Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: Year 1 Time: 9:00am-9: 15am Date: 22/03/16

Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: ICT

Understanding of written language

Recognition of caterpillar and life cycle

Able to work collaboratively

Use of IPads and applications (camera)

Understanding of natural and managed

environments

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum:

Digital Technologies Knowledge and
Understanding: Recognise and explore digital
systems (hardware and software components) for a
purpose (ACTDIK001)
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:
Able to capture photos of features of both natural and managed environments
Develop ability to listen and respond in group situations effectively
Understand the lifecycle of a butterfly
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
- Have all IPads charged

Provision for students at educational risk:

For students with visual impairments, there would be
an aid on hand to assist, with discussing what is
outside.
For students with learning disabilities, the font of the
app name camera would be made larger. And these
students will be required to take less photos


LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)
Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
- Could all students take at least 2 photos of natural and managed features?
- What did the students find easy?
- What did the students find difficult?
Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:
- Did the students find the activity helpful and understandable, when finding features of the two different
environments?
- Did all students participate effectively in groups?
- Was it completed well or not?
- What can be fixed?
[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

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

Time
9:00 am

Motivation and Introduction:

Resources/Reference
s

1. Once greeted from desks, students will make their way to the front of
the classroom to sit on the mat. The Teacher then reads The Hungry
Caterpillar, to go over the lifecycle of a butterfly. The Teacher then
goes over the features of natural and managed environments with the
students in a whole group discussion.
2. The teacher will then explain the purpose of the lesson to the
students by saying:
Today we will use our IPads working with the Camera App. Once
your put into your groups I will give you 10 minutes to go outside the
classroom and take photos of features and things that you think make
up both natural and managed environments for example: grass is
apart of natural and bricks are apart of managed.
3. Now teacher will split the children up into groups and hand out one
IPad to each group, and take the students outside to start taking their
photos.

9:05am

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

4. As the Teacher is walking the students, in two lines to the outdoor
area the teacher will say
We are outside now, I want you to remember the rules of being
outside you must stick with you group members, speak quietly and
make sure you walk on the pavement. You now have 10 minutes to
walk around and take photos of both natural and managed features


of our environment and also features that makeup the lifecycle of a
butterfly. I will walk around to make sure you are all on task
5. Teacher must only allow 10 minutes for the students to walk around
and take photos, as they need to move onto their next lesson.

9:15am

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

1. To conclude the lesson, the teacher calls upon the students and says
Please come back inside quickly and quietly, put your IPads back
into the charger carriers and sit back down on the mat. OK GO!
2. Now students are on mat the teacher asks a few students, what did
they take photos of and why they took those photos?

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

1. Teacher the directs students to get ready for their next lesson and
remind them they will carry on with the part 3- drawing desk of their
ICT lesson tomorrow.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
- In an informal assessment the teacher will walk around and observe and
listen on whether students are aware of what they are taking photos of. The
teacher will mainly focus on looking for the lesson objectives which are:

Able to capture photos of features of both natural and managed

environments
Develop ability to listen and respond in group situations effectively
Understand the lifecycle of a butterfly