Lesson plan (English)
Title: Invertebrates
Lesson plan elaborated by: Zyta Sendecka
Target Group
Pupils of the fourth grade of primary school.
Core Curriculum
Cele kształcenia – wymagania ogólne
II. Umiejętności i stosowanie wiedzy w praktyce.
3. Analizowanie, dokonywanie opisu, porównywanie, klasyfikowanie, korzystanie z różnych źródeł informacji (np. własnych obserwacji, badań, doświadczeń, tekstów, map, tabel, fotografii, filmów, technologii informacyjno-komunikacyjnych).
6. Wskazywanie przystosowań organizmów do środowiska życia i zdobywania pokarmu.
7. Dostrzeganie zależności występujących między poszczególnymi składnikami środowiska przyrodniczego, jak również między składnikami środowiska a działalnością człowieka.
III. Kształtowanie postaw – wychowanie.
5. Rozwijanie wrażliwości na wszelkie przejawy życia.
Treści nauczania – wymagania szczegółowe
VI. Środowisko przyrodnicze najbliższej okolicy. Uczeń:
6. wymienia i opisuje czynniki warunkujące życie na lądzie oraz przystosowania organizmów do życia;
7. rozpoznaje i nazywa pospolite organizmy występujące w najbliższej okolicy szkoły;
11. obserwuje i podaje nazwy typowych organizmów łąki i pola uprawnego, podaje ich znaczenie dla człowieka;
The general aim of education
Pupils describe the appearance and living conditions of invertebrates
Criteria for success
On the basis of external features, you recognize representatives of various groups of invertebrates;
Name two species representative of particular groups of invertebrates and describe the characteristics of their appearance;
discuss the diets of selected invertebrates.
Key Competences
Communication in the mother tongue;
Communication in foreign languages;
Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology;
Digital competence;
Learning to learn;
Social and civic competences.
Methods / forms of work
Talk, work with the text, brainstorming
Individual work and group work.
Teaching aids
abstract;
interactive or traditional board;;
tablets / computers;
Lesson phases
Introduction
The teacher gives the subject and the purpose of the lesson in a language that the student understands as well as the criteria for success.
Realization
The teacher asks the pupils what ideas they have with the concept of invertebrates. He writes the students' ideas on the board and then asks them to look up the meaning of this concept in abstract. Students write on the board those ideas that apply to the definition of invertebrates, and write them in notebooks.
The teacher presents an interactive illustration and discusses the characteristics of particular groups of invertebrates.
The teacher asks the pupils to look up the four species names representative of each group of invertebrates in available sources, eg on the Internet, including at least two names of species found in Poland. Students note them in notebooks and describe the external features of each species.
Students divide into several groups and compare the results of their work.
Students independently perform an interactive exercise.
Summary
The teacher asks students to finish the sentence: „After today's lesson I will remember ...”
Homework
Students complete „Exercise 1.1”.
The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson
Terms
bezkręgowce – zwierzęta nieposiadające wewnętrznego szkieletu; należy do nich wiele grup zwierząt o bardzo zróżnicowanej budowie
mięczaki – zwierzęta wodne i lądowe pozbawione wewnętrznego szkieletu, których ciało często osłania muszla
pierścienice – bezkręgowce o ciele podzielonym na wiele pierścieni żyjące w wodzie i glebie
stawonogi – grupa zwierząt posiadających członowane, połączone stawami odnóża i o ciele pokrytym pancerzem
Texts and recordings
Invertebrates
Animals inhabiting the Earth are extremely diverse. However, they can be divided into groups with common characteristics, for example, vertebrates and invertebrates. Most animals, e.g. earthworms, wasps and snails, are invertebrates.
Annelids are animals that have an elongated cylindrical body consisting of a series of successive rings from which their name originates. Most of the annelids live in marine and inland waters, and some in the soil. The rings do not form a skeleton. A well‑known representative of the annelids is an earthworm.
Arthropods is the largest group of animals living on Earth. So far, over one million two hundred thousand species have been catalogued. Certainly, there are many more, because new ones are still being discovered. All arthropods have legs made of movable joints. The body of an arthropod is covered in armour. Arthropods include, insects, as well as crayfish and lobsters.
Molluscs is a group of animals with a soft body. Some molluscs produce limestone shells. Most of them live in water. Molluscs include; snails, mussels and octopuses.
Annelids have soft bodies consisting of many rings.
Arthropods have limbs connected by joints.
Many molluscs have a hard shell.