The dinosaurs - knowledge consolidation



Lesson: Arts

Subject: The dinosaurs - knowledge consolidation

Grade: 6-8 years - preparatory class, first class, second class

Duration: 5 hours

Lesson plan drafted by teacher: Nicoleta Jora


1. Target Outcomes:

Cognitive Process Outcomes:

 The outcomes of the center discipline: Developing creativity and artistic skills, starting from existing knowledge about dinosaurs

Outcomes of other STEAM disciplines:

Exploring the Environment:

Obj1. to describe the appearance of a dinosaur, of your choice, from those presented in the exhibited plates;

Obj2. to compare the different species of dinosaurs according to the established indicators;

Obj.3 to recognize dinosaur fossils, among those presented by his colleagues;

Language:

Obj4. to know stories about dinosaurs;

Obj5. to create another epic thread, starting from the dinosaurs drawn on the cardboard cube;

Personal Development:

Obj6. to identify with a dinosaur species, explaining the choice made

Music:

Obj7. imitate dinosaur movements to the featured song;

Visual Arts and Practical Skills:

Obj8. build dinosaur skeletons using ear sticks;

Obj.9 to use water and dinosaur parts in the construction of frozen dinosaur eggs.

1.2. Social Product Outcomes:

• Working in a team,

 • Communicating,

 • Being able to share problem and solution-oriented ideas,

• Fulfilling their duties and responsibilities,

• Being able to defend their ideas,

• Presenting the product effectively,

• Understanding the importance of cooperation and collaboration .

2. Materials Used:

laptop, video projector, plastic figures, ear sticks, water, plastic bowls, freezer, cardboard, glue, boards, dinosaur tokens, internet.

 

3. Resources


●      https://www.twinkl.ro/search?q=dinozauri&c=176&ca=156&ct=ks1&r=teacher&fco=25867

●      https://ro.pinterest.com/pin/7318418136657684/

●      https://infanity.es/metodo-stem-beneficios/

●      https://www.fabisantiago.co.uk/activities


 

4. Learning Methods and Techniques

integrated approach / conversation, story, exercise, game, problem solving, explanation, listening, systematic observation, 5-minute essay or drawing

 

5. Groups Considered to be Formed During the Activity:

individual, frontal, mixed groups of 5-6 students, in pairs


6. Implementation Phase;

6.1 Preparation Phase:

The "Morning Meeting" is held, in which the students will have 3 minutes to find one or more partners who know the same dinosaur story by shouting BINGO!. They will stay in groups or alone, depending on the story they have come up with - if it is known to other colleagues. Each team will have the first 5 minutes of each class hour to tell us, in short, their story with dinosaurs. Storytellers will be applauded. Each story will be drawn, at the end, on A3 sheets, displayed on the walls. Students who presented their story by themselves can get help in drawing from other classmates. These will make a book with stories about dinosaurs, for the class: We're a Dinosaur Storybook.

 

6.2: Presenting the problem situation to the student :

Starting from the students' knowledge about dinosaurs, the teacher will present the students with the idea of "playing" with them, through the prism of the arts: music, plastic education, but also literary creation.


6.3: Obtaining Information (Leading Questions)

Let's imagine that we are artists trying to immortalize dinosaurs through their works of art!


6.4: Idea Development

  1. Our Dino-Story: Pupils will be presented with a larger cube, which will have an image of a cartoon dinosaur on each face. They will be tasked with creating a story with these characters. They will work in pairs. The chosen pair will roll the die and introduce the character highlighted by the die into the story, even if it was already owned by a previous pair. Dino-storytellers will receive a badge as a prize.

The story will be introduced into the previously created dinosaur storybook.

 

  1. How is one, how is another? They will work in pairs. Each pair will receive a board with a printed dinosaur. They will receive ear sticks with which they will have to make up its skeleton by gluing. They will work according to a model presented. The boards will be exposed. Each pair will present their dinosaur by comparing it to another dinosaur of their choice. Reference will be made to name, height, mode of feeding, reproduction, etc. The boards will respect the height, weight, color indices, on a much smaller scale.
  1. Recognize the fossil!: Students will work with plasticine but also with small animal figurines, including dinosaurs. They will form plasticine circles, on which, by pressing, they will print the profile of the animal, creating an exhibition of fossils. At the end, using the Gallery Tour method, students will recognize the origin of the fossils, naming the respective animal.
  1. If I were...! Under the pretext of going back in time, students are presented with a board with the most famous dinosaur species. They will be asked to think carefully about their characteristics and choose the species with which each one identifies, arguing, in turn, the choice made..
  1. Dinosaur Song: Students will learn the lyrics and melody as they each cut out the dinosaur from the handout, cut along the mouth straight, then glue the dinosaur's "lips" to the closing sides of a clothespin, imitating , by pressing the hook, the movement of the prehistoric animal's mouth.

At the end, the whole song will be sung, imitating the dinosaurs through movements or using the built marionettes.

6.5: Identifying Needs for the Problem;

  1. A larger cube will be used, with a picture of a cartoon dinosaur glued on each side. Emphasis will be placed on creativity and the narrative flow of the created story, on students' attention and their collaboration in working in pairs.
  2. You need cardboard sheets, ear sticks, plastic glue, model work and pictures of the skeletons of different species of dinosaurs. It also takes skill and attention, as well as correct expression, to characterize each type of dinosaur chosen for work..
  3. It takes plasticine, modeling skills, attention and observation to recognize the dinosaur species to which each fossil belongs.
  4. Boards with different species of dinosaurs and reasoning are used as a method of critical thinking.
  5. You will need clothespins and sheets printed with different species of dinosaurs, scissors and glue. The aim is to develop the skills of working with paper and making toys using the materials at hand.

6.5: Product Development:

  1. A class story about dinosaurs will be created.
  2. Each pair of students will create a dinosaur skeleton on a sheet of cardboard.
  3. Each student will create several dinosaur fossils based on the plastic figures they have on hand.
  4. Se vor obține argumente în favoarea unei anumite specii de dinozauri, în funcție de caracteristicile acestora.
  5. Each student will make a cut-out dinosaur puppet toy.

6.6. Sharing and Mirroring

  1. Students will practice creating their own stories, based on the given images.
  2. Each student will become aware of the role of the skeleton in the locomotion of every living thing, but also in gathering information about extinct species.
  3. The importance of the profession of archaeologist will also be highlighted here, as well as the qualities it must have.
  4. The student will learn to argue each opinion, with elements selected from the knowledge he has acquired.
  5. Students will compare the obtained toys, imitate the sounds made by dinosaurs, sing the learned song in unison.

6.7 Evaluation:

    It will be done by the Essay/drawing method (for those in the preparatory class) of 5 minutes, in which the students will have to say/draw what they liked most about the things they learned about dinosaurs. The activity will conclude by creating frozen dinosaur eggs, highlighting the importance of archaeologists' work to our understanding of the planet we live on. Each student will have a round bowl, in which they will place a dinosaur figure, put water and put it in the freezer. There will be discussions on the role of cold in preserving traces of past life and on the work of an archaeologist.