Field Trip Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan for The Georgia Aquarium

Title of Lesson: Color Under the Sea
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Concepts: Color, Shapes, Form etc.
Objectives: The student will pick an animal or plant that they saw in the Aquarium and they will create a report about it as well as creating the illustrations.
GPS: S3L1 Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of organisms on their habitat.
Art QCC: Creates artworks using direct observation, lines, shapes and space, spatial concepts, balance and contrast.
Motivation: The class will prepare for the Aquarium a week ahead of time by doing a unit on the ocean.
Vocabulary: Ocean, Sea Creatures, Color, Line, Shape etc.
Instructional Strategies: I will have the students choose an animal or plant that they saw in the aquarium as we were visiting and they will do a little bit of research on the object that they chose. They can make it into a book or a 3-D project of some kind but they must provide at least 3 illustrations that they created on their own.
Modifications: Some students may have trouble remembering what they saw so they will be able to find pictures of their animal or plant to look at as they create their pictures.
Assessment: There assessment will be there reports. They need at least 3 illustrations they created themselves.
Materials/Supplies: paper, crayons, markers, paint, brushes, cups, pencils, other materials that the children may want to use such as glitter or glue.
Resources: Google Images or the Georgia Aquarium Website as well as books.
Closing Statement: There are so many different kinds of animals and plant life that live in the ocean and they all have colors of their own. Some of the habitats in the ocean are made up of colors and shapes completely different from the ones we are surrounded by everyday. I want to see how creative you can be when creating these habitats on paper!