5E Lesson Plan # 2 : Hatching Eggs

 AUTHOR'S NAME: Johnathon Sample

TECHNOLOGY LESSON (circle one):         Yes      No

DATE OF LESSON: Week 3, Monday

LENGTH OF LESSON: 45 minutes

NAME OF COURSE: 1^st grade Science

SOURCE OF THE LESSON: LHS GEMS: Eggs, Eggs Everywhere Teacher’s Guide-Activity 2: Hatching Eggs: Session 1-Sorting Animals

TEKS ADDRESSED:

(2) Scientific processes. The student develops abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in the field and the classroom. The student is expected to:

(A) Ask questions about organisms, objects, and events

(6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects. The student is expected to:

(B) Observe and describe the parts of plants and animals;

(7) Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur. The student is expected to:

(D) Observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms.

CONCEPT STATEMENT: A common misconception among children is that eggs only come from chickens or what they see in the store. Hatching eggs allows children to open eggs and identify the various animals inside. Children sort the animals by type and then compare the traits of each group.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will be able to recognize that many animals come from eggs.
2. Students will be able to sort animals that come from eggs.
3. Students will be able to compare the characteristics of each group of animals that come from eggs.

RESOURCES:

• 1 copy of Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
• 1 basket or container to hold the filled plastic eggs
• white paper plates

for each child:

• 1 hollow plastic egg that opens and closes,
• 1 small toy animal that hatches from an egg such as a turtle, lizard, spider, snake, bird, or fish.

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS: Students should use caution when using scissors.

SUPLEMENTARY MATERIALS, HANDOUTS: Ostrich Egg drawing, drawing of various eggs, crayons or markers, scissors located in the back of LHS GEMS Eggs, Eggs Everywhere Teacher’s Guide.

 

Engagement		Time: ___45_min____
What the Teacher Will Do	Probing Questions	Student Responses Potential Misconceptions
Read Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones	What other animals come from eggs?	Eggs only come from chickens or birds.
Show children the plastic eggs with the various animals inside.	What animal do you think is in your egg?	Students will say a few animals that come from eggs such as chickens and other birds.

 

Exploration		Time: ___45__min___
What the Teacher Will Do	Probing Questions	Student Responses Potential Misconceptions
Encourage students to role-play animals hatching out of eggs	How do the animals move?	Fish and other animals do not lay eggs.
Encourage students to group animals by the way they move	Which animals fly, swim, crawl, etc.?	Students group animals according to color.

 

Explanation		Time: __45__min____
What the Teacher Will Do	Probing Questions	Student Responses Potential Misconceptions
Have students compare the similarities of the groups of animals that come from eggs.	How are the groups of animals the same?	The groups don’t have anything in common.
Have students compare the differences of the groups of animals that come from eggs.	How are the groups of animals different?	Students group animals according to color instead of more important physical features.

 

Elaboration		Time: ___45 __min___
What the Teacher Will Do	Probing Questions	Student Responses Potential Misconceptions
Have students count the groups of animals	How many animals are in each group?	Students count incorrectly.
Have students role play different animals coming out of the egg.	How do you think the animals get out of the eggs?	Someone opens the egg for the animals to get out.

 

Evaluation		Time: __45___min___
What the Teacher Will Do	Probing Questions	Student Responses Potential Misconceptions
Have students name each kind of animal that came from the eggs	What animal is this and how does it move?	Students incorrectly name an animal.
Monitor children and ask them to role play the way each animal moves.	What animal is this? How does it move?	Children don’t know how to imitate an animal.