UDL Lesson Plan - Conservation Efforts: Recycling

UDL Lesson Plan and Reflection

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Lesson Overview

Title:	Conservation Efforts: Recycling
Author:	Stacy Garner
Subject:	Science
Grade Level(s):	5th
Duration:	1 day (60 minutes)
Subject Area:	Conservation Efforts: Recycling
Unit Description:	Students will understand the effects of human activity on the Earth.
Lesson Description for Day:	Students will explore recycling as a conservation effort.
State Standards:	SC 5-3.6 Explain how human activity (including conservation efforts and pollution) has affected the land and the oceans of Earth.

Goals

Unit Goals:	Students will understand causes/effects of pollution and how conservation efforts can help the Earth.
Lesson Goals:	Students will identify how recycling can conserve resources and reduce waste and pollution.

Methods

Anticipatory Set:	Question: What do you do with items when you finish with them? For example cans, newspapers, plastic bottles?
Introduce and Model New Knowledge:	·         Video Segment Reduce, Reuse, Recycle from ETV Streaming http://app.discoveryeducation.com/core:player/view/assetGuid/DC017882-602F-41AC-B22F-DBECD3631439   (RECOGNITION NETWORKS) ·         Guest Speaker from SC DHEC: Action for a Cleaner Tomorrow Program ·         SCDHEC Website: Pull facts and information regarding pollution and conservation  ·         http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/lwm/recycle/education.htm   (Provide notes for the Hearing Impaired, Provide hands-on opportunities for the visual impaired) (RECOGNITION NETWORKS)
Provide Guided Practice:	Discussion with classmates - Create a list, diagram, written explanation, or other way to explain the importance of conserving resources and reducing, reusing, and recycling items. Share with the class. (AFFECTIVE NETWORKS) ·         10 GT: Begin researching local recycling centers and determine which types of materials they recycle and what items can be made from the recycled materials. (RECOGNITION NETWORKS) ·         1 Visual Impaired - Hands on Sorting Activity (Reuse it, Recycle it, Throw it away) (STRATEGIEC AND AFFECTIVE NETWORKS) ·         1 Hearing Impaired - Hands on Sorting Activity (Reuse it, Recycle it, Throw it away) ·         Remaining 18 - Hands on Sorting Activity (Reuse it, Recycle it, Throw it away) Discuss why you made that choice (AFFECTIVE NETWORKS
Provide Independent Practice:	·         10 GT:  Students will use computers to locate information and create a slide show or other means of communication to share findings. (STRATEGIC NETWORKS) ·         1 Visual Impaired - Reading Passage with Online Quiz on Recycling, Conservation, and Pollution (use of headset with oral reading provided) (STRATEGIC NETWORKS) ·         1 Hearing Impaired - Reading Passage with Online Quiz on Recycling, Conservation, and Pollution ·         Remaining 18 - Reading Passage with Online Quiz on Recycling, Conservation, and Pollution (All students will have the option of using the headset with oral reading if desired) (STRATEGIC NETWORKS)

Assessment

Formative/ Ongoing Assessment:	Teacher Observation, Student Responses, Sorting Activity
Summative/ End Of Lesson Assessment:	Online Quiz with Immediate Feedback (STRATEGIC NETWORKS)

Materials

ETV Streaming Video Segment – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Items for Sorting

Facts and Other Information from SC DHEC

Guest Speaker from SC DHEC

Online Quiz

Computers

Headsets/Headphones

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REFLECTION OF LESSON:

During the creation of this lesson, I realized that I do not have a lot of experience in dealing with students who are blind or have a hearing impairment. Preparing activities that accommodate their needs took additional planning and thought. I found this lesson to be a little more challenging that my typical lesson plans in regards to including the three networks. Thinking through an entire lesson with the "what, how, and why" does not seem that difficult at all, but then the various levels of students that you must address came into play. Planning a lesson to include technology while meeting the needs of so many different levels of students is a challenging task. I believe this lesson meets the needs of the students described in the scenario. There were a couple obstacles to overcome in the development of this lesson including, how to plan activities that provide students with multiple ways to learn the information and how to accommodate the two students who have a greater difficulty with the learning process. Throughout the entire planning process, I tried to consider all students and to provide everyone with multiple means of learning the content and ways to show what they learned.