LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Year
Level:
Three
Time:
9:00am9:30am
Date:12th
March 2015
Learning
Area:
Science/
Strand/Top
ic from the
Australian
Curriculu
m:
Students Prior Knowledge:
Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)
Living things live in different places where their needs are
met (ACSSU211)
Participate in different types of guided investigations to explore and
answer questions, such as manipulating materials, testing ideas, and
accessing information sources (ACSIS038)
Experienced the interactive whiteboard (IWB), iPads, iPad apps (Poplet &
QR scanner) and QR codes.
Used technology to research and develop mind maps.
Living
things
grow,
change and
have
offspring
similar to
themselves
(ACSSU030)
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
Critical
Ethical
Personal
Intercultur
competen
ce
and
creative
thinking
behavior
and Social
competen
ce
al
understan
ding
Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander histories
and cultures
Asia and Australias
engagement with Asia
Sustainability
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:
Understand and describe the lifecycle of a Caterpillar.
Capable of using iPads to access information to make a mind map.
Capable of interpreting and transferring information.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organization:
Prepare QR codes and find facts to
incorporate into these codes.
Download required iPad apps.
Prepare You-tube video.
Charge iPads ensuring they are ready to
use.
Research websites and recourse.
Provision for students at educational
risk:
Students with hearing and sight
impairments will be seated at the
front of the classroom to ensure they
can understand the instructions and
watch the video.
Students with learning difficulties and
behavioral problems will work
alongside the teacher to develop their
understanding of the lesson.
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 ORGANISATION
LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as
relevant)
Tim
e
Motivation and Introduction:
9:0
0a
m
Resources/Ref
erences
Students are seated on the mat in front of the
IWB
teacher and smart board. The teacher
enthusiastically introduces the lesson. Today we are
going to look the book called The Very Hungry
Caterpillar By Eric Carle and learn about the life
cycle and physical appearance of Caterpillar from
You tube clip:
https://www.you
tube.com/watch
?
v=eXHScpo_Vv8
and egg to a beautiful Butterfly.
We will now watch a YouTube clip where the author,
Eric Carle reads the story.
9:0
3a
m
Teacher will now play the YouTube clip titled Eric
Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Video goes
for 2.18 mins).
Book: The Very
Hungry
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key
Questions):
Caterpillar. By
Eric Carle.
*Class discussion on the Video/book*
Do you really think that caterpillars eat all that
food? Pick two students to answer.
What do you think they really eat? Leaves? Plants?
Sometimes mine eat my vegetable garden. Ask a 3
IWB
students what they think.
Does anyone know anything interesting about
caterpillars?
Lets write this all on the smart board.
(Select children to write their predictions on the
IWB.)
Weebly Site:
http://www.weeb
ly.com/weebly/m
ain.php
9:1
0a
m
Select students to read the task on the Weebly site.
Be sure to group the students at educational risk
with the higher performing students.
Students are now asked to stand up and search for
the QR codes to scan.
App- Popplet
QR
Scanner
Children are reminded to walk and not run, and to
use their inside voices.
Open the QR app on one of the iPads.
Click the Popplet app where you will make a mind
map of all the information you gathered. You can
look at the example below to give your ideas on
what to write and how to set it up.
You will notice that there are pictures and
descriptions of the physical appearance of a
caterpillar located around the classroom.
Using the QR app to take photos of the QR codes
that are displayed around the room.
Add descriptions, key words and pictures to the mind
map as you go.
Once you have finished, write your teams names
iPads
somewhere on the mind map. Take a screenshot of
the mind map holding down the home and lock
9:2
5a
m
buttons.
Take the iPads back to the front of the classroom.
Your screenshots will be loaded to the weekly
website, where your parents can see them.
Lesson Closure.
Students are asked to sit back on the mat.
Teacher asks students Did you like using the iPads
and the QR
app to find out information and pictures
about caterpillars?"
Gather students on the map and ask What did we
learn from this lesson?
Students raise their hands to answer, choose 4
students to answer, ensure the students at
educational risk have an opportunity to answer.
I liked learning all about the life cycle of a
caterpillar and how they turn into beautiful
butterflies.
Next lesson, we are going to learn about our own
lifecycle.
We start off as a tiny little speckle inside our
mummys tummy and then we grow up into
Grandmas and Grandpas!
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next
lesson?)
It is almost time for recess
Can I get our recess monitors to go to the canteen
to get the recess box.
While they are getting the recess, were going to
9:3
0a
m
listen and sing along to a Hungry Caterpillar Song.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will
these be judged?)
Walk around the room with a check list.
Did the students work collaboratively?
Did the students find information for all QR codes?
Did the students make a mind map with the information
required?
