Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:

Time: 1:30 pm Date:31/3/16

Learning Area: Science

Students Prior Knowledge:

Students are aware of the earths resources and have
explored what might happen to humans if there were a
change in a familiar available resources such as water.

Earths
rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including
night and day (ACSSU048)
(Recognising the sun as a source of light)
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

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:
Create a poplet that shows identification of the effect of the sun on earth.
Display at least one example of life on earth with/without the sun (videos).
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Provision for students at educational risk:
4 x iPads with poplet, green screen and iMovie
5-minute warning before changing tasks
(Irene)
Additional student teachers to assist students who
2 x Green screens (Irene)
are struggling
2 x Boxes
Craft resources
Lego (Irene)

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

Motivation and Introduction:

We know that you have been learning about day and night, so we would
like to talk about some things that you know about the Sun.

BRAINSTORM QUESTIONS:

Put your hand up if you can tell me something about what effect the Sun
has on Earth?
(light, warmth, energyplants (food + oxygen), alive, animals)

Everbody close your eyes and imagine you woke up and there was no
sun.

Resources/References

iPads with Popplet

What would the Earth be like if the Sun disappeared forever?

(Cold/ freezing, dark, ice, dying plants, no humans, animals or insects).
For this we are going to use an app called Popplet.
Model how to use popplet

Boxes and other craft

materials

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

We are going to make a stop motion video of what the earth looks like
with the sun, and then what the earth might look like if the sun doesnt
appear tomorrow

Who thinks they might know what a diorama is? (a small model represent
a scene)
We are going to make dioramas of what the world looks like with the sun
and then we are going to gradually take items away to represent what the
world would look like without the sun.
The iPads will be set up and will be used to film your groups diorama
creations (time-lapse).

We are also going to be using a green screen, who thinks they might
know what a green screen is? (a background for the diorama can either
move or be still)

After you have created your scene you are going to take turns to film
someone in you group saying what your scene is, this will be added to the
time-lapse.
No sun each person needs to say one thing that has happened in
the result of not having any sun and what sun would normally do (e.g.
there are no plants; the sun would normally give them energy to
grow.)
Sun each person needs to say one thing that has happened in the
result of having sun and how the sun contributed to it (e.g. there are
plants; the sun gives then energy to grow.)

We will then put the video of what you know about the sun with your
groups time-lapse, and then we can share them together.


Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
Watch the time-lapse finished product.
Recap of brainstorm and terms used.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
Five minute warning before the end of the lesson
Students need to pack away the iPads and other resources

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
Students brainstorm will reveal the ideas that they came up with about
the importance of the Sun
Diorama will display at least one example of life on earth with/without the
sun (videos).