LESSON PLAN

Learning Area Year Time/Session Date

Geography 6/7 1.20-2.00 15.10.14
Topic/Lesson Title: Water and the World
PREPARATION
Rationale:
Students will be introduced to the uses water in de!eloping
countries co"pared with de!eloped countries. #hey will then ha!e
to analyse 2 "aps$ a!erage rainall and water consu"ption$ and
discuss what they are showing. Students will gather inor"ation
during the lesson and ta%e part in a space race to assess the o!erall
understanding o the lesson.
hildren!s prior "no#ledge/e$periences
Students ha!e &ust co"pleted a unit based on water catch"ents
and the i"pact hu"ans ha!e on it. #hey are tuned into considering
water and its application in de!eloped societies. 'ill be worthwhile
co"paring to less de!eloped countries.
O%&ecti'es:
- (dentiy the di)erent water uses in de!eloping and de!eloped
countries
- *nalyse and "a%e &usti+cations about the 2 gi!en "aps- a!erage
rainall and water consu"ption
- ,ocate a speci+c country on those "aps and discuss the
i"plications o the data
Preparation/Reso(rces
- i-ads
- ./ 0odes
- -adlet- ./ 0ode
- -opplet- brainstor"
- 2 "aps
PROED)RE
Introd(ction/*oti'ation:
1ill in the gaps hunt- students will be gi!en 10 words/answers. #hey
go around the roo" scanning codes and "atching the" to the
answers. #hey "ust then post their popplet onto the lesson padlet
independently- assign ti"e or sa!ing and posting. 5 "ins to gather$
2 "ins to post
*ain +od, o- the Lesson:
*in(tes:
1. 2rainstor" uses o water in *ustralia- start with ho"e and
e3tend- use -opplet. 0o"pare to de!eloping countries. 'hat
role does agriculture play44
2. Show students the 2 "aps they will be tal%ing about. 5iscuss
the eatures o the "ap and what they are showing. 6/ get
students to +nd a "ap and post it on the wall with the url. 75
"ins8
9. 5iscuss new eatures o :5;0/:*#(6<S- 'hat the sy"bols
"ean etc *lso discuss eatures o a good !ideo and a boring
!ideo- gi!e ti"e li"it- 2 "ins "a3- around 1 "inute "ar%. 79
"ins8
4. Students will "a%e a short !ideo e3plaining and &ustiying the
eatures o the 2 "aps. /ainall distri%(tion and access to
sae drin%ing water .Ethiopia/. #al% about what you thin% it
"eans and what the "ap shows and why this would be the
case. ,oo% or highest and lowest rainall areas- "odel
locating Sierra Leone and Eg,pt on the "ap. 0o"pare.
'hich app would we use4 (ts o% i you are wrong &ust tal%
about what you thin% it shows. Gi!e each pair a di)erent
country and as% the" to discuss the relationship between the
two "aps and that country. 715 "ins8
5. -aste educreations lin% to the padlet so they are all in one
place. 79 "ins8
6. 1inish with S-*0: /*0:= ;se the hunt >uestions- "a%e sure
they are addressed throughout the lesson. (nclude e3it slip
type >uestion 75 "ins8
7. -*0? ;- *<5 G6 #6 @;S(0 79 "ins8
Assessment
- -opplet
- :ducreations- prior %nowledge/understandings
- Space /ace- e)ecti!eness o lesson
E$tension and *odi0cations -or Partic(lar hildren
'or% in pairs to help struggling students. 6pen ended tas%-
educreations. Aerbal inor"ation s apposed to written. i-ads to
"oti!ate and engage wea% students. *lternati!e to writing- select
correct answer. 0opy te3t ro" ./ 0odes.