Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Edible Maps

Date

December 1, 2014

Subject/Gra
de Level

Grade Social Studies

Time
Duratio
n

60 mins

Unit

Alberta: A Sense of Land

Teacher

Nathan Lefsrud

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

4.1: Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how elements of

physical geography, climate, geology and paleontology are integral to the landscapes
and environment of Alberta.
4.1.1: appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to geography, climate, geology
and
paleontology in Alberta (LPP)
4.1.2: What are the major geographical and natural vegetation regions, landforms and bodies of

water in Alberta (e.g., prairie region, forests, rivers, hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, oil sands)?
(LPP)
4.1.2: What are the factors that determine climate in the diverse regions of Alberta (e.g., latitude,
mountains)? (LPP)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
a. Have their knowledge of Alberta regions tested by playing Find The Fiction.
b. View a demonstration of how to build their edible maps.
c. Start on their edible maps.

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
Products/Performan
ces:

Observe students working as a unit at their tables brainstorming and

working together, and how they work on their maps.
Find The Fiction questions
Edible Maps started, Find The Fiction questions answered

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Pinterest, Kagan

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Cardboard cereal boxes, unfinished

assignments from previous classes, pencils,
Powerpoint, Smartboard, Youtube, glue
sticks, white glue, Alberta Maps (printed off),
food items, white board, marker, eraser
glove, region signs, plastic cups

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Attention Grabber
Assessment of
Prior Knowledge

Get white glue from the supply room

Bring extra food items
Have Powerpoint with questions prepared
Have food items set out at region stations to show students where to go for
items for each region
Introduction
Time
Were going to play a game of Find The Fiction
5 mins
Find The Fiction (FTF) will have the students working together at
their tribes in order to win points for their Tribe and to assess the
students knowledge of the regions of Alberta.
Have the Powerpoint slides with the questions on them prepared
before class. Each slide has three statements, two of which are
true and one which is false. They need to correctly guess which
one is false. Run through the first one as an example. Those tables
that get the statements correct get as many points to their Tribes
as the points that their table got. Have the handouts for the week
pass out a white board, marker, and glove to each table. At each

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

question, the students will discuss at their tables which of the
statements are incorrect and write the answer on their white
board. Remind them that they shouldnt shout out the answers
because they dont want the other teams getting points too.
While at their tables for the game, they are allowed to talk
amongst themselves, but not too loudly or off-topic. When working
on their own, they may talk, but only as loud as the noise-level
chart indicates and it should remain on-topic. Give one warning if
things get too noisy in a given area, and then move people apart
accordingly if it happens again. When the teacher is speaking, they
need to freeze their eyes and ears should be on the teacher.

Transition to Body
Learning Activity
#1

Body
Demonstration and setup
Have the handouts pass out the maps that the students made from
the last day, a plastic cup, and three white glue bottles to each
table. Let the students know that they will need to share.
Ill take the one that I drew up under the projector and
demonstrate to the students how to do the gluing. Make sure to
stay within the lines and only use a little bit of white glue. Pat down
the materials well so that they stick. Then start on the next region
and show how there is the border between them. Then go on to
show how to upgrade the legend so that it reflects the food item
that they chose for the region.
After that, show the students the areas set up for the food regions.
Explain that they need to use the items to represent the region
that they are describing. Ie// I would use raisins for parklands
because there are lots of berries there, or I would use
marshmallows for the Canadian Shield because its cold and
theres lots of snow. Remind students to only take a little bit of a
food item at a time. They can always take more but they cant take
less. If they do have too much, then bring back what they didnt
use first.
Have the students do a ghost walk so that they can see where the
foods are. Ghost walk means silent as ghosts: no talking and no
touching.

Time

10
mins

Once the students are situated, stagger them a little so that they
can get some food items so that theyre not all rushing at once.
Supervise with gluing and help where needed. Also remember to
monitor the food area so that they arent taking too much food and
wasting it. Also remind them not to be eating the food. If it runs out
before everyone is done, then it means that someone was eating
what they werent supposed to.
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#2

Until
end of
class

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Learning Activity
#3
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Closure

Time

Consolidation of
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Learning:
Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson

Students probably will not be finished, so we will continue next

class.

Sponge
Activity/Activities
Reflections from the
lesson

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Rocky
Mountains
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Foothills
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Parklands/
Grasslands
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Boreal
Forest
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Canadian
Shield
Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe