Lesson Plan Post (Assignment #2)

LESSON #1

• Grade Level: 4
• Subject: Social Studies
• Title: 4-H Virtual Farm
• Technology Integration: Students are able to take "virtual farm field trips" as they encounter dairy farms, beef farms, poultry farms, horse farms, fish farms (aquaculture), and horse farms.
• Notes: As a part of one of our social studies units involving Wisconsin History, students will first view and visit this web site in order to gain a basic understanding of agriculture and farming. After visiting this particular web site, students will engage in discussions and journaling activities to expand their thinking in this area. Hereafter, students will create an at-home 3D farm scene/model of a Wisconsin-farm of their choice (dairy, beef, apple orchard, cranberry bog, etc.) in addition to making a group tri-fold board display on an area of Wisconsin Agri-Business. In a culminating event, these projects will be displayed during a farm exhibit.

http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html



LESSON #2

• Grade Level: 4
• Subject: Social Studies
• Title: Milk Tour
• Technology Integration: Students will take a virtual field trip by viewing pictures and video clips of the step-by-step process of how we get milk from the cow to you as a consumer.
• Notes: As a part of a farm exhibition (described above), this virtual field trip will be introduced as a mini-lesson to the group that is presenting dairy farming for their Wisconsin Agri-Business presentation.

http://www.moomilk.com/tour.htm



LESSON #3

• Grade Level: 4
• Subject: Social Studies
• Title: An Ellis Island Web Quest Scavenger Hunt
• Technology Integration: Students will engage in this on-line web quest in order to acquire background information about immigration and Ellis Island.
• Notes: This web quest will serve as an introductory activity for another project-based learning assignment dealing with Wisconsin History in which, students will learn about heritage, immigration, and settlement. For a final project, students will participate in a "Heritage Fair" where they will present their findings on a poster-board about a designated ethnicity, such as German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, etc.

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ljoos/ellisisland.html