Lesson Plan

1^st Grade Science
The life cycle of a frog

Lesson Objectives:
    The student will be able to understand the habitat of a frog. They will also understand the life cycle of a frog and how it starts from a small egg in a pond to an adult frog on land.  

Instructional Technique:
    How the topic will be presented is the class will come together to read a book of a frogs life cycle. We will go through the book and go over key words such as frog eggs, tadpole, frog, froglet, life cycle, and pond. At the end of the book there will be discussion about the life cycle and the habitat of a frog. There will also be a handout to give to the students that they can keep and reflect back on. After talking about the life cycle I will show a short video so the students can see the life process for themselves. The class will have their very own frog eggs with a journal where the students will be able to draw a picture of the eggs process every day.  

Instructional Materials:
    website: http://www.turtlediary.com/science-games.html, frog life cycle hand out, short movie “Life Cycle of a Frog” by William Haas on You Tube, frog tank, frog eggs, journal, a book called “Tale of a Tadpole” by Karen Wallace, poster board  

Theoretical Perspective:
     This lesson is important because it will help your students understand the life cycle of a frog, the different environments and habitats of other living things,  and to practice their prediction skills when observing the steps of the from eggs every day. It will also have them see the process of a frog from living in only water to living on land and in the water.  

Procedure:

            To start off the class the first thing I will do as a teacher is have the class all come together to listen to a story of the life cycle of a frog called “ Tale of a Tadpole” by Karen Wallace. As the book was being read I would go over key terms such as frog eggs, tadpole, frog, froglet, life cycle, and pond. At the end of the book there will be discussion about the life cycle and the habitat of a frog. There will also be a handout to give to the students that they can keep and reflect back on. After talking about the life cycle I will show a short video so the students can see the life process for themselves. After this is all done I will announce that our class will be observing the life cycle of a frog for ourselves and show them the frog tank with frog eggs inside. Each day I will have a different student write in a journal I will provide and write down the changes they observe with the frog eggs and draw a picture to go with it.

            After the students get a good understanding of the life cycle we will go on the computer and go on the website http://www.turtlediary.com/science-games.html and click on The Life Cycle of a Frog. With this they will first review the frog’s life cycle with a short video. After the video it will continue with a few actives such as labeling the stages of a frog’s life cycle and a few frog games after you answer a few questions.

            After lunch I will pass out a sheet of different pictures of the stages of a frogs life cycle. The class will then have to color, cut, and put the pictures in order to make their own frog life cycle booklet. At the end of the day we will close with a review of the day and I will ask them all the things they have learned today about the life cycle of a frog and each answer they give me I will write it down on a poster board that will be labeled “The Life Cycle of a Frog” and later hung up for everyone to see what they have learned.