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Lesson Plan: An inquiry based lesson including an experiment about preventing bacteria spreading.

Subject: Science.
Age of students: 10-13 years.
Hardware: PC & Tablets with internet connection,
Interactive Whiteboard,
Projector,
Mini-Whiteboards.
Software: Smartboard software – SMART Notebook,
Socrative – Interactive clickers system,
Spreadsheet (Excel).
Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying.
Time needed: 2 x 90 minutes.
FaSMEd partner: Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Summary:
The subject of these lessons is science; the theme of the lessons is “microorganisms” and how to prevent the spreading of these organisms. Technology to be used is Smartboard, and this is combined with large paper sheets for plotting, analogue mini whiteboards for feedback, and spreadsheet (Excel) or large paper sheets for data handling and processing. A student response system (Socrative or Kahoot) is used for questioning.

Resources:

Formative assessment in Science and
Mathematics Education (FaSMEd)
The Research Centre for Learning and Teaching
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
UK

Email: fasmed@ncl.ac.uk