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Technology-Enhanced Learning Activity Summary

 
Name: Grade 5 Science Teachers School: Sparrell
Learning Activity Title: What's the Limit? (Plant Growth Lab)
Grade Level(s): 5 Subject Area: Science
Description of Activity: What is the learning experience? What will teachers and students do during the course of the activity? Through what performances or products will students demonstrate what they know and are able to do?

The learning experience is finding out how space, light, and water limit plant population. The students will design an experiment that shows whether a certain biotic factor limits a plant population. The students will form a hypothesis, collect data through observations, organize their data in a spreadsheet program, and writing about their finding.

Technology Standards Addressed: This learning activity will allow students to develop proficiency in the following Norwell Public Schools technology standards:

  1.0 General Computing Skills

  2.0 Word Processing and Publications Skills

  3.0 Spreadsheet - Database

Skills and Concepts (see Scope and Sequence)

1.04, 1.05

2.01, 2.02, 2.04

3.03, 3.04

Curriculum Standards: Which curriculum frameworks, strands, and learning standards does the activity address?

Investigation, Data Collection, Interpreting, Analyzing, Predicting

Materials & Equipment: What specific software, hardware, websites, handouts, and other printed materials are involved in this activity?  

Excel Spreadsheet, grade 5 Science text, plant materials, classroom computers, projection machine

Teacher Tips and Notes: What strategies are recommended regarding logistics, preparation, classroom management, or other implementation concerns?

 

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