Teaching seasons through use of Coggle.it app

TOPIC: Season

CLASS: IV

SUBJECT: Science

HOW I CREATED THIS MATERIAL TO TEACH MY LESSON?

I created concept map through use of Coggle app. Coggle is a web-based tool that enables users to create mind maps simply and effectively. This allows users to share and comment on each other's maps. It is a unique platform allowing people to manipulate their form to fit their thinking process and thinking desires. The teacher can use this tool to frame lesson plans. students can also use it to plan events and programs. 

Following are the processes and steps to use Coggle. 

1) First, in any search engine, type the address www.coggle.it. 

 

2) The above-mentioned link will take you to the homepage of coggle. To get access to the coggle. you will first have to sign in. For that, click on the Sign up now dialog box. 

3) To log in, click on Sign in with Google. This will give you an option to fill in your email ID and password. Therefore connect via your email ID. 

4) After signing in, before taking you to the main homepage, there will be a display of a set of dialog boxes to choose from. from these options, click on the most appropriate one. since you are going to use it while teaching and learning, click on Education and then Teacher. Then click on Concept maps. Then you will be directed to the main homepage. From there click on Create Diagram to start mapping.

 

5) Now the main concept mapping begins here. In the title box, enter the main title for your Diagram. For example, if you are going to plan about the trip to Taktsang, type it as a visit to Taktsang or Trip to Taktsang, either way, you find it comfortable. 

 

6) From there, we can do many things. We can branch out from every Topic and Sub Topic to join as many words as possible. We can also insert images and icons. To branch out from the main topic as well as the sub-topic, simply click on the Plus(+) button that appears after the line/box when you hover the mouse over. 

7) To insert images, click on upload the image icon in the text box. 

8) To Delete Segments, simply right-click on them and click the X button. 

 

Note: You can also invite your friends to edit the diagram in the coggle. it. To do that click on the plus sign at the top right corner. 

When and Why can we as a teacher use the Coggle.it in the classroom?

 This can be both beneficial for self and as well as to involve students. While planning the lesson, we can use this to jot down the important and main ideas and activities. Later, we can simply look at the mapping and get an idea of what to do in a class in a snap. We can also plan the trips and events with students. The students can give one look at the concept mapping and get an idea about what they are supposed to do. Coggle also makes sit great for students to work in cooperative groups to show understanding or depths of knowledge. By using this concept map teacher can use in all three stages of lesson delivery like it can be used in lesson introduction to introduce the topic, it can be used in lesson development to teach about the concepts through use of diagram, branching off ideas and lastly it can be also used in lesson closure to make their understanding through graphic organizers. Using this, it helps young learners to enhance creative problem solvers, good way to mix multiple list types,  makes interactive mind maps, arrange notes and help learners in visualizing the concepts for longer duration. 

This is the concept mapping I worked on for the title Season

https://coggle.it/diagram/YJ0BNhVcoYL7id-h/t/season

 

ACTIVITY

Name of activity: season clock craft

This is a great craft which you can hang on the classroom walls and update each season or even each month. Before class there are a few things you will need to prepare:

• cut large circles out of construction paper or white cardboard – enough for each group of 3 or 4 students. This will be the base of the season clock.
• for spring, you’ll need different colored paper or card: reds, pinks, blues, greens – students will cut into flower shapes (for really little ones you’ll have to cut flower shapes out yourself before class)
• for summer, you’ll need sand or yellow glitter (you can get from craft stores) – students will make a beach scene
• for autumn, you need different colored paper or card: dark reds, oranges and browns – students will cut into leaf shapes (for really little ones you’ll have to cut leaf shapes out yourself before class)
• for winter, you’ll need cotton wool / cotton balls – students will make a snow scene with this.
• you’ll also need glue and pens or even paint if you wish

Put the class into groups of 3 or 4 and give out the materials to make the season clocks. Start off by getting everybody to draw 4 lines from the center of the circle to the outside, so that you create 4 different areas (one for each season). Write the word for each season in each segment. If you have taught months, get everybody to write the months in order around the edge of the clock, with 3 months in each segment (you can just use the first letters of each month), so that it looks like the image below:

Now comes the fun part – everyone is going to get creative and decorate the clock – cutting out flower shapes and gluing onto spring, cutting out leaf shapes and gluing onto autumn, making a beach scene in summer (put glue on the paper and then sprinkle over the sand/glitter to make the beach – use blue colored pens or paint for the sea) and gluing cotton wool for snow in winter. Let everyone add extras, e.g. a big sun in summer, seasonal clothing, etc.

 

When everyone has finished, stick the crafts onto the wall and give each team a pin (or something sticky, like glue) to place in the season (or month) that it is now. In future lessons you can refer back to the clocks and have your students move the pin as the seasons (and months) change.