ASSURE Model Instructional Plan

Topic: Land Pollution

Teacher / Instructor: Aviel Benjamin, Kayla Crooks, Kay-Anna Mason & Shanice Simpson.

Grade: 4

Subject: Social Studies

Lesson Duration: 40 minutes

Analyse Learners

General Characteristics:

The 15 students in Ms. Simpson’s class are in the age group of 9 years old. They come from different

backgrounds therefore their academic skills vary. As it related to their reading and writing skills they

vary from different grade levels.

Entry Competencies:

Since the bulk of the students have been exposed to pollution since they were young, they have a

relatively basic awareness of the subject. This age group (9) still learns by imitation. Acceptable

behavior modeling is an essential method.

Learning Styles:

Visual learning is particularly successful with this group of students since the majority of them favor

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 activities that incorporate visual aids.

State Objectives

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

Cognitive:

Define and use the terms recycle, reuse, reduce and waste correctly, with the aid of an audio.

Psychomotor:

Write at least three sentences about the effects of improper waste disposal.

Affective:

Work cooperatively in groups to share how they feel about the improper disposal of waste in their

community.

Select Media, Materials, and Methods

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 Media/materials

Computer- With access to the internet, students and teachers will engage in a class discussion where

they gather information from a variety of sources about the topic.

PowerPoint- Students will participate in an icebreaker based on a PowerPoint presentation about

pollution.

Websites- Students will use goosechase.com to participate in an online scavenger hunt using the

windows desktops at the institution.

Utilise Media, Materials, and Methods

Preparing the Media/materials

Before the students approach the computer lab, the teacher will do a test run to ensure that the

computers are plugged in and are able to turn on as well as the internet is working properly so that

the activities that required internet was working seamlessly.

Preparing Environment:

This session will take place in the school's computer lab, which has been set up and loaded with 20

dell desktop computers all wired and connected to the internet, also the seats are arranged in a way

that allows each student can see the board and anything else that is displayed in the classroom well.

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 In addition, proper lighting, temperature, and noise control were taken into consideration.

Preparing the Learners:

The session will start off with an icebreaker where the whole class will participate in an interactive

PowerPoint that will get their minds and body ready for the start of the lesson.

It includes statements and questions that will test their prior knowledge as well as how well they have

been observing their surroundings.

Require Learner Participation

Ice Breaker (5 Minutes)

Using a PowerPoint presentation, students would take part in an icebreaker where a virtual dice

would be created and questions would be associated with each number on the dice. There will be a

total of 4 questions so, in any instance where the dice produces a digit higher than 4, it will have to be

rolled again.

Questions

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 1. The 5 R’s are an important part of ending plastic pollution. Reduce, refuse, reuse and recycle.

Question- Think of one thing for an R that you could do to help plastic pollution.

2. Plastic is the most common type of litter. However, one of the main reasons why we have a

problem with it is because it is very useful.

Question- How many different uses of plastic can you think of? State them.

3. plastic can take several years to decompose, during that time, it is often washed away into the

soils and water bodies.

Question- How could this occurrence affect aquatic life?

4. The oceans are of plastic! due to the currents in the earth's oceans, plastic will eventually end

up in one of five specific places around the world.

Question- How many of the earth’s oceans can you name?

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 Activity 1: Land Pollution - (5 Minutes)

Students will listen to an audio about land pollution (https://youtu.be/mdZ0HDov1jM). Group A

students are selected to do a demonstration of what the audio says. After which, they will be asked

the following questions.

1. Based on the audio what do you think the lesson will be about?

2. What are waste materials?

3. What are the three ways in which we get rid of waste materials?

Expected Answers:

1. Pollution/Land Pollution

2. Waste is unwanted or unusable materials.

3. Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce (3R’s)

Activity 2: Kahoot - (10 Minutes)

Students are selected to play a game on KAHOOT to identify various types of pollutants and the

sources. Afterwhich, students will be given a list to classify the pollutants into three categories,

recycle, reuse and reduce with the aid of a table chart on the screen.

RECYCLE REUSE REDUCE

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 Activity 3: Discussion time - (10 Minutes)

Students and teachers will engage in a class discussion where they gather information from a variety

of sources on the effects of poor waste management on humans and the environment and propose

ways in which land pollution can be minimized in the community.

Activity 3: Writing task - (10 Minutes)

Students will write at least three sentences about the improper disposal of waste in their community.

After which, students will work cooperatively in groups to share how they feel about the improper

disposal of waste in their community.

Evaluate & Revise

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 Assessment of Learner Achievement

The teacher will observe and make notes of all the students that participated in the activities

throughout the lesson, at the end of the class, the teacher will ask each student to name 2 things that

they have learned from the lesson, those answers will be recorded for future reference.

Evaluation of Media and Methods

The teacher will examine how beneficial was the use of the different media towards the lesson and if

students grasp content better that way than traditionally the teacher speaking and the students

listening and writing. Also, throughout the lesson, the teacher would have observed how well the

students gravitate to visual aids and other supporting materials to determine if they should be

included in every other lesson to get the students involved.

Evaluation of Overall Instruction

The instructions were clear & the students understood the tasks and activities of the lesson.

References

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 References

End Plastic Pollution Ice Breaker Cards End Plastic Pollution Ice Breaker Cards End

Plastic Pollution Ice Breaker Cards End Plastic End Plastic Pollution Pollution. (n.d.).

https://sendat.academy/students/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/11/ks2-earth-day-end-

plastic-pollution-ice-breaker-cards_ver_2.pdf

Goosechase. (n.d.). The Original Scavenger Hunt App | GooseChase.

Www.goosechase.com. https://www.goosechase.com/

Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica. (2016). Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica PSA 5 + Lyrics.

Www.youtube.com. https://youtu.be/mdZ0HDov1jM

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