have each student share one new piece of information that they learned.

·      Once each student has shared, collect the notebook paper, from each student, this will be used to evaluate whether any learning was achieved through this lesson.

·      Once papers have been collected assign the homework.

D.   Accommodations

·      Any non-native English speakers will be able to utilize either a classroom assistant or para that can help them understand the websites, and or will be able to utilize any translation program that they use during class.

E.    Homework

·      Students will be asked to in 2-3 sentences tell the functions of the following organs: Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Skin, and Brain.

Evaluation

A.   I will be able to determine if my objectives have been met at the end of the lesson, once the students present their projects.

·      The objective, “Using the Human Body for Kids website, students will be able to use what information they gain from the site, to answer as many quiz questions as possible.” Can be determined by observation of the students as they are taking the quiz. Student progress through the quiz can be easily observed, and once the all be it short quiz time has ended, the teacher can see what question the student is on, if not completed.

·      The objective, “Students will be about to recall important information about several important organs and systems in the human body.” Will be easily determined by, the classwork that is collected from each student at the end of the class period, as well as, the homework that is assigned to the students at the end of the class.

B.    For this lesson I have a concern about the timing of the lesson, and very straight forward, and uncreative lesson. I feel that because it is an intro lesson, I do not want to overwhelm students with a flood of new information, so I tried to keep the content addressed very simple and straight forward. This could be both a blessing and a curse, as the students will need to slammed by too much new information, but they also could lose interest because the material is basic.