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Lesson Idea Name: Popplet Cells

Content Area: Life Science
Grade Level(s): 7th Grade
Content Standard Addressed:

S7L2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe how cell structures, cells, tissues, organs,
and organ systems interact to maintain the basic needs of organisms.
Technology Standard Addressed:

3a
Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their
intellectual or creative pursuits.
Selected Technology Tool:

Popplet
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):
http://popplet.com/app/#/5188699
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☒ Creating
Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☒ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement
Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Engagement: Students will have the choice to decide what system they want to create a Popplet for giving
them ownership and empowerment for their work.
Representation: This activity serves to display and explore vocabulary with a different media as well as
activates prior knowledge while filling out the boxes of the base Popplet (Cells). There will be auditory class
involvement and discussion to relay the written information as well as images that correlate with all the
vocabulary, this will particularly help struggling readers and ELLS. They will also have access to the vocabulary
in their textbooks and other resources to solidify their understanding.
Action and Expression: The students will have multiple ways to find the information needed to complete
their selected Popplet including books, internet sources and notes so students can use what is best fitting for
their needs for example if they are tactile with books or prefer auditory, they can use websites that can
dictate information for them. The students are given an opportunity to work at their own pace within the
designated time window they must complete the activity in.
“The UDL Guidelines.” UDL: The UDL Guidelines, CAST, Inc, 31 Aug. 2018, udlguidelines.cast.org/.
Lesson idea implementation: For this lesson, we will start with a class review (written and auditory) of plant
and animals’ cells with the initial base Cells Popplet. As a class, we will fill in the empty boxes surrounding all
the organelles with the information we have learned about the functions, composition, and any other
pertinent information. Once we have modeled the web idea, students (in groups) will create their own
Popplet that will link to the original base Cells Popplet. I modeled simply with tissue, but they will need to add
composition, function and other relevant information to their selected Popplet. This will help the students
connect how cells are the base structure for more complex tissues, organs and then organ systems. This
activity will create an extraordinarily complex connection that will serve as a direct relationship to the
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complexity of organ systems. It will show that everything is built off of cells then to tissues, followed by
organs then organ systems.
The teacher will be able to make a large poster print of the finished web to display in the classroom and help
students learn all the functions and connections. It will take approximately two class periods to review,
research, complete and share the final Popplet. Students will receive a grade based on their execution of their
Popplet and the quality/citation of their resources used. I can extend this activity to a higher learning level by
having them complete the virtual frog dissection and recognize the organs and systems in the simulation.
(http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078802849/383954/BL_16.html). The lesson will be
concluded by reviewing the printed final class-created Popplet. The students will receive feedback based on
their execution of their Popplet, any errors or corrections that need to be made will be addressed and a
correction period will be offered before I print the final Popplet.
This Popplet will serve a student created resource in substitution for overwhelming and wordy textbook
definitions that often confuse students especially in a unit that involves a copious amount of new vocabulary.
Reflective Practice: I feel like students will enjoy having their contribution being published for a class
resource/reference and that they will feel inclined to produce good work because it is being displayed. As
mentioned briefly above, I will use the virtual dissection lab to further the students understanding and
learning.
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Lesson Idea Name: Popplet Cells

Content Standard Addressed:

Technology Standard Addressed:

Selected Technology Tool:

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

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