Instructor Guide Assignment

Subject: Geography
Targeted Audience: Grade 5

LAND AND May 15, 2023

WATER

Authors: Maya Karkar & Madiha Coptan

EDUC341: Theories of Learning in Educational Technology

Table of Contents

Unit Objectives.........................................................................................................3

Lesson Sequence......................................................................................................3

A Brief Explanation of the Guide............................................................................4

Lesson Plans.............................................................................................................4

Introduction..........................................................................................................4

Lesson Plan 1........................................................................................................5

Materials for Lesson 1......................................................................................6
Screenshots for Lesson 1...................................................................................7

Lesson Plan 2........................................................................................................8

Materials for Lesson 2......................................................................................9
Screenshots for Lesson 2.................................................................................10

Lesson Plan 3......................................................................................................10

Materials for Lesson 3....................................................................................12
Screenshots for Lesson 3.................................................................................12
Unit Objectives
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:

• Differentiate between fresh and salty water.

• Name the different landforms and layers of the earth.

• Explain the results of different plate movements.

Lesson Sequence
Lesson 1: Lesson 2: Lesson 3:

Series of lessons Water Bodies Landforms and Plate Movements

Structure

Differentiating Recognize landforms Identify the results of

between drinkable and what they are different plate
water and called movements
undrinkable water
Name the layers of Differentiate between
Understand the the Earth Collide, Separate, and
Learning outcomes
different uses of salty Slide
and freshwater Link landform
pictures to their Name different
names landform types
formed as a result of
plate movement

One session One session One session

Time 45 minutes 45 minutes 45 minutes

A Brief Explanation of the Guide
We developed this learning module entirely online, with some sessions synchronous and
others asynchronous. All content will be provided on Canvas, including readings, presentations,
activities, homework, teacher instructions, rubric, syllabus, and rules. BigBlueButton is one of
Canvas's features; it is an online meeting platform that will be used for synchronous live
sessions. Furthermore, this unit includes three lessons that will teach students about water bodies,
landforms, and plate movement. Two of the lessons will be asynchronous, which means that the
teacher and students will not interact throughout the educational process, meaning the students
will do the work at their own pace, and one will be held online, or synchronously, meaning there
will be a live session, where the teacher will guide the students throughout the learning process.
This unit has been designed in an environment supporting active learning, creative thinking, and
comparing content to real-life scenarios (such as plate movement). Students will go to Canvas
and do the readings, watch the videos, and submit their assignments during the asynchronous
sessions; everything will be provided along with the necessary directions for what they need to
accomplish in this lesson. We created simple yet diverse activities, including; group work,
individual assignments, research, creating videos and voice recordings, readings, and mind-
mapping.

Lesson Plans
Introduction
The teacher will give students access to Canvas. As soon as they log in to their accounts,
they will be introduced to the Unit through a video made by the teacher. In the video, the
instructor will explain the lessons' process and the navigation on Canvas. Below the video, they
will see all three lessons placed in order. “To start your journey, go below the video, and press
on to lesson 1, where you will learn about “Water bodies' '. Everything is clearly stated including
if the lesson is synchronous or asynchronous.
 Lesson Plan 1

Learning Assessment/ Instructiona Learning Activities/ time: Technology:

Objectives Homework l Strategies Canvas in
all lessons
as the LMS

Differentiating As homework This will be an asynchronous

between students are -Supportive lesson.
drinkable assigned on (Explaining) - The teacher will post
water and Canvas to “Record readings and media about the
undrinkable a 2-minute video different components and H5P
water of yourself characteristics of multiple
summarizing what “water bodies” on Canvas in Canvas
Understand you learned from the form of an infographic.
the different this lesson. Add to -Supportive - “Hello there students!
uses of salty that which water (scaffolding) Welcome to lesson number
and type you think is 1! In this awesome lesson,
freshwater drinkable and we will learn the difference
which is not. between fresh and salty
Explain why. And water. Please have what you
post it on Canvas are asked to do before our
under next session On Monday.”
assignments.” -Dialogic (15 minutes)
(Articulation) -After finishing the
readings, students must click
on the links that say “CLICK
HERE” to transfer to other
pages. Then they will be
assigned an “Imagine
hotspots” activity on H5P,
where the 4 sources of
 freshwater will be tackled.
(15 minutes)
- “After reading and
understanding Click here to
do the activity” which is
about the difference between
both types, students will be
assigned a ‘multiple choice’
activity (choosing the
different water bodies
corresponding to the
pictures). (15 minutes)

