KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER PROGRAM

Teacher Candidate: Meghan Shields Date: 3/14/21

Cooperating Teacher: Coop. Initials

Group Size: Allotted Time 30 mins Grade Level 3rd

Subject or Topic: Pollination Section

STANDARD: (PA/Common Core):

I. Performance Objectives (Learning Outcomes)
A. The third-grade students will be able to label different parts of a plant by completing a
worksheet after discussion about plant parts.
B. The third-grade students will be able to define the term pollination and describe different
way pollination occurs by completing the in-class project.

II. Assessment/Evaluation plan

A. Formative

Assessment: Documentation Tool: (e.g. Scale:

(e.g. product, quick rating scale, rubric, (performance levels)
response, interview) checklist, anecdotal notes)

Parts of a flower worksheet Rating Scale Narrative

Pollination project to check Anecdotal notes Plus/check/minus

students understanding.
Plus – all terms are
Recording worksheet to Rating Scale recorded properly
determine classification of
pollination, pollinators, and Check – most terms are
how pollen spreads. recorded correctly

Minus – most terms

recorded incorrectly

B. Summative - None

 III. Instructional Materials (includes amount)
A. Parts of a Flower worksheet (1 per student)
1. pencil
B. Images of Pollinators
C. Pollination project
1. Juice boxes (1 per student)
2. Flower cut out worksheet (1 per student)
3. Cheetos (1 bag per student)
4. Recording Sheet (1 per student)
5. Scissors
C. Pollination worksheet (1 per student)

IV. Subject Matter/ Content (prerequisite skills, key vocabulary, new content)
A. Prerequisite Skills

1. Good scientists know what a flower looks like.

B. Key Vocabulary
1. Anther
2. Stigma
3. Pistal
4. Nectar
5. Pollen

6. Pollination

C. New Content
1. Classify parts of a flower

2. Observe how pollination works

3. Recognize who pollinators are

V. Implementation

A. Introduction
1. Review different flowers with students. Ask the students by raising their hand if
they can name different types of flowers and what they know about them.
2. Go through power point showing different parts of a flower to class and ask
questions about what was read. Have them complete the parts of a flower
worksheet.
3. Ask the students what they know about pollination and if they know who
pollinators are.

B. Development
1. Review classroom rules when working on a project.
2. Give each student a worksheet, juice box, and a bag of Cheetos.
3. Cut out flowers and put them on top of the juice box so the straw sticks are up through
the hole.
4. Discuss with students the first step in the pollination process.
5. Have students drink the juice pretending it is nectar.
6. Have students eat some Cheetos and ask them to look at their fingers. Compare their
orange fingers to how pollinators get pollen stuck to them.
7. Talk about how the pollinators look for new flowers to drink more nectar from and
spread pollen.
8. Have them smash and press their orange fingers on to the new flower cutout.

 9. Have the students fill out the recording sheet when done.

C. Closure
1. Review what has been learned about pollination and pollinators.
2. Have students complete the pollination worksheet to verify their understanding
of the lesson.

D. Accommodations / Differentiation
1. Evaluations will be completed orally with the teacher scribing the students'
answers.

VI. Reflective Response

A. Report of Students’ Performance in Terms of States Objectives (Reflection on students’

performance written after lesson is taught, includes remediation for students who failed to meet
acceptable level of achievement)

B. Personal Reflection
1. Did the students meet expectations of the lesson?
2. Was the lesson appropriate for their abilities?
3. Could I teach the lesson differently to help the students understand better?
4. Was the lesson completed in the allotted time?

VII. Resources (APA Format)

Assessment: Documentation Tool: (e.g. Scale:

(e.g. product, quick response, rating scale, rubric, (performance levels)
interview) checklist, anecdotal notes)