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Making a volcano

Being a Teacher enables us to offer a learning and assessment program that allows for all students to enjoy and gain information for the highest chance for success in their learning. Authentic learning is the prosess by which a student learns through practice and exposure to practical and real tasks. By integrating authentic tasks into the traditional classroom where rote learning is the norm, we can hope to further engage students with their work by giving them practical tasks that may be useful for their futures as well as their learning experience. Using a cross curricular method we can include many subject areas therefore engaging each child with the topic, volcanoes within their favourite subject and encouraging them in other areas of learning. By picking an exciting topic that can have a cross curricular approach applied we allow for the inclusion of many authentic tasks.

Suggested lesson schedule Lesson Plan 1 - The Geography Of Volcanoes

Learning area: Geography

Topic: Volcanoes

Available resources: Internet, Books, Encyclopedia, Computers, Worksheets

Grade: Middle primary

Time: 1 Hour

Space to be used: Library

Prior knowledge:


 * Most students will have prior knowlege of what a volcano is.
 * Some students will have knowledge of geographical features and how volcanoes are formed.
 * Students should have research skills.

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Write a paragraph defining what a volcano is and how it is formed
 * Use the internet and books to access relevant and useful information on volcanoes.

Procedure:


 * Time || Step || Instruction or Action ||
 * 5 mins || 1 || Split students into two groups, half to use books half to use computers. ||
 * || 2 || Hand out worksheets(provided at end of suggested lessonschedule), ask students to fill them out by using the books and internet to research the answers. ||
 * || 3 || Inform students using computers of the rules, ie: only to use google, no going past the first or second page of google. ||
 * 20 mins || 4 || observe students research and answer any questions students may have, circulate between groups. ||
 * 5 mins || 5 || switch the groups, students using books get to use computers and students using computers get to use books. ||
 * 20 mins || 6 || observe students research and answer any questions students may have, circulate between groups. ||
 * 10 mins || 7 || collect woksheets and quickly discuss answers giving the correct ones, answer any questions. ||

Lesson Plan 2 - The science of chemical reactions

Learning area: Science

Topic: Chemical reactions

Available resources: worksheets

Materials: Worksheets, writing utensils, test tubes or other container, eno, water, effervecent tablets, vinegar, bicarb soda, diet coke, mentos.

Grade: Middle Primary

Time: 1 Hour

Groupings: 3-4

Space to be used: School Oval

Prior knowledge:


 * Some students have knowlege of different chemical reactions that go on in the world around us.

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Fill in a worksheet relating to chemical reactions.
 * Recognise which reaction occurred fastest.
 * Recognise which was the largest reaction.

Procedure:


 * < Time ||< Step ||< Instruction or Action ||
 * < 10 mins ||< 1 ||< Discuss chemical reactions, let students know that if a chemical reaction occurs there will be a new substance formed, so bubbles will be formed or a powder etc. ||
 * < 5 mins ||< 2 ||< Hand out and explain worksheet/ Table. students will be required to fill in what substances were mixed, what happened, what substance was produced and any other observations they may have. ||
 * <  ||< 3 ||< group students into small groups of 3-4 ||
 * < 20 mins ||< 4 ||< allow students to mix the substances, some will react some will not, ie: bicarb will react with vinegar but not water. circulate to observe and answer and questions. ||
 * < 10 mins ||< 5 ||< Demonstrate the reactions that should work ie: mentos/diet coke, vinegar/bicarb, eno/water, effervecent/water. ||
 * < 5 mins ||< 6 ||< allow students to finish any parts of the table that are incomplete ||
 * < 10 mins ||< 7 ||< allow students to share and discuss their observations before collecting worksheets. ||

Lesson Plan 3 - Cameras and Youtube

Learning area: Technology and IT

Topic: Video and Youtube

Available resources: Video Cameras, Youtube, Computers,

Grade: Middle Primary

Groupings: 3-4

Time: 1 Hour

Prior knowledge:


 * Some students will have had experience with cameras and video recording.
 * Most students will have knowledge of Youtube.(not necesarily have used it)

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Work the video Camera.
 * Upload A demo video to Youtube.

Procedure:


 * Time || Step || Instruction or Action ||
 * 5 minutes || 1 || watch video > [] with students. ||
 * || 2 || ask students to log into youtube with a classroom log in that they will all be able to use. ||
 * 5 Mins || 3 || using a demo video of your choice follow the steps shown in the video and upload it to youtube while students watch. turn screens off if concentration is an issue. ||
 * 20 Mins || 4 || ask students to then follow along with a demo video that should be made available on all their computers, as you do it step by step. Help any one who is falling behond ||
 * 10 Mins || 5 || Spend time customising the chanel page with the children making suggestions for colour scheme and fonts etc. ||
 * remaining time || 6 || Use to veiw video's about volcanoes and help anyone still having problems. ||
 * || 7 || wrap up lesson ||

Lesson Plan 4 - The Art of Volcanoes

Learning area: Art

Topic: Making A Volcano

Available resources: Video Camera's

Materials: Flour, water, news paper, paint, plastic bottle, cardboard, any decorations they may want to add ie army men or trees.

