Descriptions
This time I have come up with the simulation based on
teaching grade four students about the germination of a seed. I have chosen
this topic from the science subject in order to let students expose to the ICT
world after going through this simulation. It will help students to understand
how seeds grow into plants with the help of some process involved in growing
the seed. It is easy to understand the information given in the by the students
as I have used pictures and animations to let students understand better. The reason behind
choosing this topic is I found it suitable and informative to teach with the
use of ICT integration in the classroom since it is comprehensible to learn
through seeing the real life situation in animated form. In that way, I can
convince the information about the types of weather together without wasting
much time delivering lesson on germination of seeds. The main objective of this
simulation lesson is to help each child to describe the process of the seed
growing into the plant, in their daily life after learning or going through
this simulation. In addition, the children can comprehend the knowledge
on germination of a seed in a short period watching this simulation with colorful
pictures and animations.
How did I create the
materials?
The animations and the colorful pictures usually
attract the children’s learning. This enable them to involve and understand the
lesson clearly. To fulfill those things, I have come up with this simulation
lesson through use of ICT integrations.
I
have inserted various ready-made shapes like stars, circle cloud, rectangles,
heart, etc. and I have drawn the irregular shapes using scribble shape board and
then filled the shapes with specific colors, which is relevant to the lessons. Through
use of various shapes and colors, I have come up with the process of a seed
growing into the plant. In order to understand better about this process, I have
inserted different types of animations in the shapes that suits the process of
germination so that it looks like a real seed growing in front of them. Then the
background design of the simulation is also the pure self-designed and I have
used light blue mixed with light green color, which suits the background of
this simulation. I have tried my level best to come up with all those informative
work in order to convince the better information to the students and let them
keep these information or lesson for longer duration. Moreover, the young
children love the beautiful pictures and colors in their day-to-day
learning. They also prefer animation or
the movement of the things, which boost the attention, interest and excitement
in learning to the eyes of young children. I have inserted the background music
in the slides because it will boost the student’s attention in the slides or
while learning the lesson on weather. I have also used simple languages for the
younger children to convince with the appropriate information and let them
understand the content well. In addition, I have written a less relevant
sentence using simple language in every slide as per the children’s capacity to
understand and learn the content in their level.
When to use the
materials?
The
materials can used in lesson introduction or in lesson development and the
learning activity. The reason is, in lesson development, the information input
addresses and the teacher can use this simulation to teach the concept along
with the examples from the slides to aid information input in a better way.
During learning activity, the slides can used to complete the student’s
activity as they can use their previous learnt knowledge from the slides.
Moreover, students can explore more on this content via doing an activity that
lets to use this slides.
Furthermore,
it also makes the students to do activity on writing the process of germination
of seeds in steps, which ensure retaining information for long duration and
effective teaching and learning.
Activity
Instruction:
1.
You will do the activity individually.
2.
Teacher will show the slide in the
projector.
3.
You are supposed to arrange the steps of germination of a seed or
the process of seed growing into a plant in sequence.
4.
Whoever finished the work first will be the winner and award the
mark for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. You have to say BINGO if you complete the
activity.
5.
You should not discuss and get help from each other and if I
happen to see you discussing then I will not consider your work.
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