LESSON PLAN 1.

1 The Murray River

Name: Stacey Topic: The Murray River Lesson No: 1.1

Subject: Outdoor Education School: Duration: 75mins

Date: Year level: 9

Learning Purpose/Learning Intention/Rationale:

·Students will learn about the history of the Murray River

·Students will overview the Murray Darling Basin and how it influences the Murray River
·Students will learn about river features

Victorian Curriculum- F-10 or VCE focus

VCGGC129 – Geographical Concepts and Skills – Place, space and interconnection

Identify, analyse and explain significant interconnections within places and between places over time
and at different scales and evaluate the resulting changes and further consequences.

Success Criteria / Learning outcomes: (Detail what the students will be able to do as a result of this
lesson. Learning outcomes should be numbered or coded so that they can be identified in the
procedure of the lesson)

- Students will be able to name tributaries of the Murray River

- Students will be able identify and name river features
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Assessment: (Assessment should be numbered or coded so that they can be identified in
the procedure of the lesson)

How will you:

1. assess students’ prior knowledge and readiness for the learning in this lesson
2. assess emerging knowledge and understanding, improving skills
3. feed assessment information back to the students to inform their learning
4. make judgements for use in reporting student achievement?

Time for Teacher activities: Learner activities:

each step
0-5mins Roll call, overview of lesson and expectations

5-15mins Gauge what the students know with questions Students respond via hands up
- who has heard of the Murray River
/Murray Darling Basin ?
 - Who has visited either? Day trip /
camping/other
- If you haven’t are you excited to visit
for the first time with this subject?

15-25mins Introduce the river system, utilising Hindle,

(2016) Teaching in River Environments,
Landfullness.

Divide the class into two separate groups and

request that they retrieved their drink bottle
from their bag. If student without teacher has
a number of spares to use.
25-35mins
Supply each group with a set of the laminated
river resources and then move the class to the
sandpit located at junior school’s playground
equipment.
35-55mins
Following directions of Hindle, (2016) Teaching
in River Environments, Landfullness document
allow students 20 minutes to complete Part A
of the activity.
55-60mins
Return to classroom
60-70 mins

Kahootz Quiz on the Tributaries of the Murry

Darling Basin
Teacher’s resources:
- Hindle (2016) resource document – printed and laminated river names and information,
along with Murray Darling Basin Map. Times two sets (two groups)
- Spare drink bottle times four

Catering for inclusion: Identify ways in which you will cater for these.

Students’ resources:
- Two sets of the river information
- Their personal drink bottle

Extension activities: Identify interesting and relevant follow-up activities for early finishers. Make
sure these are true extension and not more of the same work. Able students should be
challenged, and earlier finishers should be rewarded with enjoyable but worthwhile activities.

Learning space set-up: This should include room layout and any material that will be presented
and is planned prior to the lesson.