Allison Terry

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Allison Terry
Under The Sea
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Analyze Learners
This unit will be taught to first grade students
who are from six to seven years old. My class
will already know what an ocean is and be able to
identify what a fish is from other animals. Also,
for the art project my students will also already
have the skills to be able to use crayons, paint,
scissors, and glue. There are no special needs or
skills for my class.
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State Objectives

• SC.1.4.5 Depict movement of living things in air,
  water, and on land (e.g. birds flying, fish
  swimming, worms burrowing in soil)
• SC.1.4.2 Identify that most living things need
  water, food, and air.
• SC.1.6.2 Develop respect and responsibility for
  the environment by engaging in conservation
  practices (e.g. recycling, trash clean-up)
• VA.1.1.6 Make art using various media to
  communicate ideas, experiences, and stories.
• SS.1.4.3 Identify major geographic features (e.g.
  rivers, lakes, mountains, oceans) using a United
  States map.
• TEC.1.1.2 Use a mouse to click and drag.
• TEC.1.1.3 Start and exit programs as well as
  locate files.

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Select Media and Materials

• Globe
• Class-size Map
• Computers with internet access
• Construction paper
• Scissors and glue
• Markers, paint, crayons, colored pencils
• Craft eyes
• Tub
• Water
• Sand, Rocks, Coral Pieces
• Poster Board
• The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna
  Cole

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Websites Used

• Lessonplanspage.com
• Learningpage.com
• Coreknowledge.org
• Disney.com
• Nasa.gov

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Utilize Media and Materials

• Here I will give a day to day overview of my
  unit
• Day 1
• Ask questions to test students previous
  knowledge. ( What is an ocean? Have you ever been
  to an ocean? What do you know about them? )
• Show students all oceans from a globe. Have them
  identify the oceans on a class sized map.
• Break students into groups and have each group
  take an ocean. They will find out facts like
  where the ocean is, what animals inhabit that
  ocean, and the temperature of the ocean.
• They will then report their findings to the
  class.

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• Day 2
• Read The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by
  Joanna Cole
• Show pictures of coral reef
• Show students tub of sand, rocks, and coral
  pieces and use them to discuss various geographic
  features of the ocean floor.
• Students will use their art supplies to make
  their own ocean floor pictures then will identify
  what each item is to the class.

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• Day 3
• Put students into groups and assign them each a
  sea animal.
• Each group will research their animal and find
  answers to where they live, who are their
  predators, what they eat, and what they look
  like.
• They will report their findings to the class.
• Then each student will create their own picture
  of the animal they researched.
• I will place all their artwork on the bulletin
  board.

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• Day 4
• Talk more about ocean animals.
• Students will visit Finding Nemo website and view
  the underwater classroom where they will learn
  about sea animals and the sea floor. They will
  take the quiz and receive a certificate and print
  it off to take home.
• They will then be allowed to play games on the
  site once they have completed the instructional
  activities.

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• Day 5
• I will speak to students about pollution problem
  of our oceans. The causes of the pollution and
  how they can go about helping save our oceans.
• They will learn how in the future they can help
  our animals stay healthy and our oceans stay
  clean.
• To finish the unit, the students will get into
  groups and put on fishy play.

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Require Learner Participation

• I chose activities and lessons that would keep my
  students moving around and keep them interested
  so that they could stay focused on their tasks.
• They will be interested in making their own sea
  animals, sea bed, and interacting with a movie
  site (Finding Nemo) that is very popular among
  this age group.
• By giving them a chance to put on a play at the
  end, it will give them something to look forward
  to.

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Evaluate and Revise

• Student achievement will be evaluated in various
  ways. The first assessment will be the group
  presentation on the oceans. Then they will be
  assessed based on the second group presentation
  of their ocean animal and their art work
  including both the ocean floor and ocean animal.
  Also, the students will be graded on the three
  worksheets they completed throughout the lesson.
  The last assessment will be the play they
  construct on their own.