Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 2 and 3

Time: 1 hour

Date: week 6

Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: Science

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Students understand the concept of night and day, as

the moon being in the sky at night, and the sun being
in the sky when it is daytime.

Earths rotation on its axis causes regular changes,

including night and day (ACSSU048)
(modelling relative sizes of the Earth, sun and moon.

Students understand the sun gives life to the Earth,

and is our source of energy and light.
Students know the rules when using the ipads and can
use them effectively.

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

Ethical
behaviour

creative thinking

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:
Recognise that the Sun is the source of life to the Earth.
Identify and show that the Planets rotate around the suns gravitational pull.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Ipad available for each student

Youtube video- im so hot the sun song
Butchers paper
spiderscribe
Doodlebuddy on ipads

Provision for students at educational risk:

-

Set the locked application on the ipads so

students stay on task.
Students who finish early can model the size of
the sun compared to the other planets through
the use of playdough.

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:

Time
5 to 10
mins

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

Resources/References
Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment where they
will be introduced.
Instruct students to move to the mat infront of the interactive
whiteboard.
*good morning girls and boys, today we are going to be looking
and learning about the sun*
Now what do we already know about the sun? (once discussed,
introduce video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzdR93bqw

To get started we are going to watch this short video (show the
class the sun song video)
40 mins

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key

Questions):
1. Students will research and discover on Britannica information
about the sun, its size, properties, rotation, gravitational pull etc.
2. Students will then be put into small groups (3 or 4) to
Brainstorm ideas on butchers paper.
3. Discussing the overall purpose of the sun.
4. from their brainstorms, students will then go on spider scribe
and create a brainstorm, adding pictures and videos, as
information sources for the class, summarising their ideas.
5. students will then go on doodlebuddy and create drawings of
the sun and planets in its rotational pull, showing their
understanding of the importance of the sun.

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

The class will review their brainstorm sources and doodlebuddy
creations.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
Kids will be sat back on the mat, ready for recess.

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these

be judged?)
Students will be assessed through their verbal communication.
Through their brainstorms and information sources.
Through their ability to work together in groups.