Assignment 8 - Instructional Materials and Displays
Jenny Ferguson
fergie13@vt.edu
7/27/2011

8-2. Plan a lesson that would include a virtual field trip. Locate at least one site on the World Wide Web that could be a place to visit as a virtual field trip in your lesson. Use the ASSURE model as a guide to describe your lesson. Also, include the title of the lesson.

  Mrs. Ferguson’s 6th grade Science students will be taking a virtual field trip through a chemistry lab.  They will be learning about lab safety, lab equipment, and lab techniques.

LESSON TITLE: Learning about the Lab

Analyze Learners:  

General Characteristics:  6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom.

Entry Competencies: There are no entry competencies for this virtual field trip.

Learning Styles: There are 9 visual learners, 11 tactile/kinesthetic learners, and 2 audio learners in Mrs. Ferguson’s class. 

State Standards and Objectives:

VA Standards of Learning

Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic

6.1     The student will plan and conduct investigations in which

k)  an understanding of the nature of science is developed and reinforced.

Objective 1.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) list the four lab safety rules.

Audience – 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom

Behavior – LWBAT list the four lab safety rules.

Conditions – Within one 90-minutes class period.

Degree – Within one 90-minutes class period, 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom will be able to list the four lab safety rules.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

 

Objective 2.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) explain the ten lab techniques.

Audience – 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom

Behavior – LWBAT explain the ten lab techniques.

Conditions – Within one 90-minutes class period.

Degree – Within one 90-minutes class period, 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom will be able to explain the ten lab techniques.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 3.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) list the names of the lab supplies.

Audience – 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom

Behavior – LWBAT list the names of the lab supplies.

Conditions – Within one 90-minutes class period.

Degree – Within one 90-minutes class period, 6th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom will be able to list the names of the lab supplies.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Select Strategies, Technology, Media, and Materials:

Strategy: Students will work individually on a computer and move through the virtual field trip to learn each objective.

Media/Technology: A website for virtual field trips (http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14346)

Materials: The class textbook will serve as a second resource.

Utilize Technology, Media, and Materials:

Preview: All technology will be previewed by both teachers to make sure everything is working properly.

Prepare technology, media, materials: All materials, technology, and media will be previewed and prepared for student use ahead of time.

Prepare the environment: Classrooms will be set up so that technology is easily accessible to all students.

Prepare the learners:  Learners will be prepared by having previous experience using the computers and internet in the classroom.

Provide the learning experience:  Each student will be provided the best learning experience possible with different learner-centered activities.  The teacher will also be engaged with teacher-centered activities while directing the students.

Require Learner Participation:

All students will be actively engaged at all times with the different links on the virtual website and with assessments they will be taking.

Evaluate and Revise:

Pre-assessment:  An objective-style test will be given to see what information is already known about labs, if any.

Practice: The practice will take place as students are on the virtual field trip website.

Post-assessment:  An objective-style multiple choice test will be given to assess knowledge from the virtual field trip.