Topic of Area of Lesson: Science/Five
Senses
Grade Level: 1st
grade
Classroom Type: General
Education classroom
Students: There are 26 students in the general education classroom.
Of those 26 students, three students are students with specific learning disabilities,
one is a student with ADHD, and one is a student with childhood onset
schizophrenia.
Objectives:
The student will use a magnifying glass to get a close-up
look at things; leaves, bugs, seeds, grass, brick, etc.
The student will lay on the grass with their eyes closed to
listen and smell.
The student will record the details by describing or drawing
what is observed of 2 things they see, 2 things they hear, 2 things they smell,
and 2 things they touch.
The student will do at least two rubbings of different
textures; walls, cement, tree bark, etc.
The student will take 2 close pictures of 2 of their
observations with which they recorded the details by drawing or describing what
was observed. The student will do so with the student friendly digital camera.
The student will create a description with 3 details for
both of the up close pictures taken with the digital camera that will be
published as part of a class, on-line book linked to the class webpage.
GLEs & NETs Met:
GLE 2.1.1.
Understand how to ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the
environment.
The
students may wonder and ask questions about objects, organisms, and events
based on the observations theyŐve made through their senses on their walk
around school.
GLE 2.1.2.
Understand how to plan and conduct simple investigations following all safety
rules.
The
students will make observations using their senses and record characteristics
or properties of things or events observed.
GLE 2.1.5. Understand how to record and report
investigations, results, and explanations.
The
students will describe and draw their observations as they observe their
surroundings with their senses.
NET 1.b. Create original works as a means of personal or
group expression.
The
students will demonstrate their creative thinking, constructed knowledge, and
developed innovative products and processes by using the youth friendly digital
cameras to explore the various textures and observations made about the world
around them through their five senses.
NET 2.a.
Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a
variety of digital environments and media.
The
students will create a description with 3 details for both of the up close
pictures taken with the digital camera that will be published as part of a
class, on-line book linked to the class webpage.
Materials:
á What in the World pictures
o
Found on the back page of National
Geographic World magazines
o
Are colored pictures of everyday
objects photographed in a distorted way: either close up or far away
á Paper observation book
o
Three sheets of blank paper per student
o
One sheet of colorful construction
paper
o
Stapler
á Field Trip Kit
o
Clip board
o
Paper observation book self made by
students
o
Paper for rubbings of textures
o
Pencil
o
Colored pencils
o
Magnifying glass
o
Small plastic baggies
o
Unwrapped crayons
á A least one youth friendly digital camera for each group of
students
o
For this particular assignment, I will
have 6 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 4 and therefore will need 8 cameras
Procedures:
1.
Share "What in the World" pictures with
the class.
2.
Give the students time to try to guess
what they are looking at.
3.
Ask the students why they are guessing
the way they are and the reasoning behind their guesses.
4.
Introduce students to the concept of
the senses and how they are depending on what they see to create their guesses.
Ask the students what else they would like to know to help them guess better;
would they like to know what type of noises the thing in the picture might
make, what the thing in the picture might smell like, or what the thing in the
picture might taste like?
5.
Ask the students that if they had more
of these details, whether or not they think they would be able to guess what
really is in the picture.
6.
Use one of the "What in the World"
photographs and emphasize the point of using our senses to identify things by
giving the students more clues, one for each of the senses we use to identify
things; sight, smell, taste, sound and touch.
7.
When the students guess correctly, ask
the students how they were able to make the correct guess.
8.
Tell the students that they are going
to get to go to a special place.
9.
Begin to describe your school and ask
the students to listen closely and carefully and guess what is being described.
Use general terms at first, saying things like, "It
has lots of room, some trees, a place to play, and a place for cars to park."
10. Let the students guess.
11. Ask, "What might help you see a better mind picture? Would
more describing words help?"
