Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 3

Time:

Students Prior Knowledge:

1:15pm-1:35pm

Date: Week 8.
Learning Area: Science

Students have an understanding of nocturnal

animals and non-nocturnal animals.

The students have been exposed to nocturnal

animals habitats from the zoo excursion.

The students have had prior experiences of

iPad use and other technological devices.

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum:

Living things have basic needs, including food and water
(ACSSU002).
Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore
and test a variety of materials, components, tools and
equipment and techniques needed to produce design
solutions. (ACTDEP014).
Plan a sequence of production steps when making design
solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDEP018)

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:
. Recognise QR codes in their school environment and collect key facts using the iPads

Create a picture drawing of a chosen nocturnal animal.

Use chatterpix to upload photo of drawn animal, habitat, text and sound.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:

Habitats uploaded on iPads
White chalk
28 x Black paper
QR codes
Pictures of animals (laminated)
8 x iPads
Keys facts on each nocturnal animal
Checklist and anecdotal notes.
Blue-tac.

Provision for students at educational risk:

-

Extra support and assistance for the child with

autism.

Students who are easily distracted by their

peers will be seated with an educator nearby.

Students who struggle to use the devices will

be provides extra support by educators.

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

1. Students will make their way to the mat in order to start the lesson.

Resources/References
Align these with the
segment where they will
be introduced.

2. Teacher will brainstorm the word nocturnal onto the whiteboard and
assess students prior knowledge.

Whiteboard

Motivation and Introduction:

3. The teacher will then tell the students the purpose of the lesson and
what they should be able to achieve by the end of the lesson.

Whiteboard marker

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

1. The teacher will direct the students to capture photos of the QR codes
that are located around the school environment. The students will
then read the 3 keys facts each nocturnal animal.
Today we have created a very exciting activity for you all. We have placed 11
QR codes around your outdoor school environment. Your job today is to find
all the QR codes and take a photo of each using your iPad. Once you have
taken the photo your will then need to read the 3 key fact based on each
animal and choose your favourite one.

QR Codes
Pictures of laminated


nocturnal animals.
2. The students will then draw a picture of their chosen nocturnal animal
onto a piece of black card using white chalk. The students will
effectively do this by using the information described on each of the
QR codes.
Once you have chosen a favourite nocturnal animal you must read the key
facts about the animal and draw a picture of the animal onto black card using
white chalk. Dont forget to add all the special features that are described in
the key facts.

8 x iPads
White chalk
Black paper

3. Once the students have created a drawing of their chosen nocturnal

animal they will then capture a photo of their picture using the iPads.
Now that our drawings and done and they all look fantastic we are going to
take a photo of our drawings using the iPads.
4. The students will then upload the photo of their drawings onto pic
collage, ensuring they have snipped around the outside of the photo.
We are now going to upload our photos onto an app called pic collage. Once
your photo is uploaded, we then need to snip around the outside of the
drawing.
5. Students will then find a background picture of the habitat that their
favourite nocturnal animals lives in. These pictures will be located on
the iPads in pictures.
6. For early finishers, the students will be directed to upload a sound
that their animal makes and write one key fact about the animal that
they have learnt in a text box on the app.
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
1. To conclude the lesson, teacher calls a 5 minute pack-away
warning.
2. Once the students have packed away the students will make their
way to the mat.
3. Think-Pair-Share on what they learnt and describe their nocturnal
animals.
4. Teacher questions 3 students to see what they have learnt.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
1. Students return to their desk quietly and sit and wait for
further instructions.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
-

The teacher will assess one group at a time using a checklist and by
writing anecdotal notes to see who could complete the tasks.