Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Lesson Design

In your group, brainstorm on a lesson idea incorporating one of the Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) and at least 1 digital activity.

The following information should be provided:

- Subject
- Level
- Topic
- Learning Objectives (Please include the thinking skill)
- Sequence of Activities
- Resources

Post your lesson idea on your group blog.

Handout 11: ICT Lesson Design Checklist

5 comments:

  1. Subject: Lower Secondary Science
    Level: Sec 2
    Topic: Forces and Pressure
    Learning Objectives:
    1. State the effects of forces (Remembering)
    2. Applications of forces in our daily lives (Understanding)
    Sequence of Activities:
    - Scenario based question
    "If a man stepped on a tray of eggs, the eggs will not break but if the same man stepped on one egg, the egg will break" Discuss with your classmates and post your discussions on the class blog.
    - Make use of the delicious toolbar that you have learnt. If you come across any interesting and useful websites for this discussion, please tag and share the websites with other group members.
    Resources:
    Blog
    Delicious toolbar
    Internet Search Engines

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  2. Subject: Math
    Level: 3
    Topic: Pythagoras' Theorem and Sine Rule
    Learning Objectives:
    1) To recall the formula
    2) To apply the formula in authentic situations
    Sequence of Activities:
    1) Proof of the formula
    2) Students search for examples of practical situations where Pythagoras' Theorem is applied.
    Resources:
    1) Wikipedia
    2) www.mathsforum.org

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  3. Subject: Chemistry
    Level: Secondary 3
    Topic: Pollution

    At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
    1) state the main pollutants in air
    2) describe the source of these pollutants.
    3) describe the effects of these pollutants on the environment.
    4) describe ways to reduce emmision of these pollutants.

    Sequence of activities.
    1) Get students to work in groups to search for the information online on one specific pollutant and bookmark relavant links using delicious.
    2) Get the groups to summarise the information and present the information using powerpoint via google docs.
    3) Get students to comment on each other's presentation.

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  4. Subject: Physics

    Level: Sec 3

    Topic: Nuclear Physics

    Learning Objectives: Students are able to classify the types of radiations, as well compare the Dangers and Uses of Radiation
    Sequence of Activities: Assigning roles to students, get students to do research through websites and bookmarking using Delicious. Students will then take a look at each other Delicious tags. Students will use the blog to conduct a discussion on whether they would want a nuclear plant in Singapore. Students can also create forms for surveys using Google Docs to find out the students concerns over the nuclear plant.

    Resources: Internet, Delicious accounts, Blogger

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  5. Subject : E Math
    Level : Sec 4
    Topic : Maths in Practical Situation (Public Utilities Bill)
    Learning Objectives : Students are able to understand and interpret Utilities bills. Students are able to make inference from the bar charts of the utility bill.

    Sequence of activities:
    1. Students will visit the PUB website and look for information regarding the calculation of PUB bill.
    2. Students will study their own utility bill and comment on how the bill is being calculated (Skill used : Remembering and Applying)
    3. Comment (in the Math blog) on how the government encourages water conservation.

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