Environmentally Friendly Lesson Plan

Overview of Lesson

We will be talking to the children about

environmentally friendly options that are
offered at campus as well as activities that
they can do at home that can help save the
environment. During the lesson plan, we will
be touring Purdue University and pointing out
specific examples of energy saving options
that are all around campus. Students will also
participate in pinwheel making and a fun
game during the tour of Purdue. We wish for
the students to leave with a more
knowledgeable background on the state of
the environment and ways they can
personally make an effort to help.

Description of Learners, Learning

Environment, Intended Learning Goals,
and Lesson Content

Description of Learners:
Approximately 15 to 20 upper elementary
level students

Environment: Purdue
campus...
Outdoors
Bike Share by Wiley
Schleman Hall for green roof
WTHR 200 for video
WTHR Lab for recyclable gloves

Learning Goals:
Become more conscious of the environment
Understand how to conserve energy
Identify one or more technology that helps to
conserve energy

Lesson Content:
Videos
How to play the Guessing Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8aqSDMdF0C4
How to make a pinwheel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MC2DqaV60pE
Technologies that can help the environment
What can you do at home?

Learning Objectives

Standards

Required Materials

Procedures

Given the informational videos

and lessons, children will be able to name
at least 3 ways to conserve energy within
a 3 minute time period.

Given the informational videos

and lessons, children will be able to name
at least one form of technology that can
help the environment in one minute or
less.
Demonstrate fluency in technology systems
and the transfer of current knowledge to new
technologies and situations.
Participate in local and global learning
communities to explore creative applications
of technology to improve student learning.
Promote, support, and model creative and
innovative thinking and inventiveness.
Engage students in exploring real-world
issues and solving authentic problems using
digital tools and resources.

Colored Construction Paper

No. 2 Wooden Pencils
Scissors
Push Pins
Laptop
Reusable Water Bottles
Projector
Purdue Stickers

1.
Take all of the students and
mentors to WTHR 200.
2.
Watch the informational video
on energy and the environment
3.
Take students into a lab room
in WTHR to see the recyclable gloves that
the students use.
4.
The students will then go on a
campus tour.
5.
During the campus tour, the
students will play the Guessing Game as
shown on a computer.
6.
Continue the campus tour and
show the students other energy saving
options such as the light switches in
dorms, bike share program, and the green
roof at Schleman Hall.
7.
Have the students watch the

video about making pinwheels, and then

proceed to make the pinwheels with the
kids.
8.
When everyone is finished
making the pinwheels, give each child a
reusable water bottle.
9.
If there is leftover time at the
end, have each child decorate their own
reusable water bottle that they can take
home with them.
Assessment

Our assessment includes asking the children

to each name 3 ways that they can personally
conserve energy in a 3 minute time period.
They also need to be able to name one type
of technology that can be used to help the
environment in one minute or less.

References and Reference Materials

Summary:
The following articles helped us in the
development of our lesson plan by providing
scholarly information to merit the content of
the reflected activities and video presentation.
Crompton, H. (2008). ISTE Standards
Teachers. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
Summary: Provided a list of standards to
meet when designing and developing this
lesson plan for twenty-first century learners
Value:The listed ISTE standards are recorded
categories of characteristics desired to be
expressed through instructional material
presented in an academic setting. This
particular article was of great value detailing
in full the expected objectives and measures
desired in students through technological
implications in instructional exercises.
The National Academies. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 9, 2015, from
http://needtoknow.nas.edu/energy/energysources/
Summary: This article assisted in achieving a
set knowledge base for detailed information
pertaining to energy and fuel sources
effectiveness in environmental biomes in
compared to various forms of technology
Value: National Academies provided great

value in their educational facts and statistics.

This was a main draw of informative
information regarding the state of the current
environment and problems that exist due to
energy production technologies and
methodologies. Dispersion of fuel economy
within the United States, and energy
categorization within the United States are
two of the many hot buttons this article
statistically represents through staggered
annual governmental facilitation and
documentation.
Five ways to teach kids how to be
environmentally friendly. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 9, 2015, from
http://www.ourwindsor.ca/communitystory/5556713-five-ways-to-teach-kids-howto-be-environmentally-friendly/
Summary: Provided listed ways of aiding in
home and house operations to easily join in
environmentally friendly habits
Value: This article provided a set listing of
home friendly ways to integrate
environmental betterment activities for kids.
This in particular was of value because it
provided a way to link the complicated issues
of the causes of sedentary activism
concerning the environment and affect
motivation and reason to start personal
activism at the home.