Lesson Plan: Colour Wheel Nature Hunt (SCIENCE)

Date: November 16, 2021 (Wednesday)

Lesson Duration: 30 minutes

Overview of Lesson
Lesson This lesson introduces the concept of colours in nature. The purpose of this lesson is to have
Overview students recognise and understand how colours occur in nature. This lesson provides an
opportunity for students to explore their natural surroundings and to see colour through the
lens of nature. By allowing students a more hands on approach to seeing and describing the
colour by the conclusion of this lesson, students should have developed an appreciation for
the environment through identifying a variety of natural objects through colour.
GLOs 1–5 Identify and evaluate methods for creating colour and for applying colours to different
materials.
SLOs SLO 1 - Identify colours in a variety of natural and manufactured objects.
Lesson ● Students will recognise a variety of natural colours (K).
Objectives ● Students will describe how something in nature is of a specific colour (K).
(Knowledge, ● Students will apply their knowledge of colours to the natural environment (S).
Skill, and ● Students will demonstrate a knowledge of colours (S).
Attitude) ● Students will display respect for the environment (A).
● Students will appreciate working as a team to find as many natural things with the colours
on the colour wheel (A).

Assessment Evidence
Formative - Discussion (F.A.) Summative N/A
Assessment - Observation (F.A.) Assessment

Lesson Procedures
Prior to - Ensure printed material is with Resources/ - Colour wheels print off
Lesson me Materials
Time: Content/Description Instruction Type /
Differentiation/
Assessments:
Introduction
5 min ● Explain how we are so lucky to be living in the mountains and to be Direct Instruction /
living so close to all this natural environment. Explaining how we get to N.A. / Discussion
see and be surrounded by many different natural colours. (F.A.)
● Explain to students how as the seasons change, we see colour changes in
our natural environment
o For example, ask students to explain the differences in colours
from spring, fall and winter.
Transition
● Ask them to point out a piece of nature that that is green / brown
Body
20 min Learning Activity 1: Nature Walk to Flumerfelt Park Interactive
● Explain to the students that they must work together to try and find as Instruction / N.A. /
many natural items as possible (anything in nature) that matches each Observation (F.A)
colour on the colour wheel.
● Get students into groups of 3 and give them a colour wheel paper print
off.
 ● Explain that they will get 10 minutes to go and try and find as many
colourful pa
● Once students have had sufficient time to work together, bring them
together as a group and ask each group if they found all the colours on
the colour wheel or if they only found some.
Consolidation and Closure
5 min Review of Key Concepts Direct Instruction /
● Review the different colours that they found throughout their time N.A. / Discussion
exploring throughout the park (F.A.)
o Asking them to share one of the things that they were most
excited to find and asking what colour it is on the colour wheel.
● Dismiss them to play
Reflection
1. How the students responded to the lesson as planned and taught:
I think that students responded well to this lesson and grasped the main points and the lesson objectives. By
having students explore the natural surroundings of the area and having the opportunity to see colour through
the lens of nature it gave them a different experience than sitting in a classroom and maybe not being as
engaged with the subject. Overall, I really do think that the students responded really well and were engaged
throughout the whole time.

2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:

By delivering this outside I think it gave me the strength of linking the topic of colour explicitly to things in
nature, rather than being in a classroom and discussing nature. The students were immersed within it. I do
think that because I did a well-planned lesson that it helped in the overall delivery because I was not second
guessing the content that I was teaching.

3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery:

I think one of my weaknesses in the delivery of the lesson was my instructions in specific parts of the lesson.
In specific sections I was struggling a bit with giving specific instructions – like I was giving specific
instructions, however, I wasn’t making it explicitly enough and sometimes it caused confusion. Like when I
sent them to go and look for colours in nature, some of them came back within seconds saying that they
found all the colours, but they found it on their clothes rather than in nature.

4. What must be addressed to improve this plan?

I think that I should be explicitly state some of the ways that I want to specify my instruction within my
lesson plan. This will then help me think through some of the ways I could clarify and simplify my
instruction to make the specification easier. This would also I think help with my classroom management
because it would reduce the ‘unexpected’ behaviours that can occur from students being confused.

5. How I have grown from this teaching experience:

After speaking with my T.A. and reflecting upon my teaching experience with this lesson I really enjoyed
watching the students interact and be curious with the natural environment. It reminded me of the importance
of allowing students to be immersed within their own learning and how important it is to allow students to
have natural curiosity in a topic. Overall, I found that this experience allowed me to grow in the sense that it
opened my eyes to outdoor learning and the importance of it within student learning.