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Strategic Partnership Project (Key action no 2)
“ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH FORMAL
AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION” (ACEAFNE)
CURRICULUM INTEGRATED ACTIVITY
LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL
DATE
TEACHER
CLASS
SUBJECT
CURRICULAR COVERAGE
TOPIC OF THE LESSON
TIME
Lanchester EP Primary School (England)
Spring Term 1 2016
David Mordue
Year 4
Geography (Life on Land: 15 ~ Rainforests)
Science / Geography
Effects of deforestation
1 hour (formal lesson)
OBJECTIVES
 Children to write about the effects of deforestation on people, animals and plants in the
rainforest
TEACHING STRATEGIES
 Presentation
 Partner talk
 Independent work
TEACHING METHOD
 Whole class
 Independent task
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
 Recap previous learning – What do we know about rainforests?
 Run through PPT which explain what deforestation is.
 Use impactful images to further stimulate.
 Whole class discussion – How do we feel about deforestation?
 Run through next part of PPT which explains impacts on people, animals and plants.
 Task: Chn to work independently to complete table to show effects of deforestation on
people, animals and plants.
ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
 Good lesson – chn are very engaged by this topic and felt very strongly about deforestation.
STUDENTS‟ IMPACT *
 Definitely an impact on how chn think about the world around us.
CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE STUDENTS‟ BEHAVIOUR, INTEREST, ACTIVITY:
 Chn enjoyed lesson and found it interesting.
 Generated lots of good discussion about deforestation.
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