#3955. I Know Idaho

other, level: Elementary
Posted Wed Mar 28 12:56:18 PST 2007 by Angela Baker (bake3162@uidaho.edu).
U of Idaho, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, USA
Activity Time: 1 hour
Concepts Taught: Study the plants and animals indigent to the rain forest

PIECE ¡V COMPOSER/ARRANGER:

„H Mickey Hart ৵ Planet Drum
„N The Dancing Sorcerer
„H Tabla Beat Science ৵ Tala Matrix
„N Palmistry

TYPE OF LESSON:

„H Science, with the integration of Music
„N Study of the plants and animals indigenous to the Rain Forest

GRADE LEVEL:

„H Second

MATERIALS:

„H Several pictures of different plants and animals indigenous to the Rain Forest (PowerPoint/Overheads to allow students to see each picture clearly)
„H Basic information regarding each plant and animal shown
„H The book A Walk In the Rainforest ৵ By: Kristin Joy Pratt
„H The Albums: Planet Drum and Tala Matrix
„H A Four Square Graphic organizer for each student (example attached)
„H Pencil for each student
„H Color crayons/colored pencils/markers (any or all) for each student

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE:
TSWBAT:

„H Recognize, and distinguish between different types of plants and animals living in the Rain Forest
„H Use the Dynamic expression of the music throughout both pieces to correlate with a specific plant and animal
„H Use critical thinking skills and imagination to visualize and reproduce two different plants, and two different animals while listening to instrumental, cultural music

NATIONAL MUSIC STANDARDS:

„H Listen to, analyze, and describe music
„H Understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

TEACHING PROCESS/STEPS:

„H Begin with the slide show of different Rain Forest plants and animals
„N As each picture is presented, give the information relevant to each picture (i.e. this bush is called a Basket Fern . . . most commonly grows on wet rocks . . . grows easily in a pot or a basket . . . frogs, ants, birds and possums live there . . . etc.)
„H Once the pictures have been examined, read the book A Walk In the Rainforest aloud to the students
„N As the different plants and animals that have been covered in the slide show come up in the book, be sure to give students time to identify and discuss what he/she has learned
„H After the book is completed, hand out a Four Square worksheet to each student
„H Instruct the class to retrieve whatever coloring tools he/she want to use for completing an art project
„H Explain the directions to the students
„N There will be two songs played
„N During each song, the students will listen to the music and draw one animal and one plant that he/she have learned about throughout the lesson, in the squares on his/her worksheet (one plant and one animal per song ¡V one plant and one animal per square)
„N Explain to the students that he/she will use the music to help him/her visualize one of the many plants or animals introduced in the days lesson
„N Instruct the students to use the top two squares for the first song, and the bottom two squares for the second song
„N In addition to drawing the two plants and animals, instruct the students to label what he/she has drawn with the proper titles (which he/she has learned in the earlier portion of the lesson)
„H Play the first song (no specific order is necessary)
„N Allow students a few minutes after each song to complete his/her drawings
„H Once both songs have been played, ask the students to present his/her picture to the class; explaining what two plants and animals he/she have drawn and what in the music made him/her think of those particular plants and animals

EVALUATION:

„H Did the student complete all four squares, properly following directions?
„H Did the student draw pictures of the plants and animals covered in the lesson?
„H Did the student connect the music he/she heard to the drawings he/she completed?

EXTENSION:

„H Students will choose one of the plants or animals he/she has drawn and make up lyrics to go along with the picture and song.
„N The students will present his/her lyrics with the song playing to the class, while holding up his/her picture.