12. Tell the students they are going to write a book about their
school and publish it. Tell them that it will be linked to the classroom
webpage. Explain to the students that before they can do that they will have to
discover some interesting things abut their school using their senses.
13. Explain to the students that they will first take a five
senses walk around the school to observe and record at least 2 things that they
see, 2 at least things that they hear, at least 2 things that they smell, and
at least 2 things that they feel. Explain to students that they will also be
creating at least 2 crayon rubbings of 2 different items and that each of them
will also get to make 2 of their own "What in the World" photographs.
14. Introduce the concept of taking pictures with the camera held
very close or very far away.
15. Divide students into 6 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 4.
16. Pass out one youth friendly digital camera per group and
guide each group of students on the proper, responsible use of the cameras and
how the photographers of the "What in the World" pictures used their cameras to
create the "What in the World" pictures.
17. Distribute a "Field Trip Kit" to each student. Go through
all of the materials, one by one with students as a whole class and explain to
the students what all of the materials are used for.
18. Model for the students how to record the details by
describing or drawing what is observed of 2 things they see, 2 things they
hear, 2 things they smell, and 2 things they touch in their observation books.
19. Also model for the students how to create rubbings of
different textures and give them ideas of what can be used to create different
rubbings; walls, cement, tree bark, etc.
20. Guide the students on their walk around the school and on
the playground, stopping frequently to discuss what they are observing and what
senses they are using to make the observations.
21. Have the students first lay on the grass with their eyes
closed and ears open so that they can listen to the various sounds around them
and notice any smells.
22. Have the students record any observations in their
observation books made through their ears, by sound, or through their nose, by
smell.
23. Have the students use their magnifying glasses to look at
various things around them up close.
24. Give the students time enough to record any observations
their eyes may have made.
25. Have the students find things that they could make texture
rubbings of.
26. Have the students create the texture rubbings and record
their observations using their sense of touch in their observation books.
27. Have the students break out the youth friendly cameras and
create their "What in the World" photographs.
28. Allot
the students enough time to record their various
observations, to create their texture rubbings, and to create their
"What in the World" pictures. Make sure that no student is left behind
in the
observation and recording process.
29. When all students are done, collect all of the youth
friendly digital cameras and tell students its time to head back to class to
create their class observation book.
30. When back in the classroom, instruct each student to create
two different descriptions, one for each of their "What in the World" pictures.
Tell the students that the class will be using the descriptions to figure out
which pictures were taken by which student; which description
goes with what picture.
31. Explain to the students that after the descriptions are
matched with their pictures, they will all be combined to create a class book
of "What in the World" photographs.
32. While the students are creating their descriptions, download
all of the studentsŐ photographs and print them out.
33. When the students are finished with their descriptions, spread
out the photographs on a board at the front of the room and have the students,
one by one, read their descriptions while the rest of the class guesses which photograph
their classmate is describing.
34. When all photographs are matched, have the students combine
their pages and create their class book.
35. Type the studentŐs descriptions up and paste their pictures
into the description using a word document. Each student will have two pages
within the book. Save the book and upload to the class webpage.
Assessment:
The following is the checklist that
will be used to assess the student for this particular assessment.
o The student used a magnifying glass to get a close-up look
at things; leaves, bugs, seeds, grass, brick, etc.
o The student laid on the grass with their eyes closed to
listen and smell.
o The student recorded the details of 2 things they saw by
either describing or drawing it.
o The student recorded the details of 2 things they heard by
either describing or drawing it.
o The student recorded the details of 2 things they smelled by
either describing or drawing it.
o The student recorded the details of 2 things they touched by
either describing or drawing it.
o The student made at least two rubbings of different
textures; walls, cement, tree bark, etc.
o The student took 2 close pictures of 2 of their observations
with which they recorded the details by drawing or describing what was
observed. The student did so with the student friendly digital camera.
o The student created a description with 3 details for both of the up close pictures taken with the digital camera that will be published as part of a class, on-line book linked to the class webpage.