Great Green Idea: Green Parenting: Creating Lesson Plans Focusing on Green Living

Creating Lesson Plans Focusing on Green Living

Green living is an important part of life and we can help our students learn eco-friendly principles by creating lesson plans focusing on the area. Creating lesson plans can be easy and fun for the teacher as well as the student. Lesson plans can be created based on the age level of the child. Let us talk about the steps involved to create wonderful lesson plans.

Topics to Teach

First of all, it is important to decide which topics to teach. Green living lesson ideas include saving water through conservation, recycling common items, learning about volunteering within the community, reducing pollution or how to promote cleaner air. Public schools usually have state standards to consult as a guide of curricular requirements.

Creating Anticipation

Creating anticipation at the beginning of the lesson will draw the students into the learning experience. This will be added to the introduction of the lesson plan. Teachers can spark interest by asking questions to the students. How would you like to tie the created lesson plan to the real world? Ask questions in a way that the students will make a real world connection.

Specific Objectives

Lesson plans should contain specific learning objectives. Objectives should be clear and give expected student outcomes as a result of the lesson. Each lesson can include one objective or more. A more complex lesson plan will have more student objectives. An example of a green living objective would be: the students will demonstrate how to recycle paper products. This is considered a broad objective. Objectives can also be more specific in nature. An example would be: the students will demonstrate how to sort plastic, paper and aluminum products.

Step by Step Procedures

As an instructor, you will want to create a list of step by step procedures needed to complete the lesson plan. Each step should support the specific objectives written. Provide instructional time as well as hands-on projects during the lesson. Be creative within the lesson plan construction. The procedure list can be simple to complex depending on the needs of the educator. Enough information is needed to successfully teach the lesson plan.

Creating a Conclusion

What information would you like to reiterate to the student? How would you like to tie your lesson to real world experiences? These are ideas needed to create the conclusion of your lesson plan. Asking students questions to reinforce educational objectives will solidify learning.

Materials Required

It is necessary to decide on the materials required for the lesson plan. Depending on the lesson, this could include pencils, paper, instructional materials, physical objects, videos and so on. After teaching the lesson for the first time, additional notes can be made for adjustments if the lesson will be taught at a later date to another group.

Student Assessment

Finally, creating student assessment or evaluation criteria is useful with most lesson plans. Assessment should include whether the student was able to achieve the listed objectives or not. Adjustments can be made for future teaching opportunities to the materials.

Creating green living lesson plans will help the next generation to develop leadership skills to help save the earth. Students and teachers can have a pleasurable and rewarding experience working together to apply green living principles.