Lesson Planning Form for Accessible Instruction Calvin College Education Program

Teacher: Jin Soo Park

Date: 4/22/2017 Tuesday Subject/ Topic/ Theme: Human impacts on the Environment Grade: 6th grade

I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?
The lesson connects to the Environmental Science unit that helps students to learn how World Environment Day was created to protect the environment and
understand how far we have come to recreating what was lost.

cognitive- physical socio-

Learners will be able to: R U Ap An E C* development emotional
Apply what they have learned about environmental problems to understand the different themes of World Environment Ap, U x
Day from 2004 to 2013
Understand the different themes of the World Environment Day (WED) by analyzing different texts. U, An
Create their own representation of the different WED themes and discuss them about the importance of each years C
WED.

Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed:
Integrate visual information (e.g. in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Explain that the physical environment is modified by human activities, which are influenced by the ways in which human societies value and use Earths natural
resources.
Explain how human action modifies the physical environment and how physical systems affect human systems.
(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create

II. Before you start

Identify prerequisite The students learned about how they can recreate what was lost through planting a new tree or
knowledge and skills. conserving energy

Pre-assessment (for learning):

Ask the students about their reflection on yesterdays video and activity of planting a tree. Ask the
students who planted their trees yet.
Formative (for learning):
Ask the students why we planted a tree outside the school yard and why we took trees along. Ask the
students what the theme of the WED was, what one reason it was a global problem, and one
Outline assessment implementation or progress they have found.
activities Formative (as learning):
(applicable to this lesson) Ask the students how they can recreate what was lost other than planting trees. Give examples such as
conserving electricity and water, using renewable energy, walking or biking more instead of driving
and gardening without using pesticides. Ask the students about any progress made towards recreating
the environment in which they lost.
Summative (of learning):
NONE
What barriers might this Provide Multiple Means of Provide Multiple Means of Provide Multiple Means of
lesson present? Representation Action and Expression Engagement
Provide options for perception- Provide options for physical Provide options for recruiting
making information perceptible action- increase options for interest- choice, relevance, value,
YouTube video on World interaction authenticity, minimize threats
What will it take
Environment Day
neurodevelopmentally, Different logos of all ten World
experientially, emotionally, Environment Day will be shown

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 Provide options for language,
mathematical expressions, and
symbols- clarify & connect
language
etc., for your students to do
this lesson?
Provide options for expression and
communication- increase medium
of expression
Students will create a text, speech,
drawing, illustration, comics,
design, film, visual art or video
representation of the WED they
researched
Students will present in front of the
class by using PPT, video, or Prezi
Provide options for sustaining
effort and persistence- optimize
challenge, collaboration, mastery-
oriented feedback
Students will work in groups of
two or three to cooperate and
present their WED.
Students will present to other
students and provide questions for
the class to discuss. At the end of
the presentation the class will give
feedbacks or questions to the
presenters.

Provide options for comprehension- Provide options for executive Provide options for self-regulation-
activate, apply & highlight functions- coordinate short & long expectations, personal skills and
Students will highlight key terms in term goals, monitor progress, and strategies, self-assessment &
the texts modify strategies reflection
Students will emphasize key
environmental problem each years
WED is working on

Materials-what materials Laptops, 10 separate different texts on WED, worksheet on Identifying Global Problems Relating to
(books, handouts, etc) do Human/Environment Interaction
you need for this lesson and Pens or pencils to write
are they ready to use?

The students are sitting in groups in a row.

How will your classroom

be set up for this lesson?

III. The Plan

Describe teacher activities AND student activities
Time Components for each component of the lesson. Include important higher order thinking questions and/or
prompts.
3mins Motivation Ask the students about their reflection on The students will raise their hands and talk about
(opening/ yesterdays video and activity of planting a tree. their reflection.
introduction/
engagement) Ask the students who planted their trees yet. The students will respond whether they planted
2mins the tree or not.
Ask the students if they think there was any The students raise their hands and respond how
improvement on recreating the world to be more there was or was not any improvements.
environmental-friendly place to live in. If so, what
were the improvements, if not what were not?
5 mins We came far to create more environmental-friendly
world by making an Earth Day or WED.
We are going to watch these two videos about
WED and Earth Day. These are two different days
Development each year that we celebrate and refocus our
(the largest attention to the world around us.
component or
main body of Ask the students to get their laptops out and go to Students will get their laptops out and go to their
the lesson) SS notes on WED. SS notes on WED.

Tell the students, As you watch, please note how

we progressed and made positive differences in the
environment in the past 40 or so years. Write the

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5mins prompt on the board. The prompt will be on the SS
notes on WED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrCh5X3xrrU While the video is playing, the students will jot
(WED) down how they progressed and made positive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5efkV0dt4mc differences in the environment.
(Earth Day)
5mins
So, what are some of the progress we made? Have The students will stand up and walk around and
the students walk around the class and talk to their talk to their classmates what they just watched and
classmates near them about what they just watched, share their thoughts.
share your thoughts, and answer the prompt.

Ask the students to come back to their seats and ask The students will go back to their seats and raise
the class what they have found or how we have their hands to speak up and discuss what they
made the earth a better place to live in. have seen.
15mins
As the students are talking pull up the
logos/symbols of each WEDs.

Tell the students, Now we will go in depth about

how each WED since 2004 focused on a particular
theme such as biodiversity, deforestation, etc. I am
going to divide you into ten groups and in your
groups, I want you to read the text together and
find:
What are the theme or global problem that they .
focused on, and what is one reason it is global The students will be divided into 10 groups.
problem? Divide the class into 10 groups and hand The students will read the text together and
out the 10 different texts. One for each group. Pass answer the questions on the worksheet.
the worksheet, Identifying Global Problems
Relating to Human Environment Interaction. One
for each student.

After answering the two questions, have each group
share the answer to the class. Tell the students, As
each group share the focus and the problem each
years environmental day tried to solve, please
write the answers on the worksheet on the
respective year.
Each group will go around and tell the class about
the answers they have written down. The students
will write down the answers for each years focus
and problems on the worksheet.

At the end, place the answers for the questions on The students will copy down anything they missed
the board. Tell the students to copy down anything on their worksheet.
they have missed on each years focus and the
problem each year tried to solve.
10mins Ten minutes before dismissal, ask each group what The students will go around each group and talk
the theme of the WED was, what one reason it was about how their years environmental day
a global problem. and one implementation or presented a global problem and how they should
Closure progress they should do to stop this problem. try to implement a better environmental-friendly
(conclusion, place to live in by conserving energy and water,
culmination, Remind them how we can change the world not waste food, recycle, etc.
wrap-up) through small steps we take to conserve energy,
water and electricity and plant trees. There many
ways in which we can stop climate change and
different environmental problems by our small
steps to live differently and environmental-friendly.

Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)
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I was not able to teach this lesson. I used the ten global problems relating to human/environment interaction. The curriculum gave
themes of each World Environmental Day and a little paragraph explaining the problem and the reason for being a global problem. I
used this handout because it gave a clear grasp of global issue that is being discussed among leaders and politicians from all over the
world. Then I looked for YouTube videos on World Environment Day and Earth Day to show to the class before the activity.

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