Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION

Year Level: year 8 Time: 50 mins Date: 31/05/2017 Students Prior Knowledge:

Learning Area: HASS: Geography
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
The geographical processes that produce landforms,
including a case study of one type of landform, such as
mountains, volcanoes, riverine or coastal landforms
(ACHGK050)
The spiritual, cultural and aesthetic value of landscapes and
landforms for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples (ACHGK049)
Students have experience in reading and using
the types of maps used in this lesson
sequence
Students are familiar with the research skills,
processes and expectations of this class
Students are familiar with the use of ICT tools
such as Weebly, Padlet, Coggle, Answer
Garden, Slidely, Kahoot.
Students are familiar with the use of Google
Applications such as Earth, Maps, and Images.

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

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative thinking behaviour Social understanding
competence
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
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:

Demonstrate the ability to develop and interpret geographical questions in a geographical inquiry research
task
Show they can read and interpret data and features of Ariel maps, including satellite with Google Maps and
Google Earth
Demonstrate the ability to plan and organise information for the geographical inquiry using the mind-mapping
tool Coggle.

Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

Teacher has prepared a Weebly website (with all the pages) Students are given the opportunity to work together,
for the students to access. which promotes their peer learning and mentoring.
Write Weebly URL up on the board so the class can access
it: The ICT tools chosen and demonstrated allow success
Weebly: http://analarahass.weebly.com for students with beginning or advanced content
comprehension.
Teacher has set up all the links for the students to follow as
ICT tools are introduced to the class.
LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Monitoring
Observations
ICT tools presentation and demonstrations
General ICT tools capabilities
Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:
1) How did the students find the ICT tools? Were they boring? Did they get distracted easily?
2) How did the students perform in pairs? Should I as a teacher have dictated the order in which the students will sit
in?
3) Was their enough information provided to the students? Were question asked about further information?
4) Did the students fin the overall content interesting?
5) Were the students engaged? Did all students feel comfortable? Did all students contribute to class discussions and

group work?
6) Was the lesson easy to follow?
[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

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

Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Students are invited into class with their ICT devices, and will be asked to
5 mins Students ICT Devices
sit in pairs and have Padlet and the Weebly website open on Investigation
day 1. (Weebly link will be displayed on the projector) (laptops)

To activate the students prior knowledge on landforms, the use on Answer Weebly:
Garden will be enable them to answer the question/s. http://analarahass.weebly.c
A short class discussion will take place so we can discuss the main points om
given on Answer Garden.

Question: Answer Garden

What can we remember learning about landforms? Application:
http://answergarden.ch/485
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions): 452

Teacher Input
Along with the Weebly, the teacher will introduce and explain the
Geographical Investigation that will be spread over the next 4 lessons.
10 mins
In pairs, the students will act as Geographical Investigators, where the
task asks them to investigate one of Australias Landforms. It will be
explained to them that by the end of the fourth lesson they will have
completed a digital poster to present their findings during their
investigation.
Weebly:
On the Weebly, Students will be directed to the Lesson 1 page where http://analarahass.weebly.c
there is an easy to follow breakdown of todays lesson. om

They will be told the focus questions for today, which they must answer
along the way:
1) What is it? Digital Poster:
2) Where is it? https://piktocchart.com
3) How big is it? What is it this size?
(These questions will be written on the board for them to refer to

throughout the lesson)

5 mins
Whole class activity/ demonstration
The teacher will demonstrate the use of Google Earth to the students,
where they will be looking up the various landforms listed on the Weebly
page.
5 mins
Teacher Input
Students will be reminded how to use the digital tool Coogle to create
mind maps. It will be instructed that the students must this as their Coggle:
planning document. https://coggle.it/
- Students will also be instructed to submit their work they have done in
class through their groups Padlet Page by the end of the lesson.
- Students will be instructed that the Padlet Page is there for them to
20 Mins come back to every lesson and add information and edit each lesson.
Google Earth
Research Activity
Students will now put all instructions into practice.
Students will choose which landform from the list they are going to
investigate.
- They will spend 20 minutes planning and researching their chosen Padlet:
landform and will answer the Geographical Inquiry Focus Question given https://padlet.com/laraellen
to them earlier. 91/year8georgraphyTerm2

8 mins Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

Students are to individually reflect on the lesson/ day 1 of the

investigation.
- They will use Google Docs on the Weebly website to create a document
to record each reflection.
They will be instructed: Google Document:
1) Each reflection is to be dated and must answer the reflection questions https://docs.google.com/do
listed: What do you think you did well today?; what didnt work?; What is cument/u/0/
something interesting I learnt today?; What is something I want to find out
more about?

2) This document is to shared with the teacher using the teachers email
address provided on the Investigation Weebly Website.

Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Students must ensure their answers to the focus questions are completed
for todays investigation and theyre poster has the relevant information Digital Poster:
on it. https://piktocchart.com

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

judged?)

Reflection questions on Google Docs.