Engaging activities for online learning

Activity: (1 hour virtual class)

Welcome, and review last week's lesson (5 minutes).

Brain Breaks- (5 minutes) Teachers were assigned to use them throughout the week. Discuss what they did, if it worked, didn’t work, what would they change?

Before we begin - we will be using Ted Ed - watch this introductory video: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/dear-subscribers

Let's learn about butterflies (40 minutes)

Explain to teachers, we will do a lesson on butterflies. We want to focus on learning something simple so the teachers can focus on the tools and strategies that are being shared. Focus on the process and engagement, more than the content.

1. Please watch this video on how caterpillars become butterflies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcAN4rkTmNU&t=302s

2. Watch butterfly metamorphosis in real life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVm5k99PnBk

3. Draw and label a butterfly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLWNOafqfh0

   1. Label the: thorax, head, abdomen, wings, forewing, hindwing, legs, and antennae.

   2. Color a butterfly online. https://www.thecolor.com/Coloring/Butterfly.aspx

4. Bonus activities: What does symmetrical mean?

   1. Go on a symmetry hunt around your house or yard, bring something back to the class that is symmetrical or draw a picture of something you found that was symmetrical. https://venturamuseum.org/virtual-learning/lesson-1-introduction-to-the-monarch-butterfly/

   2. Do the online symmetry painter activity. https://pbskids.org/peg/games/symmetry-painter

5. Quizzes: break students into 2 groups

   1. Group 1- create quiz on Quizlet with what you learned today

   2. Group 2- create quiz on Kahoot with what you learned today

6. Summarize lesson and use Google Chat feature to ask and answer questions or type in emojis, like a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, to show you understood a concept, and also ask True/False questions. Students can answer in chat with a T or F. (Minero, 2020)

7. 5 minute conclusion.

What ideas do you think you could use? What do you want to try and implement this week? What are some challenges you may face?