Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)

Lesson Idea Name: What Does Your Home Look Like?

Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): 3rd grade
Content Standard Addressed:

S3L1. Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of
organisms on their habitat.

1. Differentiate between habitats of Georgia (mountains, marsh/swamp, coast, Piedmont,

Atlantic Ocean) and the organisms that live there.
2. Identify features of green plants that allow them to live and thrive in different regions of
Georgia.
3. Identifyfeaturesofanimalsthatallowthemtoliveandthriveindifferentregionsof Georgia.
4. Explain what will happen to an organism if the habitat is changed.

Technology Standard Addressed:

3. Knowledge Constructor

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and
make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. Students:

1. plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or
creative pursuits.
2. evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or other resources.
3. curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts
that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
4. build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and
pursuing answers and solutions.

Selected Technology Tool: PowerPoint

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration
Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation:

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 Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)
What does your home look like? What do you eat? Where do you sleep? Describe your habitat. As a
class, we will discuss the needs and the environment of other living things, with a focus on animal. I will read
a book to the class on lions, National Geographic Kids: Lions, as our introduction activity. Students will then
have the opportunity to create their own mini books on an animal of their choice. The students will create a
PowerPoint presentation of the animal they choose.
The students will use the link above for National Geographic Kids to select their animal under the section
titled Amazing Animals. They will watch a brief video on the animal. The students will be given a work sheet
to fill out while watching the video. Some questions on the sheet will include: What habitat does the animal
live in? What does the animal eat? What is a fun fact about this animal? The video and work sheet will take
the students 5 to 10 minutes depending on how many times they watch the video to record all the
information they need. After completing the video and worksheet, the students will create a PowerPoint that
includes a cover page, 5 slides of information including full sentences and pictures, and a closing page. There
will be an example of what the formatting of their books should look like up on the projector. I will be walking
around the room assisting students with creating their sentences. The PowerPoint will take around 30-40
minutes to complete depending on the students familiarity of PowerPoint. I will review the students work
with them and help them to create a complete and final product to present. Once they have the teachers
approval, they will record themselves reading the slides. We will all gather at the front of the class and have a
movie break with popcorn. I will play each of the presentations the students created. Finally, I will print the
slides out for the students, laminate them, and bind them together to make a mini book. The students will
add their personal creations to our classroom library.

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