LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:DanielleVert
TitleofLesson:CreatingAwareness
Grade:6

STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
ArizonaStateSocialStudiesStandard
Strand3Civics/Government
Concept4Rights,Responsibilities,andRolesofCitizenship,
PO1Describewaysanindividualcancontributetoaschoolorcommunity.\

CommonCoreELAStandard
6.W.2Writeinformative/explanatorytextstoexamineatopicandconveyideas,concepts,and
informationthroughtheselection,organization,andanalysisofrelevantcontent

OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
SWBATcreateawarenessoftheimpactsofaplasticbottlebycreatingaposter,PowerPointorflyer.
SWBATdescribethewaysapersonorhimorherselfcanimpactorcontributeinacommunity
SWBATcreateasloganusingtheknowledgeofthelifecycleofaplasticbottleanditsimpacts
SWBATmakeconnectionsofsustainabilityideaswiththeirlearningofthelifecycleofaplasticbottle.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?
ToteststudentsknowledgetheywillbegradedontheirpostersorPowerPointsaswellastheirsloganto
createawareness.StudentswillalsobeassessedinformallythroughaKahootattheendoftheunittoseeif
studentsunderstoodthecontent.

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?
Studentswillhavetobefamiliarwithandknowthelifecycleofaplasticbottle.Theywillalsoneedtoknow
howtocreateawarenessthroughaposterorPowerPoint.Studentswillneedtoknowhowtocreateacatchy
slogan.

MATERIALS
Listofrequiredmaterials:
Posterorconstructionpaper,graphicorganizers,AdventuresofaPlasticBottle,Markers,Crayons,Rulers,
Glue,Scissors.

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Listofkeyvocabularyterms.
Awareness:tohaveknowledgeofanissue
Sustainability:theabilitytobemaintainedatacertainrateorlevel
LifeCycleofaplasticbottle:theprocessaplasticbottlegoesthroughfromproductiontodisposal.

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
Beginthelessonbyreviewingthepastfourdayslearningtorefreshstudentsmemory.
Rereadthestory,AdventureofaPlasticBottletothestudentsstoppingthroughouttheprocessto
talkaboutwhatwehavelearnedandhowitcanbeconnectedtoourawareness.
Onceyouhaverereadthestoryandtalkedaboutthepastfourdaysoflearningexplaintostudents
thattheywillbecreatingawarenesstotheirschoolaboutplasticbottles.Theywillbeincludinga
sloganontheirposterandmakingitcolorfulandexciting.Tellthestudentsthattheyaretryingto
selltheirpeerstostopusingplasticbottlesthroughtheirpostersorflyerssoithastobecreativeand
colorful.
Givestudentsadequatetimetocompletetheirpostersandtoplan
Havestudentsdoatotalcleanupandhavethemsharetheirposters,PowerPointsorflyerswith
theirclassmates.
Oncetheyhavesharedtheirposterstheywillgetintogroupsoftwoorthreetocompleteanexit
ticket.
TheexitticketwillconsistofaKahootthatwillhavequestionsrangingfromthelifecycle,vocaband
environmenteffects.Thiswillbeaninformalassessmenttoseewhatthekidshavelearned.
Endthelessonbydiscussinghowthisrelatestosustainabilityandhowcanwemakeourclassor
schoolmoresustainable.Wrapupbythankingstudentsandrestatingobjectivesandstandards

RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.
Inches,A.,&Whitehead,P.(2009).Theadventuresofaplasticbottle.LittleGreenBooks.

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.
Thewaysofthinkingusedthroughoutmylessonarefutures,strategicandvalues.Thestudentsusefutures
thinkingthroughoutthelessonwhencreatingtheirawareness.Theyarethinkingaboutlongtermaffectsand
wayswecanchangehowwegoaboutplasticbottlesinthefuture.Thestudentsalsousestrategicthinking
throughoutcreatingtheirawareness.Theyhavetobestrategicintheirslogantoselltheirclassmatesand
peerstonotuseplasticbottles.Lastlytheyalsousevaluesthinkingthroughoutthewholelesson.Theyare
usingtheirvaluesandthefactstheyusedtocreateawarenesstohelptheenvironmentandhowtoreducethe
amountofplasticbottlesused.