OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

Virtual or hybrid learning, taking place through a remote conferencing system and with students working at their own pace in their home, office, or classroom. Students are fully virtual and therefore do not have the choice to dissect the preserved frog specimen.

Meta description

• Subject Area: Science
• Grade Level : 6-8
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Networks and The Internet
  • Data Analysis
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Collaborating Around Computing
  • Communicating About Computing
• Materials:
  • Website
• Considerations:
  • -Teachers should practice the dissection prior to guiding students through the dissection -Teachers should practice with the virtual tools prior to starting the virtual lesson with students; some operating systems did not work with the virtual dissection so it is important to test prior to the students beginning the lab

Lesson Plan

Overview

Virtual or hybrid learning, taking place through a remote conferencing system and with students working at their own pace in their home, office, or classroom. Students are fully virtual and therefore do not have the choice to dissect the preserved frog specimen.

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

What is the purpose of this lab? List the scientific name and purpose of the tools during dissection:

Complete the table below: -Name of Body System -Function of Body System -Evidence (what do you expect to see in the frog as evidence of this system?)

Muscle-Skeletal Circulatory Digestive Nervous Reproductive

OBJECTIVES

-follow lab procedures independently -identify all components of the frog specimen -discuss how all components of frog work together as a system -work through a virtual frog dissection using digital tools and programs

CATCH/HOOK

Students will complete a survey inquiring as to how they believe they learn best, and determining their willingness to utilize digital tools and resources, including AI in their daily studies. Survey provides student choice and increases student willingness to participate in frog dissection in their chosen format.

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Procedure: Students will complete the pre-lab survey using Google docs. Teacher will compile the answers of student learning, preferences, and use the information to apply to future lessons. Students will participate in the virtual frog dissection, using the lab guide as their main resource, to dissect a frog independently at their own pace. Students will submit the virtual frog dissection packet to the teacher through Canvas or other LMS Students will complete lab overview and quiz on canvas Advanced students will complete a PowerPoint, Prezi, iMovie, or other presentation of their learning to present to their peers analyzing the learning method they chose and which tools they believed increased their learning and achievement.

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REVIEW

At the end of this lesson the teacher, or group of science teachers, will compare the work of both groups-the in-person group and the virtual group. The lab guides from both groups will be compared to look for completeness, quality of work, quality of answers and analyze the learning of the students during the lesson. Next, the teachers will compare the scores from the students quizzes to determine which method of teaching and learning was more effective. It is important to keep in mind that the effectiveness of each method can change from year to year as groups of students and their specific needs change.

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