Unit Plan Template - University of North Texas



Unit Plan: How Do Things Grow?

|Unit Author |

|First and Last Name |Elizabeth Navarro |

|Author's E-mail Address |lissienava01@ |

|Course Name(s) |Computers in the Classroom |

|Course Number(s) |4100 |

|Course Section(s) |008 |

|School City, State, Zip |Denton, TX. 76203 |

|Instructor Name(s): |Dr. Rhonda Christensen |

|Unit Overview |

|Unit Plan Title | |

|Curriculum-Framing Questions |

| |Essential Question |How do things grow? |

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| |Unit Questions |What do plants need to grow? |

| | |How do plants grow? |

| | |Am I growing like a weed? |

|Unit Summary |

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|Through this unit the students satisfy their curiosity about plants and develop a sense of pride and responsibility. The students would |

|learn the basic parts of plants, and grow a plant starting from a seed. |

|Subject Area(s): (List all subjects that apply) |

|Science and Technology Applications |

|Grade Level (Click boxes of all grade levels that apply) |

| K-2 | 3-5 |

|6-8 |9-12 |

|ESL |Resource |

|Gifted and Talented |Other:       |

|UQ # |Student Objective/Learning Outcome |Targeted State Standard/Benchmark |Procedures/Activities |

|1 |      |Science: Investigations are used to learn |     Start something unusual in a zip lock bag. Moisten paper towel with very|

| |Children would be able to identify the |about the natural world. Students should |clean hands and slide into zip lock bag. Add 3 seeds (beans, corn, raw |

| |four main things a plant needs to live |understand that certain types of questions |peanut, cotton) Transfer to a garden when it is warms up outside. Also the |

| |and grow. |can be answered by investigations, and those|children would able to explore using the internet to find information about |

| | |methods, models, and conclusions built from |the growing in plants. |

| | |these investigations change as new | |

| | |observations are made. Models of objects and| |

| | |events are tools for understanding the | |

| | |natural world and can show how systems work | |

|2 |Children will be able to explain how to |Science is a way of learning about the |     Read “Growing Vegetable Soup” and try to find the vegetables in the |

| |grow a garden. |natural world. Students should know how |garden. Play Vegetable Soup Game like London Bridges. Another activity for |

| |      |science has built a vast body of changing |the children would able to use the digital camera and show the steps in how |

| | |and increasing knowledge described by |to grow a plant. |

| | |physical, mathematical, and conceptual | |

| | |models, and also should know that science | |

| | |may not answer all questions. | |

|3 |Children will be able to distinguish how |Technology Applications the student |Have the children make a chart on the computer and list the things human need|

| |plants are not that different from us |demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use |in order to grow and things plants need in order to grow. Afterwards they |

| |from growing. |of hardware components, software programs |will be able to compare. |

| |      |and their connections. | |

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|Approximate Time Needed (Example: 45 minutes, 4 hours, 1 year, etc.) |

|About 30 minutes each day for 10 days |

|Prerequisite Skills |

|Students will be able to do activities on software’s including PowerPoint, Kid Pix, Word Processor and access to the internet. |

|Materials and Resources Required For Unit |

|Technology – Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed.) |

| Camera | Laser Disk | VCR |

|Computer(s) |Printer |Video Camera |

|Digital Camera |Projection System |Video Conferencing Equip. |

|DVD Player |Scanner |Other:       |

|Internet Connection |Television | |

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|Technology – Software (Click boxes of all software needed.) |

| Database/Spreadsheet | Image Processing | Web Page Development |

|Desktop Publishing |Internet Web Browser |Word Processing |

|E-mail Software |Multimedia |Other:       |

|Encyclopedia on CD-ROM | | |

|Printed Materials: |Books |

|Supplies: |zip lock bag, 3 seeds of beans for each child, and paper towel |

|Internet Resources |, |

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|Others | |

|Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction |

| |Resource Student |Worksheets and touch on screen activities |

| |Gifted Student |Touch on screen activities |

|Student Assessment |

|Title of unit plan, essential question, 3 unit questions, unit summary, grade level, subject area, time requirements, State TEKS and 5 web |

|resources with descriptions and URL |

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