Grade: Middle Primary

Groupings: 3-4

Time: 2 Hours to create and 1 hour to paint (may take multiple lessons)

Space to be used: Desk

Prior knowledge:


 * All students have completed other lessons and so know about how to video their volcano making process.

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Show a fully completed volcano complete with paint.

Procedure: (timing is an estimation)


 * Time || Step || Instruction or Action ||
 * 10 mins || 1 || ask one student from each group to collect news paper and cardboard for the base, one to collect flour, and one to collect water. Hand one bottle and a camera to each group. ||
 * || 2 || Ensure all tables are covered in news paper to protect from mess. ||
 * || 3 || ask students to combine flour and water untill they have a runny sticky glue, making sure all the lumps are gone and all the flour is mixed in. ||
 * 1.5 hours || 4 || students may now begin to construct their volcano with glue and news paper strips. Making sure they stick the new paper on the cardboard base (write names on bottom) and start to form their volcano around the bottle as this will end up being the opening on the volcano. Ensure students are takng video of the process (no more than 10 mins at a time). ||
 * || 5 || while students are glueing and sticking newspaper circulate to all groups solving any problems and answering any questions students have. also help video if more hands are needed on the volcano. ||
 * 10 mins || 7 || add any decorating features ie trees and army men ||
 * 10 mins || 8 || pack up all left over materials and wash and clean the classroom. ||

Lesson Plan 5 - Erupting Volcanoes

Learning area: Science

Topic: Erupting Volcanoes

Available resources: Video Camera's

Materials: Vinegar, Bicarb soda, food colouring, detergent.

Grade: Middle Primary

Groupings: whole class

Time: 1 Hour

Space to be used: School Oval

Prior knowledge:


 * Some students may have had experience creating and erupting a model volcano
 * All students have completed the other lessons and know how to video the volcano eruption.
 * All students have completed other lessons and know about the chemical reactions that will be used.

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Have filmed a video of their volcano erupting.

Procedure:


 * Time || Step || Instruction or Action ||
 * 5 mins || 1 || number the groups or ask for volunteers to go first, hand out cameras to groups. ||
 * 5 mins || 2 || bring first group to the front of class and allow them to put bicarb and detergent and food dye into the bottle in the centre of the volcano. (detergent allows bubbles to stay foamy and not pop). ||
 * || 3 || let student pour vinegar into bottle, warning that they must quickly move back ||
 * 40 mins || 4 || repeat steps 2 and 3 for all other groups. ||
 * 10 mins || 5 || clean up any mess on the oval. ||

Lesson Plan 6 - Uploading To YouTube

Learning area: Technology and IT

Topic: Video and Youtube

Available resources: Youtube, Video's

Grade: Middle Primary

Groupings: 3-4

Time: 1 Hour

Prior knowledge:


 * Some students may have had experience using youtube. (assumably not uploading).
 * All students have videoed their groups volcano making process and volcano eruption.
 * All students have completed the other lessons and know how to upload their video's to youtube.

Learning objectives:

on completing the lesson each student should be able to :
 * Uploaded at least one video of their volcano making process or erruption.

Procedure: (before the lesson teacher should have collected all cameras and put all student video's onto computers)


 * Time || Step || Instruction or Action ||
 * 5 mins || 1 || remind students of the process of uploading to youtube by doing a quick demo ||
 * 45 mins || 2 || ask students to log into youtube and upload their video's ||
 * || 3 || encourage students to upload one video each so that there are 3-4 video's for each group being uploaded. ||
 * || 4 || circulate the room, answer any questions, help out with any issues. ||
 * 10 mins || 5 || Show students the class' channel and encourage them to explore for the remaining time. ||

Worksheets

Worksheet one (lesson 1) Volcanoes Name: __What is a volcano?__ _

__ How are volcanoes formed? __ _ _  _

What comes out of a volcano when it errupts? ­_ _ _

__ Where in the word are the most volcanoes found? __ _ _

What is the name of the largest Volcano in the world?

_ _

What human inhabited island was created by a volcano? _ ___

Worksheet two (lesson 2)


 * what two substances were mixed || what happened || what substance was produced || other observations ||