Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 5 Time: 12.30-1.20 pm Date: 21/5/2017 Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area:
Humanities and Social Sciences

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Geography
The main characteristics (e.g. climate, natural vegetation,
landforms, native animals) of the continents of South
America and North America, and the location of their major
countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK111)
The main characteristics (e.g. climate, natural
vegetation, landforms, native animals) of the continents
of Africa and Europe, and the location of their major
countries in relation to Australia.
The importance of environments to animals and
people, and different views on how they can be
protected.
Extensive ipad use

Knowledge of using Powerpoint Presentation

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour Social understanding
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)

As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

Discuss at least 3 of the major natural vegetation sources found in an allocated country, considering the
natural and man made influences on this.
Compile notes from this lesson and the previous 3, to form a Powerpoint presentation that will be given to the
class in lesson 5.
Work collaboratively in a team, discussing ideas and contributing to the completion of the task.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

Ensure sufficient ipads are available (1 per student) and Student with vision or hearing impairment to be seated
that these are fully charged. close to the front of the class to ensure instructions are
Computer projected screen to be displayed at front of understood.
class.
Ensure that when allocating groups, any students who
Test youtube video prior to class. are known to not work well together are not assigned
the same group.

Ensure that when allocating groups an even

distribution of abilities is taken into consideration (ie.
Not all strong/ weak students grouped together)

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Were the students engaged in the youtube video played at the beginning of the lesson?
Did the students actively participate in discussing some of the natural vegetation shown in the video?
Were the students able to find their own video which appropriately discusses the natural vegetation of their allocated
country?
Were the students on task, appropriately accessing video material relevant to the lesson?
Could the students effectively use and navigate Powerpoint to compile a presentation?
Do the students feel confident about presenting their findings next week?
Were they any parts of the lesson which the students found difficult?

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

Did the students find the lesson interesting and engaging?

Could the students link their learning of North and South America in relation to video at the beginning of the lesson
discussing the vegetation of Australia?
Did the students work well in groups, ensuring even distribution of workload?
Did the students understand the task at hand?
What could be improved in this lesson?

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the
segment where they will be
introduced.
12.30 pm
1. Students will be sitting in their seats, actively listening to the front of
the classroom, where the teacher is standing.
2. The teacher will explain to the class the lesson objectives, stating;
Today is the fourth and final lesson that we will work on our
WebQuests before the presentation to the class next week. Today
we will be focusing on the natural vegetation of your country and the
natural and man made influences on this.
Computed projected
3. The students will watch a 4 minute youtube video which discusses video of
the natural vegetation of Australia. https://www.youtube.com/
4. The teacher will discuss some of the features of Australias watch?v=vTE_hQVccps
vegetation shown in the video with the class. to be displayed onto
board.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):

12.40 pm 5. The class will be directed to move into the groups which they have
been working with over the course of the WebQuest project so that
they are seated together.

6. The students will be directed to find their own youtube video which
https://www.youtube.com
discusses the natural vegetation of their chosen country, keeping in
mind the natural and man made influences on this.
7. Students will be provided with an ipad each in order for them to 1x Ipad per student
retrieve the necessary data.
8. The link from the video should be pasted into the group google docs
page and later into the Powerpoint Presentation.
9. The teacher will walk around the room, providing assistance to
questions and queries as needed. The teacher will also need to
ensure students are using Youtube appropriately and accessing
material relevant to the lesson.

12.55 pm Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

10. At this time, all students will be advised by the teacher to start Powerpoint Presentation
compiling their findings from the past four lessons using Powerpoint.
11. Students will be advised that the Powerpoint should last 4-5
minutes.
12. Students will need to log on to their google docs page to access this
information.
13. When compiling the presentation, students should assign roles as to
who will speak at which times.

1.20 pm 14. Students will need to save their Powerpoint to ensure that it can be
accessed in the following week of presentations.
15. Students will hand ipads in to the front of the room and will return to
their own seats in the class.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

16. In the following lesson students will present their findings to the
class with the accompaniment of their Powerpoint presentation.

17. Students may choose to practice their presentation in groups in their

own time if they feel this is beneficial or necessary for them.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)

The teacher will have access to all groups google docs page and will be
able to see if groups were on task with their work. The groups should have a
link to their chosen video visible here and a short presentation prepared for
the following week.
In lesson 5, the presentation to the class will indicate in more detail the
production of the lesson and will be a final assessment item.
Throughout the lesson, the teacher should be on their feet observing how
peers are working together, assigning roles to members, contributing ideas
and sharing the work load.