Thursday, 8 December 2016

Conservation of Plants & Animals - Lesson 3

Lesson 3- Plan Phase
3.1 Work Breakdown, Products and Milestones:
            
Note:Products are shown in  (  )’s.Milestones are in bold font.
Classroom instruction:Basic understanding of animal lives in forests .2.Flora and Fauna.
Select student groups (student groups)             
Research:online and library (research report)
Class activity:visit of students to near by places  for collection of data and photographs of animals in danger.(visit reports,photographs)
Survey:External factors  causing violence in animals.(survey report)
Activity:Steps  to be taken for protection of animals.(as per animal regulation act)
Activity:student suggestions/’’oral report’’(student briefing)
Presentation:the importance of  protection of animals.(presentation)

3.2 Role definitions:
            
Project leader :Rajalatha  R
Researcher
Survey writer:students of class  VIII A.
Surveyor
Presentation author
Presenter

3.3 Task schedule:
          
Project start date  1 st November 2016.
Project end date 30 th November 2016.


3.4Special Activities Plan:
                

           
3.5Resources Plan:

Computer lab:Date and period in the time table

3.6 Direct Instruction:

Basics  of project  highlights.
The protection of animals.
Creating a survey.

3.7 Reviews and checkpoints:
               
At the end of every week there will be a  20 minutes class conference to discuss progress,successes and challenges.
A checkpoint meeting for each team will be held for 10 minutes twice per week.

3.8 Assessment plan:
            
Opportunities for authentic assessment will include:the surveys and results.
Formative assessment will primarily focus on the artifacts created by the students during the project.Special attention will be paid to survey prototypes,learning journals and presentation out lines.
Summative assessments will be performed on the survey results,presentations 
 and the portfolios of work.
Rubrics prepared:Survey questions and results rubric,presentations rubric,grading rubric.