Monday, January 23, 2012

Science Lesson plan-KG 2 "The life Cycle of a Butterfly!


Grade level: KG2
Title: life cycle of the butterfly
Primary subject: science
Secondary subject (integrated into): art and mathematics









Background knowledge:
 Students are expected to know the butterfly. If not, the teacher is expected to show a true butterfly. Also, they should know what a pattern is, in order to understand what a cycle is.
Objectives:
·          Students will recognize the stages in a butterfly’s life cycle.
·          Students will be able to name the four stages of butterfly’s life cycle.
·          Students will place on a chart, beside each fruit the quantity of fruits that the caterpillar ate. ( story: The very hungry caterpillar)
·          Students will make caterpillars and butterflies
·          Students will name different fruit names 
 
Materials: 
·          bulletin board
·          story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
·          puzzle
·          chart
·          fruits, jelly bones
·          Art materials like papers, glues, crayons … to make creative work (caterpillars, butterflies).
Activities:
·          decorate the class with the crafts and introduce the topic
·          read the story and pin point the different stages of the life cycle
·          use the bulletin board to show the life cycle and name each stage
·          the students will now be able to call the stages as the teacher reads on the story
·          give students cards showing the different stages for them to sort  in the correct order (individual work)
·          as we read the story, teacher  will show to the students the chart showing the number of fruits listed which caterpillar ate in the story
·          students will work in groups of two to make the puzzle of the stages of  the life cycle and should put them in the correct order
·          preparing fruit salad using the fruits that the caterpillar ate in the story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”

Media used: text, manipulative…

Evaluation:
·         students will be given the different stages to number them from 1 to 4
·         teacher will pin point the stages and the students should be able to give its name



This Lesson Plan is designed as a group work for our EDU 232   Instructional Media and Technique class at  Haigazian University  Januaary 2012 By Dalia, Garine and silva


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