EDST201/261

Assessment Task 2: Lesson Planning Template for Mini-Unit of Science

Names:
Unit Topic: Natural Phenomena
Level: 4
Lesson Number (in Unit): 5
Lesson Length (minutes): 1hour 15 mins
5Es focus of this lesson: Elaborate and Evaluate
How does the lesson
Elaborate: Students work in groups of 3 to finalise their investigation plans. When this is
meet the 5Es focus?
finished students conduct their investigation.
Evaluate: Students complete an after mind map on natural disasters as a whole.
Lesson Outcomes:
Students will be able to predict which material will be the most effective in reducing the
impact of a tsunami.
Students will be able to identify different ways they will keep their investigations safe.
Students will be able to record their results and draw conclusions.


Lesson Introduction (whole group focus):
Whole class discussion:

Teacher questions students.

Revise student investigation document with
class.

Timing
10 mins

Key Questions
Materials/Resources
What materials might we
White board
use in a sand bag to reduce A3 Planning Template
the impact of a tsunami?

What equipment will you
need?

How will you conduct your
investigation?

How will you measure the
effectiveness?

Small Group Activities:

Students work in groups to complete their
student design investigation.

Students create investigation posters (include
investigation question, prediction, table of
results and discussion)

Timing
45 mins

Key Questions
What materials might we
use in a sand bag to reduce
the impact of a tsunami?

What do you think will
happen? Why?

How are you ensuring your
results are accurate?

Materials/Resources
Student planning sheet
Students selected
resources
Containers (x8)
Socks (x16)
2 water jugs
1 large bucket
Water
Rulers
Pencils
Poster paper

Lesson Conclusion (whole group focus):

Students complete second Mind Map of their
new knowledge.


Unit Evaluation Worksheet

Timing

20
mins

Key Questions

What do I know about
natural disasters?


What did I enjoy about the
Natural Disasters lessons?

What did I dislike about the
lessons?

Materials/Resources

Paper for Mind Map.

Unit Evaluation
worksheet

What did I learn from these

lessons?

How could we improve the
unit?

How did I feel about the
unit?

Safety & Management Considerations:
No running in the classroom.
Responsible water use.
No eating of resources.

How will you observe achievement of outcomes
(Assessment Strategies)
Diagnostic Assessment


Summative Assessment

Evidence/Work Samples to collect

Student Design Investigation Worksheet
Poster

Mind Map
Student Evaluation Worksheet

Lesson Reflection:
(What would you change? Why?
Be more explicit in modelling- how to measure the water, template

Provide the students with pre-made tables, they didnt have an understanding of how to draw a table and
how to correctly insert data.

Provide the students with an extra sock and other selected materials. There was significant gaps in some of
the childrens sandbag walls across the container and therefore a lot of water was getting through. If we
gave them another sock and more materials, they could build the wall up better and therefore gain a more
accurate result in their investigations.

Too much content in one lesson. We would move the mind map and unit evaluation to another separate
lesson if we had more time. This would mean we could spend the whole lesson summarising properly and
undertaking assessment on what we had covered over the past five weeks. We were too rushed and felt we
didnt cover each activity properly. For example, the children could have had a significant amount of time
to complete their mind map and think about the knowledge they learnt over the five weeks, not just ten
minutes.