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EDUC204DL
Professor Gleasman
22 April 2018
Blended Learning Lesson Plan
Objectives:
Students will be able to explain what an adaptation is and will ultimately be able to create
appropriate adaptations on an imaginary animal to allow it to survive in its environment.
Students will design adaptations for given environments/scenarios.
Students will define adaptation.
State Standards:
6.L.4B.2 Obtain and communicate information to explain how the structural adaptations and
processes of animals allow for defense, movement, or resource obtainment.
Context:
We will be defining the term adaptation and examining examples of adaptations in nature.
Within this content, we will be looking specifically at mimicry and camouflage. Possible
activities could include face painting and student creation of unique organisms that use mimicry
to their advantage. This will be the beginning of a new lesson. After this lesson, students will
learn the predator prey and symbiotic relationships such as commensalism, parasitism, and
mutualism.
Materials: List all materials used (i.e. websites, apps, pencils, iPads, computers, worksheets,
diagrams, textbooks, etc.)
SmartBoard
Laptop
Computer
Notebook
Pencils
Adaptation Homework
Detailed paragraphs from here on down.
Procedures:
Introduction (5 minutes):
Begin with a class discussion of what animals need to survive — the four basic needs of animals:
food, water, shelter, and space. Have students answer the following questions individually, then
discuss with partners.
Do the things that satisfy these four needs differ for different animals? (Yes, animals
need different types of shelter or food)
Do they differ for animals that occupy different habitats? (Yes, diff habitats have
different resources)
Do all animals need the same type of food? Same amount of water? Same type of shelter?
Same amount of space? (Yes they all differ)
(Multimedia 2= App, website, video, educational game, song, podcast, etc.): Why this
piece of multimedia? How does it support student learning and your standards and
objectives? How do you know it is of high-quality? Refer to the 8 bullet points in the
Evaluating Multimedia PowerPoint to support your rationale.
The exploration online activity will provide more background information on Charles
Darwin and adaptations. This website supports student learning because they will become better
equipped to navigate the internet, as well as have more knowledge of the topic that is being
discussed. This is a high-quality source because the website, Scholastic, is very reliable and will
be beneficial to the students.