Elementary School Visit Lesson Plan – Assignment With the guidance of your mentor, chapter coordinator, and/or teacher, use this worksheet to guide you through developing your Elementary School Visit Lesson Plan. Project Objective What is the main objective of your project that you wish to communicate to your students? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Educational Objective How can you translate your project objective into educational goals appropriate for your students’ grade level. Try to complete the following sentence: As a result of my lesson, my students will gain an understanding of… __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Lesson Plan Outline Outline the steps you will take to teach your students about your project topic. Include the entire sequence of your lesson plan starting with your introduction, and finishing with your conclusion. Introduction How will you introduce yourself and your project? Identify the main topic of your lesson and decide how you will get your students’ attention. Try asking them questions about what they already know about the topic. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson Plan Body What activity and/or demonstration will you include to illustrate your project objective. Ideas for participatory activities: • Develop a pre- and post-lesson quiz to test your students’ knowledge of your topic before and after your lesson. • Design a game that illustrates concepts from your project. • Do a partner exercise in which you ask your students to discuss aspects of your project topic with each other. • Conduce a brainstorming session in which you ask your students to suggest ideas they have about your topic. • Have your students draw pictures of subjects related to your project topic. • Identify a part of your experiment that can be replicated as a demonstration for your students. • Use media such as flash cards or photos that help illustrate your topic. Ask students to relate the images to concepts from your project. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Lesson Conclusion How will you conclude your teaching lesson? It is important to assess your students’ understanding of the information you presented. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
Materials List the materials (such as pictures, handouts, models, games, etc.) that you will need for your lesson. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
Things to Consider • Teach to the student who isn’t paying attention. If you have his/her attention, then you will have all the students’ attention. Ask questions, such as, “Joey, can you tell me what pandas eat?” •
Use appropriate language for the age group. For example, if you are talking to a first grader about habitats, use the word “home” or the phrase “where this animal lives.” If you are talking about “riparian areas”, instead say “areas surrounding rivers and streams.”