Tibi Kenney
Integration of Language Arts and Science lesson plan
Lesson
Components
March 5
March 7
March 9
Objective
S.W.B.A.T Determine the
meaning of words relevant
to science
Exit Card
S.W.B.A.T Plan and conduct
Well-Designed Investigations
to hatch brine shrimp eggs
N/A
S.W.B.A.T Describe
observable changes of brine
shrimp
Students will make
observations and record it on
their science journals.
Discovery Education
Elmo
Science kit to hatch brine
shrimp
Computer
Activity game matching the
vocabulary they learned on the
life cycle of a brine shrimp to
the meaning of the words.
Hand lenses
Science journals
Pencils.
Students will view the life
cycle of a brine shrimp from
Discovery Education before
conduction an investigation to
Ask students what changes
have occurred to the brine
shrimp eggs?
Assessment
Match the science
vocabulary (life cycle of a
brine shrimp) to the meaning
Materials
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Introduction/
Warm-up
Elmo
Vocabulary resource
The Brine Shrimp
Life Cycle book from
the EIC
Informational Text
about life cycle
Computer Lab
Discovery Education
Today students will learn to
take an intellectual risk by
sharing ideas about
vocabulary even if they do
March
March
Guided
Practice
not know what the words
mean. Tell the students that
we will be learning all about
Brine shrimp. In order to do
our investigation. We need
to learn the vocabulary that
is related to life science.
hatch brine shrimp eggs.
To activate students'
background ask what do
they know about brine
shrimp? What does the word
shrimp means? Discuss with
the students what a brine
shrimp is? Tell the students
that they are going to get
into partners to make an
intellectual risk and fill out
the vocabulary word sheet,
Title Do I know These
Words? It will have words
such as cyst, dormant,
embryo, exoskeleton, hatch,
larvae, life cycle, maturity,
molt, nauplii. On the
worksheet, next to the word.
It will a column that say I
don't know the word. I've
seen this word, but I'm not
sure what it means. I know
something about this word
or I know a meaning of the
word and can explain it.
Provide time for students to
individually record their
understanding of each word
using the resources. Use the
Display one quarter teaspoon
of brine shrimp eggs using an
ELMO and ask What do you
see? Explain that they are
eggs in the dormant stage
called cysts and that students
are going to hatch them. Tell
students that another name for
brine shrimp is sea monkeys.
Place two cups of water and
two teaspoons of salt
(aquarium salt) in each flex
tank. Divide the class into
four groups. Each group of
students will have their names
on each tank. Have each
student in every group one at
a time stir the tank to aerate
the water. Add the brine
shrimp eggs. Divide them
amongst the four tanks. Tell
the students that it takes about
(18-24 hours) for the eggs to
hatch. Display the tanks by
the window. The ideal
temperature is supposed to be
90 degrees.
Provide opportunities for
groups to use hand lenses to
observe and record any
changes. Ask; what have you
learned as a result of your
observations? What questions
do you have? Provide time for
students to reflect and discuss
what they learned or any
questions they may have with
peers using Think-Pair-Share.
Ask students: Did it help
watching a clip about the life
cycle of a brine shrimp from
the Discovery Education?
What comparison did you
make between the life cycle of
brine shrimp from Discovery
Education and your own
experiment to hatch brine
shrimp eggs?
Independent
Practice
Closure
Elmo to show students
illustrations displayed in the
life cycle diagram( e. g.,
hatching, napuliar stages,
cysts) ask the students to
examine the illustrations
without clicking to open
captions. Discuss which
words did the illustrations
help you understand? what
was clarified? how can you
determine the meaning of
words that you still do not
know? Provide time for
students to revisit the Do I
know These Words resource
to rate their new
understanding of each word.
We will see what happens! :)
Students work together as
partners to discuss the
vocabulary. Students will
use multiple strategies to
help them to determine the
meaning of vocabulary used
to describe brine shrimp.
This was a group lesson
Tell students that tomorrow
we will view the life cycle
of a Brine Shrimp from the
Discovery channel.
We will continue to make
observations from our plan
conducted the day before
from hatching brine shrimp
eggs.
Tell students that they will be
observing their brine shrimp in
the tank. Students need to
record the changes on their
science journals. Have
students rotate to the computer
center to do the activity on
vocabulary- meaning.
Students will continue to make
observations of their brine
shrimp.
Reading: students read an article describing The Brine Shrimp Life Cycle as a group.
Writing: students wrote on the Do I know These Words? vocabulary words to activate background knowledge. Students also wrote the
changes in the life cycle of a brine shrimp on their science journals.
Listening: students listened the 8 minutes clip on the life cycle of brine shrimp on Discovery Education website.
Speaking: students were able to share what they knew about the science words and how to pronounce those words with their partners.
Spelling: student were able to write the vocabulary words.
Students were able to use a variety of technology as well to enhance their knowledge on the subject taught.