Maximizing Technology Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Title Life on Earth
Grade 10
Content Area Science
Technology Assumptions Students have one-to-one iPads
(Is your class 1:1 with laptops or
iPads? Laptop or iPad cart? BYOD?
Four desktop classroom?
Something else?)
OAS Standard(s) HS-ESS2-7
Construct an argument based on evidence about the
simultaneous co-evolution of Earth’s systems and life on
Earth.
ISTE Standards for Empowered Learner
Students Creative Communicator
Digital Citizen
Knowledge Constructor
Kolb’s Triple E Framework Extend
plus Efficiency Enhance
Engage
Efficiency
Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
1. Tell and explain the co-evolution on earth and how
that impacted Earth through the years
2. Talk about life on Earth and how that has changed
since the beginning of time
3. Create timeline of Earth from creation to now
Opener Students will make a timeline of the earth and life on earth
using previous knowledge they may or may not have. This
is a pre-test to see what they already know and to see what
they have learned by the end of the lesson
Technology used: read write think interactive timeline
Student Centered
Mini-Lesson We will watch the video as a whole class and then I will talk
to them about what the video misses or go into deeper
detail about some of the things in the ideo.
Technology used: youtube video
Student Centered
Work Period Students will do research on reliable sources, such as
proquest or national geographic, to create an accurate
timeline of earth and life on earth using google drawing.
They are to be creative and have fun with it.
Technology used: google drawings
Student Centered
Closer The students are to present to the class their projects,
displayed on the smart board at the front of the class. Next,
they are to go to google classroom and take the quiz online
to make sure they learned the correct information. They are
to take this quiz by themself, on a lockdown browser.
Technology used: google classroom
Student Centered
Assessment(s) (Formative Honestly i have on idea what these words mean so going to
and/or Summative) take the L on this part
Additional Materials Student devices
Needed (besides the ones Smart board
linked above) Pens and paper
Reflection (respond underneath the line in 3-4 paragraphs):
1. What was your experience of designing a lesson that capitalizes on technology in each
part of the lesson (opener, mini-lesson, work period, closer)?
2. What were your experiences developing the materials needed to carry out your lesson?
3. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using Google
technologies in the classroom?
4. How do you think the activity that you planned would assist students in mastering their
content standards?
5. Look at the ISTE Standards for Educators. Choose at least one standard and explain how
your Maximizing Technology Lesson Plan helps you demonstrate that you’ve met your
chosen standard. Use specific details from your project. (1 paragraph)
1. It was really weird creating a lesson where every part of it had some piece of technology.
Out of the million and one lesson plans I have already made, I honestly don't think any of
them had technology in them. Technology is something very new to me, and I feel like
creating a lesson that every part had technology in it was a good way to jump into it and
now I know how to better bring tech into my lessons.
2. It was really fun to think about all of the things I used in high school and college, and get
to see the teacher side of all of the technologies.
3. The advantages are that the students like using their computers and there are a lot of
different sites and apps they can use to be very creative. The downfall is that they know
how to use computers better than I do, so it would be very easy for them to get around
anything they aren't supposed to be on (i know that because I was that kid).
4. This will help students because they get to be creative when they are making their
timeline. I have learned that when students get to be creative and have fun, they tend to
learn the material more.
5. Creative Communicator is one of the standards that my lesson plan goes with. I believe
this goes well with it because the students will “communicate clearly and express
themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats
and digital media appropriate to their goals”. They get to use google draw and anything
else they want to use to create the best timeline they can. They can use anything they
need to be able to communicate clearly and express themselves to make the best timeline
of the history of the earth.
