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1) The lesson plan template provides details for a 4th grade life science lesson on animal adaptations. 2) Formative and summative assessments are included to evaluate student understanding of how adaptations help animals survive in different environments. 3) The lesson uses worksheets and class discussions to introduce adaptations, identify animal basic needs, and have students match specific adaptations to different animals.

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Life Science Lesson

1) The lesson plan template provides details for a 4th grade life science lesson on animal adaptations. 2) Formative and summative assessments are included to evaluate student understanding of how adaptations help animals survive in different environments. 3) The lesson uses worksheets and class discussions to introduce adaptations, identify animal basic needs, and have students match specific adaptations to different animals.

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SETON HILL UNIVERSITY

Lesson Plan Template Abridged


(May be adapted based on instructors needs)

Pre-Planning
TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Standards/
anchors/
competencies
PA/Common
Core/Standards
(Plus any others
as may be
required)
Formative
AND/OR
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

DETAILS
Rachel Mueller
Life Science
4th grade
1 Class Period/ 15 minutes
S4.B.2: Continuity of Life
S4.B.2.1: Identify and explain how adaptations help
organisms survive
S4.B.1.1 Identify and describe similarities and
differences between living things and their life
processes
Formative Assessment
Through observation, the teacher will poll the class
about their mastery when they are completing the
adaptation activities using these main components:
I understand and I am ready to move on
I understand, but have questions about.
I need help understanding
This concept is challenging
I do not understand
Summative Assessment
The Wrap it Up Activity will be collected at the end,
when all students are completed. This will assess the
students knowledge and determine if they have
reached mastery.

Objectives
A-B-C-D

Bloom's Taxonomy

Webb's Depth of
Knowledge (DOK)

CK

The fourth grade students will be able to describe the


basic survival needs of animals with 100%percent
accuracy.
The fourth grade students will be able to identify
adaptations that help animals survive in various
environments with 100% accuracy.

Step-by-Step Procedures
RATIONALE for the
Learning Plan
DETAILS
Introduction
Activating Prior Knowledge
The students will be given the You Cant Run worksheet
and will be asked to find Waldo. After the students have
had time to find Waldo, the teacher will explain that
animals use colors, body parts, and many different
behaviors to blend in, just like Waldo.

CK

Explicit
Instructions
Big Ideas
Essential
Questions

Lesson Procedure
Must include
adaptations &
accommodations
for students with
special needs
Accommodations,
Modifications

Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
After the You Cant Run worksheet, the teacher will
draw a word map on the board and in the center it will
read Basic Needs of Animals and as a class discussion
have the students name certain needs animals require
to survive (air, water, food, shelter, etc.) The teacher will
then have the students copy this word map in their
notes and record the answers.
Big Idea Statement
Many different characteristics and adaptations are used
for animals to survive daily.
Essential Questions
How does the variation among individuals affect their
survival?
How do the structures and functions of living things
allow them to meet their needs?
Key Vocabulary
Adaptation: A specific feature that allows a plant or
animal to live in a particular environment.
Characteristics: Features that make plants and
animals different from each other.
Camouflage: A way of blending into the surroundings
so that an organism cannot be seen. (Protective
coloration)
Environment: The living and non-living things that
surround an organism.
Hibernation: When organisms become inactive for a
period of time for survival, such as during cold winter
months.
Mimicry: When an organism resembles the appearance,
actions, or sounds of another organism.
Pre-Assessment of Students
The Pre-Assessment of the students will be the
collaboration of the Word Map and listing the basic
needs of an animal.
Lesson Procedure in Order
After the You Cant Run worksheet and the Word Map is
completed the teacher will then discuss the meaning of
adaptation (definition above) and explain to students
that adaptations allow for animals to meet their basic
needs (discussed previously).
Pass out the Adaptation in Brainstorming worksheet
then discuss with the students and make a list of
adaptations that humans need to use to live and survive
on land. (Column 1 on the worksheet)
Then show the students a picture of a fish and have
them create a list of adaptations that allow for fish to
live in water.

Materials
(reading,
technology,
equipment,
supplies, etc.)
Closure

Other(This area
is to be
determined by
instructor OR
student as
needed)
Supervising
teacher
comments and
signature
Teacher
Self-reflection
What

Then show a picture of a frog (visible for class to see)


and the students will come up with a list of adaptations
for a frog to live on land and water. *This is still
brainstorming!
The teacher will discuss importance of adaptations for
different environments/ habitats
Project the Adaptation Worksheet for the class to see,
but they should have their own to fill in. Go through
vocabulary as a review to understand students
knowledge then have them fill out the rest of the
information one by one. They will draw the animals on
the last column and fill in the blanks with the correct
answers of what kind of adaptation the certain animals
have.
To conclude, the students will do the Wrap It Up Activity
Accommodations and Modifications: For the student
whom may need accommodations or modifications,
during group work, the teacher will pick the groups
allowing for varied students (Pre-picked) Also the
student will be asked to brainstorm fewer ideas and on
the Adaptation Worksheet the picture will be on their
sheet instead of having them draw it, which allows them
to fill in the middle column only.
Packet of Worksheets that are used throughout the
lesson.

Summary & Review of the Learning


The Wrap It Up Activity allows for a summary of
learning because it is an overview of what the students
learned and it allows for them to describe why certain
animals and humans cannot live in the same
environments.
Homework/Assignments
Complete Wrap It Up Activity if not done in class.

worked?
What would
you
change?

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