📝 Single Lesson Plan

Ahead of taking part in I’m a Geographer, book a Chat and see the Teacher Guidance notes for preparation information.

The lesson plan fits a 60-minute session.


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  1. Lesson objectives
  2. Starter (or homework)
  3. Chat
  4. Ask
  5. Vote
  6. Reflect


Lesson objectives: 

  • Show research skills in reading geographer profiles to construct questions which involve higher order thinking
  • Recall new content relevant to their current school topics
  • Name at least two geography-related careers
  • Engage in conversations with geographers in an appropriate manner
  • Use the internet safely by demonstrating appropriate behaviour
  • Use critical thinking to make an informed voting decision

Curriculum links:

  • Deepen understanding of the interaction between physical and human processes
  • Develop curiosity for the world and it’s people

Resources:

  • Chat booking (important: book in advance from your Dashboard)
  • Computers, laptops, or tablets
  • Login cards or registration URL for individuals or pairs (find these from your Dashboard or your Chat booking confirmation)
  • Profiles of the geographers attending your Chat
  • Reflection activity (linked from Dashboard)

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Starter (or homework set last lesson): 10 minutes

  1. Give students access to the activity through the pre-made login cards or the student registration URL
  2. Tell students which geographers will be attending their Chat
  3. Students should explore the profiles of the geographers attending their Chat – each student should write down 3 questions they would like to ask during the Chat

Support: 

  • Students work in pairs
  • Come up with some questions as a group
  • Scaffold questions or provide sentence starters

Extend: 

  • Students look at the questions they have formed and see if they can make them open-ended questions
  • Students look up some of the techniques or areas of research the geographers mention in their profiles

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Chat: 30 minutes

  1. Students access the Chat
  2. Students ask their questions to the geographers, as individuals, pairs or small groups

See the teacher guidance for how the Chat system works.

  1. Students should stop for a moment to take a look at the response to their question. Students should consider:
    1. Do they have a follow-up question?
    2. Do they want more detail?
    3. Do they need a clearer explanation?
    4. Are they ready to move onto their next question?

Support: 

  • Ask the students if they fully understood the response they got
  • If not, encourage the students to ask for more detail

Extend:

  • Students who have asked 3 or more questions should take a look at the responses
    • Can they ask a follow-up question?
  • Students should take a look at their peers’ questions
    • Do they have a follow-up question?

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Ask: 5 minutes

  • In the final few minutes of the Chat, alongside the Mod’s prompt, encourage students to think of a question that they’d like more information about
  • Students use the Ask feature to ask their questions
    • This is also a good chance to re-ask a question that didn’t get answered in the Chat

Support:

  • Students could ask a question about a personal interest of theirs or the geographers

Extend:

  • Students should think about a question that was answered by a geographer in the Chat
  • Can they ask a follow-up question to this to deepen their understanding?

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Vote: 3 minutes

  • Students should take a minute or two to consider which geographer is the most deserving of their vote
    • Share with a partner why this is the case
  • Students vote, via the Vote page, for their favourite geographer to win the ÂŁ500 prize


Reflect: 5 minutes

  • Complete the class reflection activity to facilitate discussion around your students’ experience
  • Through this assessment tool, students delve deeper into the learning outcomes they have met

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