LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:DerekReading
TitleofLesson:PreventingOverpopulation
Grade:5
STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].
FromCommonCoreStateStandards:W.5.7Conductshortresearchprojectsthatuseseveralsourcestobuild
knowledgethroughinvestigationofdifferentaspectsofatopic.
FromNextGenerationScienceStandards:5ESS31Obtainandcombineinformationaboutwaysindividual
communitiesusescienceideastoprotecttheEarthsresourcesandenvironment.
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
Thislessonwillgivestudentsachancetogivetheirownopinionsandthoughtsaboutthistopic.Theywillbeableto
sharesomeoftheirownideasaboutoverpopulation.Researchonthesubjectwillalsoberequiredtobackuptheir
claim.Itisimportanttounderstandwhattheirfuturewilllooklike,especiallysinceourresourcesarerunningout
veryquickly,andoverpopulationisjustmakingitworse.
OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
Studentswillbeabletodescribewhatmeasurescouldbetakentohelpfixoverpopulation.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?
Studentswilleachbeaskedtowritea23researchpaperdescribinghowtofixtheissueofoverpopulation.They
mustinclude3resources,writeincohesivecompletesentences,havecorrectconventions,andclearlycommunicate
theirideas.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?

Studentsneedtoknowhowtoconductresearch.
Studentsneedtoknowhowtoproperlycitetheirsources.
Studentsneedtoknowhowtotype.
MATERIALS
Listofrequiredmaterials.

Laptops(orcomputersinthecomputerlab)
Internetaccess

Listofkeyvocabularyterms.

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS

Population
Overpopulation
Populationrate

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):

HavestudentslookatallresourcesfromDays1,2,and3.
HavestudentslookatbothresourcesfromDay4,andhavethempayspecialattentiontothese.
Tellthemthattheyneedtoformopinionsonhowoverpopulationshouldbeprevented,andthattheyhave
todoresearchtobackuptheiropinions.
Iftheiropinionschangethroughouttheprocessofresearch,thatisokay.
Eachstudentwillwriteashortessayexplaininghowtheythinkoverpopulationcanbeprevented.
Walkaroundclassroom/computerlabofferinghelptoanystudentwhoneedsit.
RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.
McQueen,D.(2011,September1).Overpopulation,TheEnvironmentandAdoption:AnUrgentCalltoAction.
RetrievedDecember3,2015.
RelevanceofTeenPregnancy.(n.d.).RetrievedDecember3,2015.
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.

Values thinking is the way of thinking that comes mostly into play with this
lesson. Each student is talking about their opinion on teenage pregnancy,
adoption, and any other factors that come into play for preventing
overpopulation.