EDUC 2220- Educational Technology

Infant-Pre-K Curriculum Plan: Technology-Based Lesson/Activity

Your Name: Dhamayanthy Naguleswaran Activity Title: Living Things Change Over Time

Number of children participating at one time: 10 Ages: 4/5

Activities written for previous classes cannot be re-used and must be the original work of the student.
Ohio Early Learning & Domain: Cognition and General Knowledge
Development
Standards: Sub-Domain: Science
List at least 1 standard
that is addressed by this Strand: Life Science
activity. Write out each
component completely Topic: Explorations of Living Things
and exactly, as
published in ELDS.
Standard Statement: With modeling and support, demonstrate an
understanding that living things change over time (e.g., life cycle).
Lesson Summary:
The purpose of this lesson plan is to demonstrate an understanding of the
fact that living things change overtime. This will be shown by exploring living
things in the natural world. Use pictures of baby animals and adult animals
and explain the relationship among them. Place down pictures of a butterflys
life cycle and explain the sequence among them. Show the relationships
between a seed and a mature plant. Show how a baby grows into an adult.

Estimated Duration:
This lesson will take about 150 minutes. The plan will be divided into five
days, with each day lasting 30 minutes long.

Preparation of What preparation is needed?

materials and Get ready with the materials, lesson plans, videos and tech stuff ready.
environment
What materials will be used?
Life cycle template/poster, baby animals and adult animals pictures, babies and
adults pictures, seed germination pictures.

How will the learning environment be set up?

Every day get ready the stuff and explain the children what they are going to learn
about.

Instructional Procedures:

To begin the lesson, we will talk about what living thigs are and discuss some examples and see
why they are living things. To hook, or engage, students, I will talk about recent animal movies like
Secret Life of Pets and Coco to examine why the characters are living things and how they
become changed from baby animals to adult animals and this will transition us back to the main
lesson. Have some picture files of animals pictures and questions written on the back of those
pictures for discussion.
Day 1:
As a class teacher will have colorful picture files handy with 3 questions written on the back of each
picture related to the lesson plan. Show and ask questions and involve in a discussion about what
living thigs are and how they change from baby to adult ones. First 10 minutes will be an
introduction time and students will answer questions and having an idea of whats coming. Next 20
minutes I will start explaining about how baby animals change into adult animals and how big are
they now. Students will understand that living things change overtime.
Show this age appropriate and developmentally appropriate video to the kids on the Smart Board
about what the living things are:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+living+things+change+videos&view=detail&mid=A15D
10745ABE04157B4FA15D10745ABE04157B4F&FORM=VIRE
Day 2:
After all the kids have gathered as a group during circle time, the teacher will engage the students
by asking them to share if they have ever seen a caterpillar, cocoon, or a butterfly. Explain to them
how these animals are related to each other and the term called life cycle. Explain to students that
today we are going to learn about butterfly life cycle. Have butterfly life cycle in a big poster and
have some manipulatives to go along with the poster and demonstrate the understanding that living
things change over time.
Day 3:
After all the kids gathered as a group during circle time again on the carpet, teacher will engage
students with showing laminated pictures of baby and adult animals/birds/trees/insects. On an
easel match the pictures of baby animals with adult animals pictures. Have some challenging
pictures as well to engage the students. Explain how they change over time.
Day 4:
After gathering, involve in a discussion with how a seed change into a mature plant. Have ready
with the series of laminated pictures and explain the understanding of how living things change
overtime by arranging the pictures in order of the growth.
Show this educational video on the Smart Board to the kids about how a seed geminates:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+living+things+change+videos&&view=detail&mid=556
E25DB7F170FB9A6DA556E25DB7F170FB9A6DA&&FORM=VDRVRV
Day 5:
Describe what happens to human from infancy to adulthood and explain the meaning of how living
things change overtime.

Extension
http://www.kindergarten-lessons.com/teaching-science/
This is a helpful website will send home with students to have a better understanding of the
concepts of how living things change over time and have a great idea about natural world and have
a great understanding of science.
Differentiated Instructional Support: Describe how instruction can be differentiated (changed or altered) to meet the
needs of gifted or accelerated students:
Describe how instruction can be differentiated (changed or altered) to meet the needs of gifted or
accelerated students:
For students who have already displayed a mastery knowledge on the content will be given a
challenging worksheet with matching the correct seeds with the correct mature plant.

Discuss additional activities you could do to meet the needs of students who might be struggling with the material:
Students who are struggling to ordering the parts will be scaffolded by a teacher. If a student
continues to struggle with the content during the post assessment will check their work again and
will identify the correct order with the help of the teacher.

Vocabulary: Living things, infancy, adulthood, seed, seedling, sprouting, mature, life cycle

For teachers Digital camera, color printer, laminating machine, glue sticks, scissors,
internet accessed computers

For students Glue sticks, scissors, construction papers, papers