Materials for Lesson 1

Imagine Hotspots: https://h5p.org/node/1327288

Multiple choice activity: https://h5p.org/node/1327696

freshwater vs salty water:

Screenshots for Lesson 1

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 Lesson Plan 2
Learning Assessment/ Homework
Objectives
Recognize For the assessment and final
landforms activity in this session,
and what students will be divided into
they are 3 groups chosen based on
called their academic abilities, and
each group has to research a
Name the
different layer of the Earth
layers of the
(crust, mantle, or inner core)
Earth
and show where it is located
and what it consists of. And
then, they will present their
Link
work and share knowledge
landform
with their peers. “You will
pictures to
take my role and you will be
their names
teachers and teach each
other about the Earth’s
structure.” (30 minutes)
Instructional Learning Activities: Technology:
Strategies
Canvas in
all lessons
as the LMS
Synchronous lesson (using
BigBlueButton live conferencing on
Canvas)
Quizizz
- The teacher will start the lesson by
stating the objective indirectly: “Are
you ready to learn about different
-Supportive Google
landforms?”. The teacher will then
(explaining)
share with them an interactive
presentation, on Quizizz, showing
Canvas
the different types of landforms
(animated and real pictures) along
with their names. (10 minutes)
- Then an activity will be assigned
using Quizizz. Students will be
asked to choose the correct name of
- Supportive the landform for the corresponding
image. (5 minutes)
(scaffolding)
 -Dialogic
(Articulation
Collaboration
and student
negotiation)

Materials for Lesson 2

Lesson presentation: https://quizizz.com/join/presentation/638bdce27fcc04001fe590e0/start?
studentShare=true

Class activity: https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/638bcdf97f8a24001d6e73ac/start?

studentShare=true

Group work:
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Lesson Plan 3
Learning Assessment/ Homework Instructional Learning Activities: Technology:
Objective Strategies Canvas in
s all lessons
as the LMS

Identify the Homework: Students will Asynchronous lesson:

results of be asked to send a voice - The teacher will have Edpuzzle
different recording, answering these -Dialogic everything clearly written
plate questions: (Collaborative under lesson 3 including the Coogle
movements ) objective: “For our lesson
-What happens when today, you will get to know Google
Differentiate plates collide? What the results of plate
between example of Landform is -Supportive movement”. First, students Canvas
Collide, created as a result of the (modeling and will have a landform picture
Separate, collision? explaining) posted ( mountain Everest)
and Slide and they will be asked to
-Which movement causes brainstorm, on Coogle, how
Volcanoes? these landforms might have
Name
-Dialogic formed, with supporting
different
Make sure to listen to your (Articulation) questions: Do you think air,
landform
classmates' recordings and Exploratory wind, or land could help in
types formed
choose one of them to (Exploration this landform formation?
as a result of
review their work and and creation) Was it a quick or very slow
plate
correct them if wrong. process?
movement
(10 minutes)
-Next, students will watch
an interactive video (link
available on Canvas under
lesson 3) about Plate
movements on Edpuzzle.
They will also answer the
questions that will pop up as
they watch. (15 minutes)
-Students will then be asked
to do a mini research
individually and post it, in
the discussion section, about
a volcano of their choice.
They have to state where it
was located, why the
 volcanic activity happened,
and share pictures. (20
minutes)

Materials for Lesson 3

Coggle: https://coggle.it/diagram/Y44T-r1Eo51j6Pxi/t/how-did-mountain-everest-form

Mini research projects:

Plate movement video: https://edpuzzle.com/media/61fa9f6630577a42dc3c9fca

Screenshots for Lesson 3