Teacher:

Joy Bernal

EDUC 522
Lesson Plan: Interactive Planet Posters
Author: Joy Bernal
Lesson Title: Interactive Planet Posters

Grade Level: First Grade

Subject: Science
Time frame:
4 Days
30 Minutes per session

Student Learning Outcomes (Goals):

The students will display what they have learned throughout the unit about the planets by using
technology to create an interactive poster that includes researched information and key/vocabulary
terms.

Objectives

The students will work in groups to research a planet using webpages and
videos and collect and organize the information.

The students will work in groups to create an interactive poster about a

planet to demonstrate their understanding of the characteristics of their
planet.

Content and Technology STANDARDS

Content Standards
1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, moon, planets and
stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
RI 1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe
its key ideas.
RI 1.10 With prompting and support, read informational
texts appropriately complex for grade 1.
W 1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they
name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and
provide some sense of closure.
SL 1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to
descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts,
and feelings.
Technology Standards
1.D Identify trends and forecast possibilities
2.A Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts,

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Materials: Digital and non-digital

Digital
1. One Chromebook with earphones per Student

2. Wi-Fi

and others employing a variety

of digital environments and media
2.D Contribute to project teams to produce original works
or solve problems
3.B Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and
ethically use information from a
variety of sources and media
3.D Process data and report results
4.B Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or
complete a project
4.C Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or
make informed decisions
5.A Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use
of information and technology
5.B Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that
supports collaboration,
learning, and productivity
6.D Transfer current knowledge to learning of new
technologies
INTELLIGENCES
Digital
1. Interpersonal,
Intrapersonal,
Logical, Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Visual
2. Visual, Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Intrapersonal,
Interpersonal,

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3. Blast Off WebQuest
4. Google Docs

5. Google Forms
6. Mindmeister

7. Glogster
8. Class Website

Logical
3. Visual, Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Intrapersonal
4. Interpersonal,
Logical, Visual,
Bodily
Kinesthetic
5. Intrapersonal
6. Naturalist,
Logical, Visual,
Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Interpersonal
7. Logical, Visual,
Bodily
Kinesthetic
8. Interpersonal,
Visual, Logical

Procedure
Day 1
Day 1
1. Students will be placed in small groups of four and assigned one planet by the teacher. The students will move their
1. Interpersonal,
seat to their assigned group table to facilitate effective group work. Once in their table groups, students will each take
Bodily
one group task: equipment manager (picks up and returns technology/materials), directions reader (reads the
Kinesthetic
directions to the group), recorder (writes the groups ideas when working together), and focus monitor (monitors
group members to help the group stay on task) by drawing a job from the basket in the center of the table. The
teacher will then model and explain the role of each job.
2. The equipment manager will walk to the cart and take four Chromebooks back to their group. The teacher will ask
the directions reader to turn on their Chromebook and explain that the group will have 7-8 minutes to complete this
step. The teacher will also model how to share a document with the other group members so that every student has
access to the document. The directions reader will then turn on their computer and open the collaborative Google

2. Interpersonal,
Logical, Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Verbal

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Doc the teacher has shared with their group. They will read the directions for Day 1 to the group. The recorder will
take the Chromebook and list as many facts and vocabulary/key terms as the group can remember about their planet.
3. When the timer expires, the teacher will call the attention of the class back to the front. The teacher will explain that
students will now be researching their planet on their own for 10-12 minutes. Each group member will then turn on
his or her own Chromebook. Independently, students will watch videos and visit websites for their planet from the
Blast Off WebQuest to collect additional facts about their planet and add it to the group Google Doc. At the end of
the lesson, the equipment manager will return the Chromebooks to the cart.
Day 2
1. Students will draw new jobs for the day (the student cannot repeat the same job). The equipment manger will retrieve
the Chromebooks from the cart.
2. The teacher will instruct the directions reader to turn on the Chromebook and read the directions in the Google Doc
for Day 2. He/She will also let them know they will have 10-12 minutes to complete this task. The directions reader
will turn the Chromebook on and open the Google Doc. As a group, students will review the collaborative Google
Doc of planet facts. Working together, the students will group the facts into categorizes in a mind map on
Mindmeister inputted by the recorder.

