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Types of Trees & Leaves ppt - Lesson One
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Gamification - Lesson One and Two
Overview
This resource provides both the instructional lecture of the lesson in part one and the interactive gamification of the lesson in part two. Lesson one focuses more on the theory about trees and leaves. A PowerPoint is used as an aid in the lecture, and Kahoot is used to test the students knowledge about the presented content.
Lesson two focuses on taking the content learned in lesson one and applying it through a scavenger hunt game. Students are given a list of trees and leaves to hunt. They must work together with their group to find as many as they can. As they search, the must take a photo of their findings and upload it to Padlet. These photos will be used later in an upcoming video project and used to document points. Each item on the list is worth a certain amount of points; points will be tracked through Padlet. Whatever team has the most points wins.
Lesson One - Growing Your Knowledge
Description: This lesson presents information about the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees, the various leaf types as well as the different leaf shapes through a lecture and PowerPoint presentation. This lesson will prepare students for the scavenger hunt game in lesson two.
Audience: Upper elementary and middle school teachers
Objectives:
Recall life cycle of tree/plant
Identify different types of trees and leaves
Define difference between coniferous and deciduous trees
- Recall and understand why trees are necessary to our lives
Media:
- Phone or Laptop to access Kahoot
- PowerPoint
Activities: The class will start off with an icebreaker challenge. Students will find a partner and come up with as many reasons as they can as to why trees are necessary for us to live. They will have two minutes. The answers they come up with can be used to compare with the answers from the video they will watch later in the class. A guided class discussion about the differences in leaf shapes will be led getting the students to think critically and perceptively. After the material has been presented students will engage in a Kahoot game to test their knowledge. A summary of the content presented in the lesson will be gone over. Lastly, students will be reminded of the assigned homework and of the upcoming scavenger hunt.
Assessment:
Through game of Kahoot and guided class discussion.
Follow Up: Gamification Part 2 will be the scavenger hunt.
Lesson Two - Scavenger Hunt
Description: The second portion of this lesson will include an interactive and collaborative scavenger hunt in the ravine. Students are put into groups with five students each and a parent/ teacher supervisor. Students are given a list of trees and leaves they have to find in the rand they must take a picture of their findings and upload it to Padlet. The goal is to acquire photos that will be used in their video project after the field trip. A point system is also in place. Different kinds of trees and leaves are awarded a point value and the star feature on Padlet will allow teachers to award points easily for each post that comes up. Whatever team acquires the most points wins.
Audience: Upper elementary and middle school teachers
Objectives:
- Apply what we learned in class to help you find the trees and leaves on the list
- Recall the differences between coniferous and deciduous trees as well as the different leaf types and shapes
- Collect and upload your findings to Padlet
Media:
- Phone to take photos
- Access to Padlet to upload photos
- Computer to make a post scavenger hunt video of your photos
Activities: Students will meet first in the classroom to go over safety, rules and expectations for the lesson. We would walk to the ravine and once there students would organize themselves into groups of five. Parent/ teacher supervisors will be designated for each group. Students then have 45 minutes to find what they can on the scavenger hunt list. They will take photos of their findings and upload them to Padlet under their designated group section. After the 45 minutes, groups will reconvene at a designated meeting spot set by the instructor prior to the start of the scavenger hunt. After all groups have gathered, students and supervisors will walk back to the classroom for a debriefing.
Assessment:
Students photos uploaded to Padlet and video project to document their understanding and participation.
Follow Up: Quick debrief back at the classroom once we have returned from the scavenger hunt. Review of the expectations for the video project.