Catipillar Food Instructional Plan

Here is an lesson being taught next week.
Instructional Plan
Title: Finding Caterpillar Food
Grade: 3rd
Content Area: Science
Time: 1 Week
21st Century Skills: Behave cooperatively as a member of a team, calculate & measure for information and application, behave in a responsible manner without supervision
Technology Standards:

EALR 1 – Integration
Students use technology within all content areas to collaborate, communicate, generate innovative ideas, investigate and solve problems.

1.1: Innovate: Demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge and develop innovative products and processes using technology.


Content Standards:
EALR 4: Life Science. Big Idea: Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
Goals: By the end of this lesson, the students will be able to identify the different types of food a caterpillar eats.
Activities:
1. Teacher asks students to get with their science partners and bring their caterpillars to their desks.
2. A variety of foods will by handed out to each student to observe what kinds of foods caterpillars eat.
3. Each day of one week, the students will introduce their caterpillars to a new type of food (crackers, carrots, lettuce, cheese, chicken).
4. Using the discovery learning model, the teacher and students will first experiment by placing the food in front of the caterpillars. Then observe what happens. Then reflect on their findings in their science journals.
5. By using the Discovery Learning Loop, the students will discover what types of foods caterpillars eat. They will be asked to confirm this by finding two resources that agree with their findings.
6. Assessment will be based on the students’ journal entries and their overall participation in the lesson.