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High School Senior Field Ecology With Lesson Reflection
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Based off of prior lessons, students will be asked to go out into the
field down at Coy Fields and obtain a living sample of something.
They have the skills and knowledge to do this, because weve already
done it a few other times.
Because, it has been noticed that students enjoy catching organisms in
the field then studying them back in the class, it will be done today.
Because this is what we would do in some leftover time during
some classes and it has offered up plenty of teachable moments, Ive
decided to implement it in as a lesson of its own.
This lesson really touches on the Diversity and Interdependence of Life
section of Ohios Standards.
This lesson is acting more of a way to put in a new procedure. From
now on, when students catch something out in the field or obtain a leaf
that they dont know what it is, students will have to catalog it with a
template worksheet that makes them identify the organism.
The students will be able to:
1. Catch any organism, identify it through research and observations.
2. Know that from now on, theyll need to catalog all of the
organisms
Students will need to understand the term organism. Not just an animal or
insect, but plants are also organisms. Theyll also have to be literate in online
research.
This is very much a hands-on learning opportunity where students are going
to go in and have to get their hands dirty.
Nets to catch animals or insects. Worksheets for cataloging organisms.
Pencil. Milk crates for students to sit on.
Engagement/Introduction/Hook
Bring students into class, get them into seats. They know coming into class
(from yesterday) that well be going outside. As quickly as possible, make
sure everybody has on the clothes that they want to have on and start down
towards Coy Fields
Instructional sequence:
Segment 1: Make sure the class gets there safely. Make sure that
everybody is walking together, quickly, and politely.
Transition 1: Get everybody to the park, sit everybody down on their
Milk Crates.
Segment 2: Tell them what will be happening, and how theyll all have
to go out and catch an organism. Any organism at all. Give them 20
4
minutes to do so.
Transition 2: After 20 minutes, bring everybody back together
Segment 3: Once everybody is back and seated with their organism,
have everybody present their organism to the rest of the class. Tell
what they think it is and where they found it. After everybody has
gone, allow students to fill out the worksheet to catalog what theyve
caught.
Transition 3: Walk students back to class
Closure: Bring everybody together and go over how you thought the class
went. Tell them what youre pleased with, displeased with, and then pleased
with again. Lead the trek back to the classroom from the park. Once back to
school, make sure students are back into proper uniform.
Modifications
Assessments of
learning
Lesson
Reflection
Anytime students need additional help, it will be given. Any questions at all
will be answered.
Formative assessments: No formative assessment today
Summative assessments: Grade will be given on completion of the organism
worksheet cataloging what theyve caught.
I greatly enjoyed this lesson. This is an extremely unorthodox way to teach
students about biodiversity. I think that this lesson would have been tough if
it were just myself or just my mentor teacher. If youre able to help students
catch organisms, it will really allow them to have more fun and learn while
theyre doing it. In the same sense, however, this lesson is much easier the
smaller the class. To try and keep track of all students in a class is tough
when youre outside at a local park. All in all, however, I think this is a
highly beneficial lesson for students. It allows them to get a hands on
experience where they can go in and see just how much biodiversity there is
in their local park.
