OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

in person, learning taking place in a brick and mortar classroom. Students have the choice whether to dissect a frog using a real preserved specimen or through the use of a virtual frog dissection at the end of the lab. All students will be given an end of unit quiz reviewing all the information they should have learned throughout the lab.

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• Subject Area: Science
• Grade Level : 6-8, 9-12
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Computing Systems
  • Networks and The Internet
  • Impacts of Computing
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture
  • Collaborating Around Computing
• Materials:
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Lesson Plan

Overview

in person, learning taking place in a brick and mortar classroom. Students have the choice whether to dissect a frog using a real preserved specimen or through the use of a virtual frog dissection at the end of the lab. All students will be given an end of unit quiz reviewing all the information they should have learned throughout the lab.

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

How do you learn best? Do you like to use digital tools to learn? To what extent do you like to use AI in the classroom?

How effective is online learning? How adaptable are students in the online environment? How self-guided can a middle school student be in the online environment?

OBJECTIVES

to allow students the opportunity to choose the method, which they learn best, either Independent or guided learning, and with or without digital tools to enhance learning. Students will complete a frog dissection, lab guide and end of unit quiz. At the end of the lessons, it will be compared which group of students showed the greatest learning and most growth.

CATCH/HOOK

students will come into the room to two sections: one section will have preserved frog specimens and the other will have tablets and laptops set up with a frog model in the middle. Students will be given the choice in their learning and given the power to guide their own learning.

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Procedure: 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 The teacher will compile survey results to determine student in class, preferences for learning, and use this information for lesson planning in the future Students will choose to work independently or in pairs to complete the frog dissection Students will choose whether they will participate in the lab using the preserved frog specimen or by using the virtual frog dissection Students will follow the dissection steps as outlined in the lab guide and/or with the teacher Students will complete lab guide as they work through frog dissection

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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.