Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
2015

Six

Time: 9:30am Date: 6th April

Students Prior Knowledge:

Earths surface changes over time as a result of
natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)

Learning Area: Science Year 6

The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around

a star (the sun) (ACSSU078)

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Sudden geological changes or extreme weather conditions
can affect Earths surface (ACSSU096)
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability

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:

Students describe to parents the tasks that they have had to complete across the last four weeks through a
presentation.
Recall information that they have investigated about the cause, process and effect of Volcanoes without
requiring assistance to inform their parents

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

-

Classroom is neat and tidy ready for visitors

Make sure that all students have finished their
required tasks in preparation for the student
presentation
Organise refreshments for parents
Organise each student an iPad to display their
movie projects on
Separate desks individually to allow for each child
to have their own presentation station

Provision for students at educational risk:

Students with vision impairment: Students living
with vision impairment will need to work with an aid to
help them identify where everything will be located.
Students with lack of communication skills:
Students who find it difficult to communicate with other
people will be given extra time to practice their
presentation to minimise their nervousness.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

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

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

Time

9:30am

Motivation and Introduction:

-

Students will be given time to gather all their resources for the last
four tasks in readiness for their presentations

Students will be allocated a desk which they will be able to set up all
their tasks

Students will be given an iPad, each which has their iMovie

presentation pre-uploaded ready to present.

When students have finished setting up their presentation station,

they will be then asked to come into the middle of the classroom
where the teacher will give them information on what is going to
happen next.

Resources/References

iPad

Ok Year 6s, so far Im very impressed with your organisational skills in

preparing for the parent presentation of our Volcano tasks. We are now going
to wait for you parents to arrive that should be any minute. I would like you all
to be standing by your allocated tables when they enter the room. Allow them
time to look around all your presentations and then there will be time for you
to present your tasks to just your parents. Remember smiles and give them
as much information as possible about the process that you have been
through to create these presentations!
9:50am

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

-

Parents enter the classroom

Parents are asked to stand in the middle of the room whilst the
teacher addresses them

Hello everyone and thank you for coming today. Our 6 Six students have
been working very hard over the past four weeks in preparation for today. Our
students have been required to complete three tasks all about the topic of
Volcanoes and the effect that they have on our environment. There has been
a lot of emphasis on ICT (technology) to source information, create an iMovie

project and we have used applications such as Bubble.Us, a mind-mapping

source and Google.Docs. All of these elements of technology has helped
them to complete these tasks with ease. I ask you all to wonder around and
view their presentations. They have spent a lot of time and effort on them and
you should be very proud. After a few minutes having a look, you will be
asked to return to your own childs desk to be given a personal presentation
from them about Volcanoes. Are there any questions that you might have
about their presentations? Thank you very much and enjoy!
10:00am

Parents are given 10 minutes to wonder around everyones desk and

marvel at the hard work they have done

Parents may ask questions about their presentations

After 10 minutes has finished, the teacher asks students to collect

their parents in readiness for their presentations

If a students parent is not available to be at the presentation, then the

student will present their presentation to either the teacher or another
student who also does not have a parent attending.

Students will talk their parents through the process, causes and effect
of Volcanoes

They will show them their news article, iMovie and the other relevant
tasks they have made and posted on their class blog.

After 15 minutes, students will be asked to finish their presentation

and return to the front of the classroom.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

10:20am

10:30am

Students stand at the front of the classroom whilst the teacher

congratulates them on their hard work

Parents are then asked to enjoy the refreshments and have a look at
the other work the students have been doing the classroom.

Parents are also invited to help students finish off anything that they
did not complete in their task.

- Refreshments for
parents

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

-

Parents leave the classroom

Students pack away their presentations in readiness to take home

Students place all desks back in the same spot that they were at the
start of the classroom

Students are then allowed to go to recess.

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

Teacher wonders around during the presentations to assess the

students presentation skills and their knowledge of the cause,
process and effect of Volcanoes

Students are also assessed on their three tasks and the overall
quality of them