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ACTIVITY 6<br />
LESSON PLAN<br />
DATE:<br />
TOPIC: Geographical Issue: Threatened Habitats (Rhino Poaching)<br />
TIME:<br />
INSTRUCTOR (S):<br />
FOCUS: Spatial Dimension (where were the rhinos before poaching, where are they now?)<br />
STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED VIA:<br />
x <strong>Teacher</strong> driven x Individual<br />
Student driven<br />
Peer Tutoring<br />
Discussion<br />
Lecture<br />
Stations<br />
Pairs<br />
Groups<br />
Teams<br />
Simulation<br />
Hands on<br />
x Identification<br />
x Problem Solving<br />
Storytelling<br />
Games<br />
Synthesis<br />
Analysis<br />
Experiments<br />
Technology<br />
Puzzles<br />
OTHER:<br />
OBJECTIVE(S): Students will learn about: where the African rhino species used to be in Africa and where they are today. They will<br />
demonstrate the spatial dimension on a map using coloured shading.<br />
PREPARATION: Collect 30 sets of brown pencils and 30 sets of orange pencils. Upload the WWF website.<br />
TIME INSTRUCTION/METHODS MATERIALS<br />
5 minutes Instructor: Settle the class by having an alphabetical seating plan, get silence, take<br />
the roll and inform the students of classroom standards. Ask the students to turn to<br />
Activity 6 of the activity book. Introduce the lesson: In today’s lesson you will begin<br />
spatial dimension. Spatial dimension means to study where and why something is<br />
happening in an ecosystem. We will use coloured pencils to shade on a map where<br />
rhinos used to be and where they are now in Africa.<br />
15 minutes Instructor: Read through the activity, hand out the coloured pencils and let the<br />
students begin colouring. Remind them they must be neat in geography, no<br />
scribbling.<br />
• Students<br />
Activity <strong>Book</strong><br />
(Page 18)<br />
• coloured pencils<br />
5 minutes Instructor: Upload the WWF website • WWF website<br />
15 minutes Instructor: When the students have finished colouring. Ask them to watch you on the<br />
board: with a ruler (hold up a ruler) and a lead pencil (hold up lead pencil) draw a BIG<br />
BOX below the rhino drawing. INSIDE that box, write the word LEGEND. Underneath<br />
‘legend’, draw TWO (2) smaller boxes. Colour one in the lightly shaded colour, name it<br />
WHERE RHINOS WERE. Colour the other in the heavily shaded colour, name it WHERE<br />
RHINOS ARE NOW. Ask the students to do their LEGEND.<br />
When the students have finished making a LEGEND. Talk about where the rhinos are<br />
left in Africa. Then ask them: WHY have rhinos disappeared?<br />
10 minutes Instructor: To help them answer this question, ask them to turn to Activity 14 of the<br />
activity book. Inform them to look at the pictures in the activity book and think about<br />
what they are showing. Brainstorm reasons rhinos might be disappearing on the<br />
whiteboard. Ask the students to copy this information down into their ‘class notes’<br />
page then use the information to answer the last question.<br />
End of lesson<br />
Dismissing the class: remember to have the students stand behind their desks, pick up<br />
any rubbish and wait quietly until the students stand silently waiting to be dismissed.<br />
If they waste your time by still talking, take up their time at recess or lunchtimes or<br />
end of the day.<br />
• Lead pencils<br />
• Ruler<br />
• Lead pencils<br />
Page <strong>23</strong>
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