Lesson Topic/Focus: National Parks: Threatened Species Date:

24/11/14
AusVELS Domain(s): The Humanities
Year level(s): 3/4
AusVELS strand(s): Humanities knowledge and understanding
Lesson Duration: 40 mins
Learning Standard(s)/Outcome(s)/Objective(s):
Students will be able to name at least 5 threatened species.
Students will become familiar with strategies to protect threatened
species.
Students will be able to identify similarities and differences between
threatened and feral species.
At the conclusion of this lesson, the students will
know/understand that:
Students will understand that it is vital that our national parks are
protected so that threatened species are protected.
Students will understand that there are risk factors that threaten
these species.
Students will understand the difference between threatened and
feral species.
Post-lesson review and evaluation:
Teaching Effectiveness:
I am very impressed with the Assessment Rubric for this lesson.
Assessment is a vital part of every lesson and I must say Sarah has
developed excellent Assessment Criteria over a range of subjects
and in a variety of ways. Good use of media to show and explain
what a threatened species is. Sarah had some knowledgeable
contributions in question time which indicates that the content of
the lesson at the start was well presented and clear to the students.
SAMPLE OF COMPLETED RUBRIC
Kyle:
Criteria
Behaviour

Standard
Student
complies with
classroom
rules, is not
distracting to
learning
environment
10 9

Student
tends to
violate
classroom or
safety rules,
sometimes a
distraction to
the learning
environment

Student often
violates
classroom
and/or safety
rules, often a
distraction to
learning
environment
3 2 1 0

7 6 5 4

Participation

Task
Achievement

Student offers
key insight into
classroom,
helps other
students,
voluntarily
participates
10 9 8
Provides 6-10
examples of
differences
between
threatened
and feral
species
6-10 examples
of threatened
species

Student
sometimes
participates,
attempts to
answer when
called on
7 6 5 4

Student rarely
participates,
shows no effort
to answer
when called on

Provides 4-5
examples of
differences
between
threatened and
feral species

Provides 0-3
examples of
differences
between feral
and threatened
species

4-5 examples
of threatened
species

0-4 examples
of threatened
species

3 2 1 0