Module Assignment for Module 3

KE/PANAKAWA M.V

MODULE 3

MODULE ASSIGNMENT 3.1

Date: - 20^th June 2011

Grade: - 6

Subject: - Science

Unit: - Investigates plants diversity

Lesson: - Let’s inquire about the characters that plants get according to their habitat

Time: - 120 minutes

Special objects:

1. Explains the special features of plants acquired according to their habitat

2. Accepts that the plants have various adaptations to live according to habitat they live

3. Matches the special characters of plants with the environmental factors in their habitat

4. Develops the totality by addition of parts

5. Presents the information innovatively

INTRODUCTION

There are various plants in our environment. Plants which are found normally in our home garden s are called mesophytes. There are plants in environment different to our home gardens. There is diversity in plants according to their habitat. Special features in roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds could be seen according to their habitat.

Teacher asks students to collect more information about variety of plants by using the internet. Also teacher advices students to share information by using E-mail with each other.

Teacher has divided the class in to five groups and assigns each group a topic to search information about it. Theses information has to be copied to Word document. Each group leader has an e-mail account to do this task. Teacher has helped students to create an email account in the previous day.

The below table is for each groups activity.

Group 1	Mangrove
Group 2	Aquatic plants
Group 3	Seashore plants
Group 4	Epiphytic plants
Group 5	Xerophytic plants

Teacher advice students to share the information, which they have found in the form of Text and Graphics. Teacher shows and explains how to simply send emails by attaching file to their email.

Teacher briefly explain what is an Email.

Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks.

STEP 01

Teacher explains the students how to log in to their Gmail accounts. Teacher advice students not share their email account passwords with each other.

All the group leaders have a Gmail account. Teacher advices group leaders to share their email addresses.

STEP 02

Go to Internet Explorer web browser and type www.gmail.com on the address bar. Type your user name and password in the given window.

Ex. Email: ranjani.hmr@gmail.com

Password: *************

STEP 03

First teacher explains how to compose and send a mail to a given e-mail address. To compose a new e-mail click on the compose mail button. The below window will appear.

Teacher guides students to send an e-mail in a proper manner.

First: enter your recipient's email address in the “To” field, or find the address in your Contacts list. Directly beneath the 'To:' field, we'll also suggest contacts for you to include, based on the groups of people you email most often. You can send the same mail to many recipients as you like.

Second: enter a suitable subject in the Subject Field. The subject should fit the message body. Teacher explains that the recipient first look the subject and decide weather to read or ignore the message. Need to check the spelling and grammar mistakes.

Third: enter the message in the message body. In this area we need to type the collected information or to copy and paste it over here. Teacher advice students to be very careful when they type words that are not suitable for conversations with each other.

Need to be very careful of the spelling and grammar mistakes. To do a spelling and grammar mistake there is special section in the compose mail window “Check Spelling”. Click on it and the spelling mistakes will appear highlighted.

When you're done composing the e-mail, click the Send button (located just above the 'To:' field. You'll see a confirmation at the top of the window that your message was sent

STEP 04

Teacher explains there is a way to send files through e-mail. You can send File through attachment with your e-mail.

To attach a file or more to an email:

v Click Attach a file while composing a message in e-mail. (If you do not see Attach a file, continue with clicking Browse or Choose File below.)

v A file selection dialog will pup-up

Select the files (Use the Ctrl (Windows, Linux) or Command key to select multiple files.) that you want to send as attachments and click ok button.

STEP 05

Teacher explains and advice students to check their Inbox for new e-mails from other group leaders. Teacher advice they send a reply for the help.

First go to Inbox and see if there are is e-mails from other group leaders. If there is, click on the message.

STEP 06

Teacher helps students to reply to the selected message. Teacher tells it is a good practice to send a reply to each message.

First open the pen the message that the other group leader has sent. Click on the Reply Button to reply to this message.

• Click the down arrow next to the Reply button near the message's top.

STEP06

EVALUATION

Let’s inquire about the characters that plants get according to their habitat

· Plants have been classified according to the habitat as follows.

Mangroves

Aquatic Plants

Xerophytes Plants

Seashore Plants

Epiphytic Plants

• Focus your attention to the class of Plants you are assigned.
• Collect relevant information need by using internet.
• Observe characters of leaves, stems, fruits, seeds and roots system with the aid of pictures.
• What are the identified characters of plants help them to grow in that particular habitat.