LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 8 Time: 9.30-10.00am Date: 10/03/2015 Students Prior Knowledge:
Learning Area: Humanities and Social Sciences:
Geography

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Know that there are seven types of

landscapes
Able to locate information from primary
and secondary resources
Have basic ICT skills

Geographical knowledge and understanding: The

different types of landscapes and their distinctive
landform features (ACHGK048)
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Critical and
Numeracy
ICT
Literacy
creative

competence
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

N/A

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:
Identify different types of landscapes including mountain, coastal, riverine, desert, karst, tropical
rainforest and human
Identify and recall some iconic landscapes in Australia and the world
Use Powtoon to create a video of landscapes
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Provision for students at educational risk:
Ensure there are 24 computers for each
N/A
student
Check the Weebly site is published and can be
accessed
Check hyperlinks on Weebly Lesson 1 open
to the correct websites
Kahoot quiz questions

ICT discussion questions

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
Complete after lesson


Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:
Complete after lesson
[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:


LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)
Please note: our 30 minute presentation will be on the second half of the lesson
Time

Motivation and Introduction

Resources/References

1. Introduce ourselves, our topic and year level

9.30

2. Get class to access our Weebly page and click on Lesson

1.

http://ndivorbruce.weebly.com

3. Before we start, Rachael will provide the class with some

context.
We are presenting the second half of the lesson
today. In the first part of the lesson we would have
checked prior knowledge by getting the students to
brainstorm about landscapes using Padlet. The
students would have discovered that there are seven
types of landscapes; mountain, coastal, riverine,
desert, karst, tropical rainforest and human. We then
would have watched the Youtube video as a class.
Whilst watching the video we would have discussed
what type of landscape the images were portraying.
By the end of the lesson students will be able to
identify the seven different types of landscapes as
well as some iconic landscapes in Australia and the
world. To help students achieve these learning
objectives, they will use Powtoon to create a video of
iconic landscapes
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Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key

Questions):
1.

Give task instructions:

In this part of the lesson we will be completing
activity 3 - creating a 20 second Powtoon video of
iconic landscapes in Australia and the world.

Group numbers listed on

Weebly

Working in groups of 3, you will be allocated a group

number. The number you get will correspond to the
number on the Weebly site. For example, if you are
group 1 then you are exploring mountain
landscapes. If you are group 2 you are exploring
coastal landscapes.
You have 15 minutes to complete the activity.
2.
3.
4.

Tell the class to get in groups of 3. Allocate group

numbers 1-7.
Monitor the class as they create their Powtoon videos.
After 15 minutes, get the attention of the class. Explain
that in a normal classroom we would have asked for 1 or 2
groups to volunteer to show their Powtoon video to the class.

5.

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We will now finish the lesson with a quiz (5 minutes). In

their groups of 3, ask one student to click on the Kahoot link on
the Weebly. The game pin will appear on the big screen at the
front of the classroom. Type that in and also type your name or
a nickname that will appear on the big screen. Once that is
done take the quiz!

Kahoot quiz

Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

1. Review the seven types of landscapes and some iconic
landscapes.
2. We will now have a class discussion about the ICT used in
the lesson (7 minutes). Tell the class there are 4 groups
strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree (indicate
where the groups are in the room). Read out the first question
and ask the students to move to one of the four groups which
best reflects their answer to the question. Ask 1 person from
each group why they have chosen to stand in that group.
Repeat for all questions.

Discussion questions

10.00
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
N/A
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these
be judged?)
1. Observations and anecdotal notes on how
students went using Powtoon to create a video. In a
year 8 classroom, most of the anecdotal notes would
be taken from the 1 or 2 groups who volunteered to
show their video to the class.
2. The Kahoot quiz is also a form of assessment.
Teacher will have a record of how each group went
in the quiz.