DIVERSITY
OF PLANTS
Team name
– Team Lasanthi
Team Members – 1. P.D.M.Lasanthi Nirmalika
2. D.C. J. Samaraweera
3.
E.A.S. Nevil Kumara
Module Name
– Where are you now?
Version
– 3.3
Grade – 8
Age – 13 years
Subject
– Science
Lesson – Exploring the
diversity of Roots
Unit – 6.1
No. of students
– 30 students
Time - 80 mts
Objectives –
Upon
successful completion of lesson student will be able to;
Exploring
the diversity of roots
Identify
the difference of each type of roots
Categorize
the plants according to the types of roots
Explore
the uses of different types of roots
Ability
to use ICT skills for sharing ideas with friend
Ability
to send images, information, Email by using internet facility
Understand
the easiest ways of communication especially for their education
Learning outcomes –
Pupils
to be able to,
§ Experience
the difference of the plants
§ Identify
and describe the morphological structure and function of different types of
roots by using search engine.
§ Identify
value and diversity of plant to use it to increase beauty of environment protect
threaten plant species and protect environment.
§ Develop
attitudes towards the plants and emphasis the importance of its to the
ecosystem.
§ Use
computer and internet to their day today educational purposes
§ Familiarize
the importance of Collecting and sharing information from other groups
§ Use
ict skills to facilitate their day today activities
§ Internet
facilities can be used in their professional life in the future..
Resources - 10
computers with windows XP operating system and internet facilities –web browser (mozilla firefox)
Overhead projector
Teacher’s Skills – Proper
knowledge on Microsoft office operating system
Teacher technical ability and knowledge
on communication methods
Proper instructing, motivating and
coaching ability
Ability to guide on student centric
method
Teacher’s pedagogical practice on
diversity of plants
Student’s Skills
Ability to identify the
parts of computer and to operate it.
` Ability to follow given instructions.
Desire of working in a group and to share
ideas with others.
Moderate level of ICT
literacy
Introduction
Split the students into 10 groups. To begin the
lesson teacher shows a picture of different ethnic group and ask the
differences and similarities of these children. Likewise the discussion is continuing
about the diversity of plants. Acknowledge the diversity of plants and root
system. Guide the student to explore and get information about different types
of roots by using internet. Pupils use internet to exchange their explored
information through email, twitter, facebook. . By using internet, teacher can
keep the attention of pupils throughout the lesson. Pupils will use the
internet for their higher education especially exercises on created blog. Pupils
can be mortivated to improve multisensory understanding and usages of given
blogs.
Teaching learning process
Step 1.
Students are asked to be in 10 groups, three in each group. Showing the
picture (Attachment 1) of the ethnic group discuss the differences and
similarities of these children. Get the ideas of children on value of diversity.
- 5mts.
Step 2. Tell
the students to open the computer according to the instructions and identify
the parts of the plant by opening the image of plant (Attachment 2) and explain
the importance of roots – 5mts.
Step
3 Ask
students to select the Mozilla firefox browser and gives instructions to open it
and search the different types of roots, And discuss their uses.. – 5
mts.
Step 4 -
At this stage teacher gives the address of the browser (www.google.lk)
and topic to search examples of roots.
Each group is given topics to find information. Topics are storage
roots, stilt roots, prop roots, climbing roots, Arial roots and respiratory
roots. - 10mts.
Step 5. Instructions are given
to make email addresses by using Gmail on Google options
Pupils are guided to
send and get information through their created own email. Explain the functions
of email. After that email addresses are given to other groups to exchange
information. Then pupils are asked to send and get information from others. - 10mts.
Step 6. – Activity 1
§ Pupils
are informed to write examples under each topic in their exercise book.- 10mts.
Activity 2
§ Pupils
are instructed to type rootsystemofplant.blogspot.com on address bar to open
the created blog as their 2nd exercise and get the answers for the
questions in blog orally.-10mts
Evaluation
Going on the lesson teacher can observe the
performance of each group and identify the gifted children and slow learners.
Gifted children are motivated and slow learners are given instructions simply.
Stars are given to better groups in each activity. – 5 mts
Feed back
Review the lesson through questions and answers on plant
root system. The teacher asks students to recall the lesson that helped them to
gain this knowledge. Identified weaker students are given easy exercises to do
their text boxes. Ask the views of the lesson for further modifications. Conclude
the lesson by introducing the more educational sites on web browsers. – 5 mts
