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This lesson plan has students create an Access database about animal classification by researching 50 animals from the internet and textbooks. Over 8 days, students will learn about relevant vocabulary, download the database template, input data on their assigned animals, run queries to determine relationships, and present their findings to the class. The lesson addresses Ohio science standards on hypothesis testing, biological classification, and evolutionary relationships. Students will be assessed based on completing their database records, queries, and a visual presentation.

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Lesson Plan Template: TH TH

This lesson plan has students create an Access database about animal classification by researching 50 animals from the internet and textbooks. Over 8 days, students will learn about relevant vocabulary, download the database template, input data on their assigned animals, run queries to determine relationships, and present their findings to the class. The lesson addresses Ohio science standards on hypothesis testing, biological classification, and evolutionary relationships. Students will be assessed based on completing their database records, queries, and a visual presentation.

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Lesson Plan Template

EDTECH 575
Your Name: Rachel Gensburg
Lesson Title: Animal Kingdom Characteristics
Introduction: Classification within the Animal Kingdom is built on relationshis and man!
times students ha"e a difficult time seeing these relationshis in the linear fashion the
h!lums are taught# The creation of an Access database will allow students to disco"er the
relationshis that are resent in the animal $ingdom# This lesson is ro%ect based# The
students will send most of the time wor$ing indi"iduall!& but can ha"e teacher assistance
when needed#
Grade or Age Level of Student(s): 'tudents in ((
th
or ()
th
grade *oolog!& +iolog! ,,& or
uer le"el +iolog! courses#
Obectives: 'tudents will:
-ocate information for fift! animals using the ,nternet and te.tboo$s#
/se rior $nowledge to determine aroriate terminolog! for database#
,nut located information into the roer field in the Animal ,nformation
Database#
Determine relationshis based on information#
0resent information disco"ered to the class#
Standards Addressed:
1hio Academic 'cience Content 'tandard: 'cientific 2a!s of Knowing& +enchmar$ A& Grade
((& 3umber (& Anal!4e a set of data to deri"e a h!othesis and al! that h!othesis to
similar henomena#
1hio Academic 'cience Content 'tandard: -ife 'cience& +enchmar$ E& Grade (5& number
()& Describe that biological classification reresents how organisms are related with secies
being the most fundamental unit of the classification s!stem# Relate how biologists arrange
organisms into hierarch! of grous and subgrous based on similarities and differences that
reflect their e"olutionar! relationshis#
Timeline: The lessons will ta$e eight da!s or aro.imatel! 6#5hours# This amount of time
can be ad%usted based on the number of records students are to comlete#
!aterials" 'tudents will need access to 7icrosoft Access& the ,nternet& and their
biolog!84oolog! te.tboo$#
'tudents will also need the following documents#
9ocabular! Re"iew
'tudent Handout :,ncludes direction and ;uestions#<
Database
'amle 'tudent Database :=or teacher use onl! to show an e.amle#<
Rubric for Assessment
Grouping Strategies" The student to comuter ratio is (:(# All students will ha"e access
to a comuter with 7icrosoft Access and the ,nternet#
Learning Activities"
Da! (:
Toda! the lesson will be introduced to the students# This includes going o"er the
student directions on the handout# Toda! the students will also ta$e the class eriod to
re"iew the recommended "ocabular!# Aroriate "ocabular! is necessar! for the lesson as
well as a good database# 'tudents should loo$ an! terms or words the! do not remember or
are not familiar with#
Da! ):
Toda! is the first da! for the students to be in the comuter lab# Each student will
ha"e access to a comuter with 7icrosoft Access and the ,nternet# =irst students will
download a co! of the database from 7rs# Gensburg>s website then sa"e a co! of the fill
to their folder on the networ$# 'tudents are to begin searching for data to fill their
database# Each student should begin with the recommended ten animals :these can be
comleted in an! order#< After doing the first ten animals students must find data for fort!
other animals# The! secific animals are u to each student ro"ided the! ha"e at least two
from each re;uired categor! :see student handout<#
Da! ?:
'ame as Da! )
Da! @:
'ame as Da! )
Da! 5:
'ame as Da! )& but students will run ;ueries to answer the ;uestions on the student
wor$sheet#
Da! 6:
'tudents will comlete ;ueries to answer the ;uestions on the student wor$sheet#
Da! 7:
'tudents must create a "isual resentation for the class# This could be a 0ower0oint file&
'7ART 3oteboo$ file& or another reAaro"ed file t!e# These resentations should oint
out the main relationshis the! disco"ered in their ro%ect#
Da! B:
'tudents will resent their "isual resentation to the class#
#iversit$" 'tudents on an ,E0 who need a reduced assignment will comlete less animal
records# The number will be determined on an indi"idual basis& but it will be in increments of
5#
Assessment" There is a rubric to assess the database& resentation& and "isual
:0ower0oint& etc<# The ;uestions in the student handout will also be graded# There is one
oint for the !es or no answer# The wh! or wh! not art of the ;uestion is worth three
oints# Then each field to be filled in from the database is worth one oint# =or e.amle
;uestion one is worth nineteen oints#
%eferences" This lesson was built using facts from the ,nternet to comlete the database#
The facts are a"ailable on man! sites# The rubric was created with Rubistar#
htt:88rubistar#@teachers#org8inde.#h

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