TPACK Template
Subject Science
Grade Level
Learning Objective
The objective of the lesson is
what students will be able to
do as they finish the activity.
For this objective, use the
Standards of Learning (SOL) to
say what you want to focus
on.
You can find the SOLs at
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/t
Content
esting/ look on the right of the
screen for the subjects and go
from there.
Online Activity
Describe what the learning
activity will be as the students
meet with the teacher online.
What will the students and
the teacher be doing? (This
includes what they are doing
with the technology).
Pedagogy
3rd Grade
3.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning
and conducting investigations in which
a) Observations are made and are repeated to ensure accuracy
d) Natural events are sequence chronologically
g) Questions are developed to formulate hypotheses
h) Data are gathered, charted, graphed, and analyzed
j) Inferences are made and conclusions are drawn
The students, with a guardian to help set up, on an electronic device of their
choice at home, will begin going to
https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&
resourceID=615
I will have already added each of the students to an online classroom where
they can access this simulation.
Once the students have made it to the Gizmo, they each will launch their own
plant simulation.
Each student will conduct their own experiment, therefore, each student
needs to pick 1 thing to make different for the 3 plants, and develop a
hypothesis.
The students will need to either change the amount of lighting, the amount
of water, the amount of fertilizer, or the amount of compost. After selecting
ONE, they will then give the 3 plants the same amount of everything else.
These things will be the constants.
After choosing what to change, and developing a hypothesis using an if and
then statement i.e. If the plant has 3 lights on then it will grow the most. In
this case, you would leave one plant with three lights, one plant with 2 lights,
and the last plant with 1 or no light.
The student will then push the play button, starting the simulation. He or she
will be able to see the growth of the plants over 50 days. On the same
simulation, it also graphs and gives information about the data obtained. The
student should observe while the plant is growing, and then read over the
data on the next page.
After reading over the data and watching the simulation, the student will go
back to his or her blackboard page. He or she will then open up the chat
room for his or her class. The students will make a new chat box, and type in
his or her original hypothesis statement, making sure it is an IF THEN
statement. The student will also include what they observed from the plant
 growing and what they changed, kept the same, as well as if they were
correct in their hypothesis. They will also include a conclusion statement
about what they observed.
As I am also apart of this, I will respond to each chat about each students
simulation. I may ask additional questions, or do the experiment myself.
The students will also be able to see what their classmates chose to do and
what other hypotheses there were by reading the other chats.

Technology Growing plants Gizmo

Name of the device and/or
programs being used. (The
Technology

description of what the https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail

students will be doing with the
technology will be included in
&resourceID=615
the pedagogy/activity
section).

Before you submit, delete the explanatory text (the text in small italics).