SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY – TCH10014 Professional Experience I Lesson Plan Template

Subject: Science Date: 24/10/18 Time: Stage: One Class: Year Two School: Coolangatta State School
2 hours Junior Purple
APST Focus:
 Use Effective communication
 Support student participation

Curriculum Outcome: (Code and descriptor)

 Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032)
 People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE035)

Objective: As a result of this lesson the students will be able to: identify what a natural and man-made resource is and what resources are needed to plant a plant.

Background and / or Prior Knowledge:

REFLECTION IN ACTION
Timing Procedure Considerations
Students Teacher
(ORIENTATION) Student friendly learning
5mins Gain Attention – 1,2,3 all eyes on me. intentions as well as success Can students understand the Have I got all the students attention?
Learning Intentions criteria. success criteria and leaning
 Understand that Earth has resources that intention?
are used by living things.
Success Criteria
 Students can Identify Earth’s resources?
 Understand that Earth’s resources are
used for the needs of living things.
 Identify what resources are needed to plant
a plant.
Have an image of the earth on the board.
Ask students do they know what earth’s resources
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Write down on board if students know.

25mins (GUIDED DISCOVERY) Ensure students are paired Have students fully Did I effectively communicate and
 What is a natural resource? Think, Pair, with students they will work understood what a resource model what a resource is ?
Share. well with. is and how they can be
 What is a man made resource? Think, Pair, made?
share.
 Write answers on board.
Define what a natural resource is.
Define what a man made resource is.
Ensure students understand
 Have students write down on a sticky note what a resource is.
two resources they would be able to find in
the school. Try and write one natural and
one man made resource.

 Get them the place each sticky note in the

right column under man made and natural
resources.
 As a class look through the sticky notes and
discuss.

Do activity.

Purpose: To show how the Earth provides for

the needs of living things.
Identify and demonstrate an action to represent
each of Earth’s resources, for example:
• air — arms up to the sky

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• land — touch the ground
• water — wavy hand motion

1. Students choose to be any living thing on

Earth.
• Invite students to suggest the living thing
they have chosen.

2. A need is stated, for example:

• I need to breathe. What resource do I
need?
• I need to drink. What resource do I need?
• I need food to eat. What resource do I
need?
• I need a home. What resource do I need?

3. Demonstrate the action to show which of

Earth’s resources provides the need, for
example:
• students demonstrate action to represent
air (I need to breathe)
• students demonstrate action to represent
water (I need to drink)
• students demonstrate action to represent
land (I need food to eat)
• students demonstrate action to represent
land. (I need a home)

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10mins (EXPLORATION) Are students able to work Was I able to walk around the
Explain to students we are going outside to plant Ensure I include all students cooperatively outside? classroom to ensure all students are
our own plant our own plants. in the method of planting able to complete the activity?
 Discuss the rules of working outside. the seeds
 Group students up in four
 Discuss what resources are needed and
write on board. Discuss what resources are
natural and man-made.
 Go out side and plant the plants one with
soil and one with sand.
 Use step by step instructions.
 Label students plants with paddle pop sticks.

5mins (REFLECTION) Include all students in the Were students able to reflect on the
reflection. lesson?
What is a natural resource?
What resources will we need to nourish our plants?

REFLECTION ON ACTION
Reflection on student engagement and achievement against the Reflection on your pedagogy. Namely the skills and strategies
outcome, indicator or objective based on information / evidence provided employed during this lesson. Think about how you have addressed
by the assessment strategies within the lesson. This should be guided by the Australian Professional Teaching Standards for Teachers you
the learning intention and success criteria provided to students for this highlighted as your emphasis for this lesson. What evidence would
specific lesson. Other observational notes may be added here. you show to demonstrate you have met the Standard?

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Overall this lesson went really well students were engage the whole
lesson due to a wide range of activities and differentiation. I was able to
motivate all students to participate in the activities. The students were
well behaved out side due to doing over the rules of being outside before
leaving the classroom.
I had a Varity of differentiation so the lesson flowed well and
students were engaged the whole lesson. I believe I was able to
mange the behaviour of students outside of the classroom by using
attention-gaining strategies. I believe I used clear communication
throughout the lesson to ensure students were ale to understand the
task.

REFLECTION FOR ACTION

If I did this lesson again I would incorporate to the ipad’s into the lesson where students could take photos of the step by step
procedures. I would also go overt he success criteria at the end of the lesson to ensure students had achieved the goals for the
lesson.

Supervising teacher: Date: