Content:The content that I am focusing on in my science lesson is the four seasons. The Kindergarten science core states that students should be able to, "observe and describe typical weather for each of the seasons" and "describe how people change their behavior as the seasons change" (Standard 3, objectives 1a and 1e, respectively). My students will be able to identify and classify what attributes belong to which season. They will also be able to inquire what people should/usually wear during each of the four seasons.
Pedagogy: The pedagogy I will be using will be the inquiry skill of observing and classifying attributes/characteristics. I will also include a focus on asking questions about objects and events in the student's environments. It is a good fit with the content because the students will be able to learn about the weather in their environment and the attributes of them. They will also classify and organize pictures (that can be labeled) into the corresponding season.
Technology: The technology I will be using is the computer program Kidsperation and a digital camera. This fits with the content because the specific activity in Kidsperation being used is called 'seasons' and it allows for the children to organize pictures in the correct category of seasons- which supports the pedagogy of classifying data of the environment. They get a hands-on idea of what people wear during which season and the reasons for the change in attire (due to the various changing factors in the environment).
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