Everybody's Somebody's Lunch

As an aspiring teacher, creating a lesson plan was something that I was destined to do. It was a little difficult at first to try and picture myself writing a lesson plan for something I have never taught before or before I had even spent some time in an actual classroom. The whole process was really new to me and it was exciting and scary at the same time. The lesson plan I was making now may not be put to use but all the ones I would make in the future surely would. The materials I taught in my lesson plans would sink into the little brains of all my students and my only goal was for it to be successful and fun. I didn’t want to be that teacher who just stands in front of the classroom and lectures to the kids. Back in the days when I was a student, I always excelled in the lessons that the teachers taught that were hands on. As an aspiring teacher I wanted to make learning a fun way to get new information and that was my goal when creating this lesson plan. My partner and I created a science lesson plan for 5^th graders. We were discussing the concept of the food chain and tried to do many hands on things so it would be an interesting topic for the students to learn about. We incorporated the ‘hook’ or our video into the plan something we thought the students could relate too- we chose something from the movie “Fern Gully” which is a popular Disney movie from my childhood that is still popular today. We used that as introduction to the food chain. Also in the plan we incorporated many hands on things such as researching with things such as the computers and using books. We wanted them to be independent and use their own knowledge of researching to help them with this project. As the final project we had them create a mobile. We wanted them to create something other than just a written paper to show their knowledge. There is so many ways to display what they have learned and we wanted them to do it in a fun and productive way. The lesson plan in the end was quiet the success now the final challenge would be to actually teach it.