LESSON PLAN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION Year Level: 8 Time: 10:00 Date: 5/03/2014 Students Prior Knowledge: Students have previously used ICT of Answer Garden Students have already signed up and have knowledge of Kidblog Will determine Prior Knowledge on Frog Spawn by using Answer garden

Learning Area: Science

Strand/Topic: Biological Science (ACSSU150) Multi-cellular organisms contain systems of organs that carry out specialised functions that enable them to survive and reproduce

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson) Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical X competence creative behaviour X thinking X Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Learning Point(s): Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and Social competence X Sustainability

Intercultural understandin g

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: Cooperatively work in pairs to acquire research Create a Mindmap using Inspiration demonstrating that they have Knowledge of Frog Spawn Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Check that Weebly is active: Check all Hyperlinks and Youtube Videos Check that projector is active Print out A3 sheets for Student with Visual Impairment

Provision for Learner Diversity/Educational Risk: Buddy the students up peer mentoring between lower and higher achievers Student with Visual Impairment magnified screen on computer and printed A3 Inspiration Demo. Students would also be placed within the group that is positioned closes to the board High achievers can also add extra information to the Inspiration if they finish task early

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 Motivation & Introduction Time YouTube video (Mr Bean Frog Spawn to Frog) 10:00 Question: Who here has used Inspiration (prior knowledge) Using Answer Garden will ask the students what they know about Frog Metamorphosis. (doing this allows me to examine any prior knowledge that the students may have of the subject) Define Lesson Objectives: Cooperatively work in pairs to acquire research Create a Mindmap using Inspiration demonstrating that they have Knowledge of Frog Spawn

Resources http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zHXswG4dNIk&a pp=desktop http://answergarden.ch/

Sign onto Weebly and instruct them where to begin (Inspiration demo) 10:15 Explain the demo inspiration (our demo) and the questions that they are going to answer 10:18 Explain to students that they have the option of adding other interesting information about frogspawn Tell students to provide links and other sources of websites theyve used to create their inspiration Use snipit to show the Inspiration that they have created Upload their inspiration to kid blog

http://tadpolestofrog.weeb ly.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=R2z0eRgqlLw

10:40

snipit tool http://kidblog.org/home/

Assessment: Lesson Assessment will be both Informal and Formal to demonstrate if lesson objectives have been met. 1. Informal Assessment Prompting students with questions and monitoring their progress 2. Formal Assessment To examine if the Students have understanding of basic knowledge Frog Spawn in Frog Metamorphosis they will upload their Inspiration into KidBlog where it will be graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Lesson Closure: Group Discussion about what they have learnt that interested them about Frog Spawn and then present their findings to the class 10:50 Transition: Discussion about what the next phase of Metamorphosis is? Which will lead into Tapdole