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LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 4 Time: 12:00pm Date: 01/04/2022 Students’ Prior Knowledge:
Students have been on two excursions prior to
Learning Area: this lesson, the Perth Zoo and Piney Lakes.
Science & Technologies The information students learned at those
venues is relevant to this program
Students have previously looked at ways
products, services and environments are
designed to meet community needs
Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum
Biological Science Students learned about the three aspects of
1. Living things depend on each other and the sustainability at piney lakes
environment to survive (ACSSU073) Students learned about animal habitats and
Technology and Society endangered animals at the Zoo
2. Ways products, services and environments are Students also have an understanding of living
designed to meet community needs, including things and know that they are part of the world
consideration of sustainability (ACTDEK010) around us
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
and cultures
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
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LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
1. Students return to class
i. Instruct them to sit on the mat quietly facing the front
2. Once all the students are seated inform the students that there are 8 different Coloured Design Brief
coloured envelopes hidden around the room and that they will need to find Envelopes
them
i. Remind students of the classroom behaviour expectations
ii. Instruct the students that once they find an envelope they must return to
the mat and sit down Without opening the envelope
iii. Stop any students who are violating the expectations
3. Once all the envelopes have been found call all students back to the mat
5. Tell the students that in the envelopes is all the information they will need to
complete a new project
8. Ask the students if they have any questions about the Project
2. Ask the students if they were building an enclosure for the Silverback Gorillas
what they would put in it and why?
i. Refer to the video about the environment and lifestyle of the gorillas
ii. If students are struggling to respond play the video again and pause at
places where there is important information
3. Instruct the students that they will need to research and choose an endangered
animal for their project
i. Students will need their iPads and can Quietly discuss will the person
next to them
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ii. Students can find their own space around the room for this task
iii. Students will need to write down the animal they choose and 3
different features of its natural environment (use the discussion about
the gorillas as an example)
iv. Inform students that there are links to websites on OneNote if the need
help finding an animal
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status Website Links
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/endangered/
6. Go around the circle and each student says what animal they chose and three
features of that animal’s natural environment
i. Take not of the similar environments that students list e.g. the
rainforest
3. Ask the students to close their eyes and put their heads down
i. Ask students who had difficulty understanding the design brief, or
project, to raise their hand
ii. Ask students to raise their hand if they are confident with the animal
they chose (take note of who does not raise their hand)
iii. Ask students who are excited to do this project to raise their hand (also
take note of who does not raise their hand)
3. Students who said they were not confident with their animal will need to
choose a new one either at home or when they have spare time
i. Recommend an animal to them that they may be more suited to
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Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)
3. Using the same method the teacher will be able to conduct an informal
diagnostic assessment of student interest which will enable the teacher to
modify future levels to enable those students