Module Title: School Placement 4

LESSON PLAN (2018-2019)

Subject: 2nd year Material Technology Wood
Student Name: Matthew Kelly (G00330853) Mentoring Teacher: John Heffernan
Date: 18th of January 2019 Topic: Plastics and other materials
Duration of Lesson: 40 minutes Lesson Number: 15

AIMS

The main aims of this lesson are to:

• Introduce the topic of Plastic and other materials
• Demonstrate to the students the effects that plastic can have on the environment
• Explain to the students about the effect’s plastic can have on the planet
• Discuss and explain the advantages and disadvantages of plastic
• Explain about the different types of plastics that we use daily

MAIN LEARNING OUTCOME & CORRESPONDING ASSESSMENT

Learning Outcomes (LOs) Assessment of LOs

At the end of this lesson the students will be (Note: each LO has an assessment. Include a
enabled to… variety of types.)
➢ Identify and explain where plastic may be seen ➢ See think wonder
daily ➢ Class discussion
➢ Show an understanding for the effect that our ➢ Students feedback
high use of plastic is haven on us as a society ➢ Listing effects plastic has
➢ Class discussion
➢ List the advantages and disadvantages that ➢ List advantages and disadvantages
plastic provides to them ➢ Examples of products
➢ Comparison to other material
➢ Outline measure that can be taken in order to ➢ List the chance needed to be made
reduce the use of plastics ➢ Discussion
➢ Students feedback
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➢ Differentiate between thermosetting plastic and ➢ Class discussion

thermoplastics ➢ Student’s explanation

THE LESSON

TIME LINE TEACHER ACTIVITIES PUPIL ACTIVITIES KEY*

SET INDUCTION (BEGINNING)

0-2mins • Opens door, allows student to • Students take their seats

enter • Get appropriate equipment
• Takes class attendance, gauge ready for the class
understanding of some names
• Gets resources ready
2-6mins • Introduces the content to be • Make note of the learning aim O
learnt in the class and outcomes L
• Sets aims and leaning outcomes • Identifies how they will complete
for the days class the learning aims and outcomes
• Discusses how aims and out • Makes not of content to be done
comes will be completed in the class
➢ See think wonder
➢ Class discussion
➢ Student feedback
• Hands out see think wonder
sheet to the class
LESSON SEQUENCE (MIDDLE)

6-8mins • Details to the student’s sheet • Engauge with teachers’ O

and explain what he wants them instructions L
to do • Make note of what they have to N
➢ Write down what u see? do with their work
➢ U think about when you see • Ask any queries they may have
the image
➢ What you wonder about the
image
• Explain to students about the
process by using an example
8-15mins • Using PowerPoint run through • Engauge with PowerPoint L
images • Write down own thoughts about ET
• Explain to students about haven images CI
own idea and own opinion • Make note of all images and key
• Demonstrate to write what you detailed areas
alone think of • Complete work
• Allow 30second to view image
and 30 second to write
• Got through all 5 slides
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• Visually assess students

• Allow them time at end to finish
any unwritten work
15-20mins • Go through work completed by • Explain to teacher about what O
the students they saw CL
• Create discussion about their • Listen to other students explain MA
answers their work
➢ What did we see? • Compare thoughts on images
➢ Looking deeper I saw? • See differences in students
• Look at answers for all 3 thinking and logic
questions given
• Gathers views from students on
what they saw
• Compare thoughts of all students
• Come to general idea of what
happened within all pictures
among students
20-25mins • For final time go through images • engage with teacher about O
• Create a deeper meaning to all further look over images L
images • make own relation to the images CL
➢ Relation to plastic • explain and discuss the positives CI
➢ Recycling and negatives of plastic
➢ Environment
• detail whether it’s a viable
➢ sustainability
product moving forward
• get students thinking about the
• discuss about the need for
positive and negative use of
change
plastic
• get consensus about plastic
• outline impacts plastic will have
on us
• identify need for change
25-30mins • identify second page • write down examples of plastic
• identify what is expected in their day
➢ make note of plastic daily • discuss with teacher and other
➢ at home students the examples of plastic
➢ in school • identify if the plastic is needed
➢ in this class
• produce examples of alternative
• provide one or two examples for
materials
students
• discuss if there a viable product
• allow 3-4mins for task
moving forward
• visually assess the students

• discuss with the students some
of the answers that they have
• assess if the products do in fact
need to be plastic or can another
material be used
• discuss about products
30-35mins • discuss with students about a
plan where set targets for school
• identify goals
➢ make note of how they be
reached
➢ what they must do to complete
them
• link to green schools
• set plan in place for this to be
achieved
CLOSURE (END)
35-37min • Explain to students about what
happening in next class
➢ Thermosetting plastic
➢ Thermoplastics
➢ Advantages and
disadvantages of plastic
➢ Working with plastic
• Set out small bits of content
for next class
37-40mins • Explain to students about test
next class
• identify about areas to study
• Invite any questions or queries
• Examine over the learning
outcomes
• Hand out tick and leave
• Get students to tidy away
equipment and desk
• Allow student to leave the rooms
*KEY:
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• explain about school plane to O
reduce plastic waste CL
• Engauge with discussion about N
ideas MA
• Assess if they work L
• Realistic about task
• Make note of how they can be
completed
• Write wow we are to implement
the plan
• engage with teacher’s discussion
• Make note of work to be carried O
out next week
• Make links to work
• Identify with content for test O
• Ask additional question they may L
have MA
• Look back over learning
outcomes
➢ Completed understanding
of the effects of plastic
➢ Listed the advantages and
disadvantages of plastic
• Complete tick and leave
• Clean and tidy desk
• Exit classroom
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L= Literacy, N= Numeracy, O= Oracy, G= Graphicacy, SEN= Special Educational Needs, MA=

Mixed Ability, CL= Cooperative Learning, GI = Gender Inclusion, MI = Multicultural Inclusion,
ET = Educational Technology, and C&I= Creativity and Innovation.

LIST OF TEACHING RESOURCES

• Powerpoint for start of class

• See think wonder work sheets
• PowerPoint with images
• Tick and leave
• Examples of plastic waste
• Kahoot - https://create.kahoot.it/details/plastic-pollution/9a6919da-3ffd-4df1-a9a6-
ec989e4a4484

POST LESSON CRITICAL REFLECTION (bullet points- 3-5 points)

Strengths

Challenges

Suggestions for Improvement

Notes for the Preparation of the Next Lesson