Planning+for+Technology+Integration


 * Objective ** : The students will learn about what is necessary for plant life. They will be planting nasturtiums over the span of a week. For the purpose of seeing the changes of the plant each day, each plant will be placed in a very wet paper towel and into a zip lock baggie. The students will draw a picture of what they see each day and have a short list of 5  questions to answer. They will then use the Class wiki to record their observations of their plant for each day(title each day on wiki page) and hypothesize what maybe occurring in the class plants based on what they see their baggie plants doing . There will also be 5 class plants in small pots to show that it is necessary for the plants to have soil for nutrients to survive. These plants will be placed in the windowsill to show that the plants need sunlight. It will be explained that what they see happening to their plants in the baggies, is what is happening to the class plants in the soil. It will also be explained that their plants in the baggies will need soil to keep growing.

This project will be designed for First Grade class of 25 as a Science Project.
 * 0107.3.2 Describe what plants and animals **
 * need in order to grow and remain healthy. **

Plant Growing Game

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsgrow.html

=** Small group with 5 computers in the classroom **= For each day for a week there will be a period for the **students** to do the following steps: (1. Students will draw their pictures of their plants and any change. (2. Students will be put into groups of 5 (by the teacher). (3. In each group they will discuss what change has occurred to their plants. (4. Each group member will be given a job (by the teacher). There will be a Typing Expert, a Note Taking Expert (of the observations discussed), the Reading Expert (read notes to the typer), the Talk Expert (make sure everyone in the group has said something about the project), and the Topic Expert (makes sure that they stay on topic). (5. They will record this on the Class Wiki on their group’s page. (6. The group selected by the teacher will get to water the class plants.
 * Description ** : The Students will have their plants securely in zip lock baggies at this point. As the **Teacher** I will explain what is to be done: that they are to draw a picture of what they see change in their plant, when they are placed into groups they should discuss the changes of their plants, each person will be assigned a special job by the teacher and they will work together to record what changes have occurred in their baggie plants and what they think the class plants are doing in the soil on the Class Wiki. I will clearly explain this, and as they work I will monitor each group and help them whenever it is needed. The most efficient group will be rewarded by being allowed to water the class plants (this will be judged by the teacher).

-Seeds -Baggies - Wet Paper towels -Colored pencils or markers (shades of brown and green only) -White paper -Regular notebook paper -worksheets -Regular lead pencils -small watering pails -soil -small pots -www.wikispaces.com -plant growing game http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsgrow.html
 * Materials: **

** 1. ** They will observe their plants ** 2. ** Draw their plants ** 3. ** Make obervations ** 4. ** Get in groups ** 5. ** Dicuss what has changed and what they think the class plants are doing. ** 6. ** Record on Wiki. The Computers will be on and logged into the class Wiki before hand, so they can click on their group page and get to work with typing what they have observed. For a Special needs Student they will be placed within a group like any other children, but they will be allowed more time to get the project done. If the child needs a buddy for the special jobs I may assign another group member the same job so they can help the other child as needed. During Instruction I will make sure that the students remain on task. If faster paced students get done too quickly and become restless with one step, I will allow them to either play a plant growing game at the computer, or have a work sheet for them to complete. The choice being made based on my judgment of whether they are trying to get done to play a computer game or whether they really just got done that quickly. (A time this might occur could be when they are drawing the picture.) Special Rules will include: -NO Games while on the Class Wiki. -NO use of any other web site while in the group working on the group project. If the computers were to fail, the students would be required to save their notes and record their notes on the next available day. They would be required to write out on paper exactly what they would put on their group Wiki page so that they will be able to just type it out the next time.
 * Preparation: **
 * It will be explaned step by step as we come to it what is to be done next. **
 * During Instruction: **
 * Back up Plan: **

Another possibility is to have a whole class discussion about what we have observed, and write our thoughts as a whole group.

= Individual use in a computer lab =


 * Description: ** The Students will have their plants securely in zip lock baggies at this point. As the **Teacher** I will explain what is to be done: that they will take their plant baggie with them, that they are to draw a picture of what they see change in their plant and what might be happening to the Class plants, that they will be given a few questions on their plant on a worksheet, each student will then proceed to describe the changes of their plant on their page on the Class Wiki, then as a whole group we will go over the questions and discuss what changes we see. I will clearly explain this, and as they work I will monitor each student and help them whenever it is needed. The five most well behaved children will rewarded by being allowed to water the class plants (this will be judged by the teacher).

For each day for a week there will be a period for the **students** to do the following steps: (1. Students will draw their pictures of their plants and any change. (2. They will answer 5 questions about their plants on a worksheet that will be made up by the teacher. (3. Each student will record this on the Class Wiki on their page. (6. The best behaved students selected by the teacher will get to water the class plants.

-Seeds -Baggies - Wet Paper towels -Colored pencils or markers (shades of brown and green only) -White paper -Regular lead pencils -small watering pails -soil -small pots -worksheets
 * Materials:**

-www.wikispaces.com -plant growing game http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/plantsgrow.html

** 1. ** They will observe their plants ** 2. ** Draw their plants and answer worksheet questions ** 3. ** Make obervations ** 4. ** Record on Wiki ** 5. ** Whole Class Discussion what has changed and what they think the class plants are doing. The Monitors of the Computers will be turned off at the beginning until the student is ready to use them. Then each student will be instructed to log into the class Wiki. Then they can click on their page and get to work with typing what they have observed. A Special needs Student will be allowed more time with the project and I will assist them as needed. I may assign them a buddy.
 * Preparation: **
 * It will be explaned step by step as we come to it what is to be done next. **

During Instruction I will make sure that each student remain on task. If faster paced students get done too quickly, and become restless with one step, I will allow them to either play a plant growing game at the computer, or have them be a special helper to the other students (specifically the special needs students). The choice depending on whether other students need help. Special Rules will include: -NO Games while on the Class Wiki. -NO use of any other web site while working on the project.
 * During Instruction: **

If the computers were to fail, the students would be required to write out on paper exactly what they would put on their Wiki page so that they will be able to just type it out the next available day. Another possibility is to go ahead and have a whole class discussion about what we have observed, and write our thoughts as a whole group to record the next available day.
 * Back up Plan: **