3. Intrapersonal,
Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Visual, Logical
Day 2
1. Interpersonal,
Bodily
Kinesthetic
2. Interpersonal,
Naturalist,
Logical, Visual

3. When the timer expires, the teacher will explain that students will now be assigned one category from their mind
map to be responsible for on their groups poster and will have 15 minutes to get started today. The focus monitor
will help to assign one category from the mind map to each group member (the teacher will encourage groups to
reach agreements through discussion that the focus monitor will help to facilitate).

3. Naturalist,
Logical

4.

4. Visual, Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Logical

Each student will turn on his or her Chromebook. Students will begin finding short videos and/or images for the
poster and saving the links in the groups Google Doc. At the end of the session, the equipment manager will return
the Chromebooks to the cart.

Day 3
1. Students will draw new jobs for the day (the student cannot repeat the same job). The equipment manager will
retrieve the Chromebooks from the cart. The teacher will explain that each student will have 25 minutes to work on
his or her part of the poster. Each student will turn on his or her Chromebook. They will design and input their
collected information from the Google Doc into their interactive poster template on Glogster.

Day 3
1. Bodily
Kinesthetic,
Logical, Visual

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2. When the timer expires, the teacher will ask the group recorder to submit the link for their poster to the teacher. The
students will use a Google form read by the direction reader and written by the recorder to report their reflections and
submit their poster link to the teacher.

2. Intrapersonal

3. The teacher will embed each poster into the class webpage.
Day 4
1. Students will draw new jobs for the day (the student cannot repeat the same job). The equipment manager will
retrieve one Chromebook from the cart.
2. The teacher will tell the students that they will have 4-5 minutes to explore each interactive poster on the class
website. Each group member will take two turns to click on the interactive links (focus monitor, recorder, directions
reader, equipment manager). Groups will explore the interactive posters created by their peers and comment on the
poster in the comment box on the class website (recorded by the student clicking on that planet poster).
Product and Assessment Rubric

Day 4
1. Interpersonal,
Bodily
Kinesthetic
2. Interpersonal,
Visual, Bodily
Kinesthetic

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CATEGORY

Content

The poster includes

All required elements
planet name, location in (see score 4) are
the solar system, size, included on the poster.
how many Earths fit
inside, temperature,
how many moons, 1-2
interesting facts and
uses a minimum of 4
vocabulary/key terms;
as well as includes
additional information.

All but 1 of the required 2 or more required

elements (see score 4) elements (see score 4)
are included on the
are missing.
poster.

Content - Accuracy

All information reported 1-2 facts reported

accurately.
inaccurately.

3-4 facts reported

inaccurately.

5 or more facts reported

inaccurately.

Grammar
Spelling,
Punctuation

There are no more than There is 3-4

1-2 grammatical
grammatical mistakes
mistakes on the poster. on the poster.

There are 5-6

grammatical mistakes
on the poster.

There are more than 7

grammatical mistakes
on the poster.

Graphics/Videos

5 or more
graphics/videos used
and are related to the
theme/purpose
of the Glog and
enhance reader interest
or understanding.

2-3 graphics/videos
used and are related to
the theme/purpose
of the Glog and
enhance reader interest
or understanding.

0-1 graphics/videos
used and are related to
the theme/purpose of
the Glog and enhance
reader interest or
understanding.

4 graphics/videos used
and are related to the
theme/purpose
of the Glog and
enhance
reader interest or
understanding.

Score

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Use of Class Time/
Participation

Total

Used all time well and

needed no warnings to
stay focused and on
task.

Used all but 5-10

minutes well and/or
needed 2-4 warnings to
stay focused and on
task.

Used all but 15-20

minutes well and/or
needed 5-8 warnings to
stay focused and on
task.

Wasted 25 minutes or
more of class working
time and/or needed 9 or
more warnings to stay
focused and on task.

/20