II. Planning: Goals, Objectives, Instruction, Assessment
Learning Goals and Instructional Plan
Lesson
Number/Ti
tle
Utah Core
Standard
Specific Objective(s)
Instructional
Plan
Assessment Plan
Lesson #1
Landforms
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship
between the
physical geography
in Utah and human
life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 1—
Classify major
physical geographic
attributes of Utah.
Do: 1.a. Identify
Utah’s landforms
using a variety of
geographic tools.
Give landform
matching pretest. Present
power point
on landforms.
Play landforms
matching
game. Give
landform posttest.
Lesson #2
Mapping/
Intro to
Summative
Assessment
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship
between the
physical geography
in Utah and human
life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 1—
Classify major
physical geographic
attributes of Utah.
Do: 1.a. Identify
Utah’s landforms
using a variety of
geographic tools.
Students will
work as
cooperating
groups to
answer
questions on a
mapping quiz
in order to
learn about
Utah’s
landforms in
relation to
their location
in the state.
Pre-assessment—Students will
take a landform matching quiz
to see how much they know.
Formative assessment—During
game, observe student accuracy
of match making. Listen for
correct responses while students
are giving descriptions of
landforms. During landform
movement exercise, observe
accuracy of formations and
other student’s descriptions.
Post assessment—Students will
identify Utah’s landforms by
retaking the landform matching
quiz (90% accuracy) to see how
much they learned.
Pre-assessment—Ask, “How
might knowing how to use a
map help you and your family?
How can a Utah map help you
learn about landforms?”
Formative assessment—Observe
engagement and participation of
students in groups work
settings. Watch for correct and
incorrect responses while going
over answers.
Post assessment—Students will
be able to identify Utah’s
landforms and their locations by
completing a mapping quiz.
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Lesson
Number/
Title
Utah Core
Standard
Specific Objective(s)
Instructional
Plan
Assessment Plan
Lesson # 3
Landform
Discovery
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship
between the
physical geography
in Utah and human
life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 1—
Classify major
physical geographic
attributes of Utah.
Objective 2—
Analyze how
physical geography
affects human life in
Utah. Objective 3—
Analyze how human
actions modify the
physical
environment.
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship
between the
physical geography
in Utah and human
life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 1—
Classify major
physical geographic
attributes of Utah.
Do:1.a. Identify Utah’s
landforms using a
variety of geographic
tools. 1.b. Examine
the forces at work in
creating the physical
topography of Utah
(e.g. erosion, seismic
activity, climate
change). 2.e. Examine
the interactions
between physical
geography and public
health and safety (e.g.
flooding). 3.a.
Describe how and why
humans have changed
the physical
environment of Utah
to meet their needs
(e.g. cities).
Students will
participate
and observe
activities that
demonstrate
landform
creation and
erosion. After
demonstration
swbat answer
questions
related to the
three
objectives for
the lesson.
Do: 1.a. Identify
Utah’s regions using a
variety of geographic
tools.
After briefly
learning about
regions in
Utah, swbat
play a sort and
search game
with photos of
Utah
landforms
where they
place them in
the correct
region on a
large map.
Pre-assessment—Write
landforms on the board and ask
students to tell everything they
know about the word. Write
what they tell you under the
word.
Formative assessment—Observe
that students are engaging in
the activities and are voicing
their opinions when asked
specific questions outlined in the
lesson.
Post assessment—Students will
list one way in which a plateau,
basin and mountain were
formed. They will also write one
paragraph answers that include
one correct example to each of
the questions: How can Utah’s
physical geography affect
human life in Utah? How do
human actions modify or change
the physical environment?
Pre-assessment—What do snow
covered mountains, dry
desserts, and steep red canyons
all have in common? You can
find all of them in our state.
They are each in a region.
Formative assessment—As
students are placing pictures in
regions, teacher will provide
corrective feedback.
Post assessment—Students will
be able to identify Utah’s
regions and determine which
landforms belong to which
region by participating in a sort
and search game where they
have to decide the correct
region to place various Utah
landform pictures. Points for
grades will be earned as a group.
Lesson # 4
Region
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Lesson
Number/
Title
Utah Core
Standard
Specific Objective(s)
Instructional
Plan
Assessment Plan
Lesson # 5
Population
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship between
the physical
geography in Utah
and human life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 2—
Analyze how physical
geography affects
human life in Utah.
Objective 3—Analyze
how human actions
modify the physical
environment.
Do: 2.a. Identify
population
concentrations in the
state and infer casual
relationships between
population and
physical geography.
3.b. Explain
viewpoints regarding
environmental issues
(e.g. land use).
In cooperating
groups,
students work
together to
answer 2
questions
about
population
concentrations
in the state
and human’s
affect on the
environment
in Utah.
Pre-assessment—Ask, “Where
do most people live in Utah?”
Formative assessment—Observe
student cooperative groups for
student participation and
accurate discussion.
Post assessment—Students will
complete two group
assignments where they work
together to answer following
two questions.
Question #1 “In what way does
the manmade railroad affect the
physical environment of Utah?”
Answers should be half page in
length and specify both lake
effect and different salt content
on each side of lake. 5 points
possible
Question #2 Look for half page
response to the question, “Why
do most of the state’s people
live in up near the Wasatch
Mountains?” Student’s answers
need to give one example each
of how agriculture, water, and
land use make a difference. 5
points possible.
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Lesson
Number/
Title
Utah Core
Standard
Specific Objective(s)
Instructional
Plan
Assessment Plan
Lesson #6
Travel
Poster
Understand:
Standard 1—
Students will
understand the
relationship between
the physical
geography in Utah
and human life.
Objective(s)/Goal(s)
Know: Objective 1—
Classify major
physical geographic
attributes of Utah.
Objective 2—Analyze
how physical
geography affects
human life in Utah.
Objective 3—Analyze
how human actions
modify the physical
environment.
Do: 1.a.Identify Utah’s
climate, natural
resources, landforms,
and regions using a
variety of geographic
tools. 2.a. Identify
population
concentrations in the
state and infer casual
relationships between
population and
physical geography.
2.e. Examine the
interactions between
physical geography
and public health and
safety (e.g.
inversions). 3.a.
Describe how and why
humans have changed
he physical
environment of Utah
to meet their needs
(e.g. reservoirs, cities).
3.b. Explain
viewpoints regarding
environmental issues
(e.g. land use).
Students (class
split in half)
present
posters over
the course of
two days to
two separate
th
4 grade
classes. On
final day after
presentation,
celebrate with
students by
decorating
cake with
landform
candy pieces.
Pre-assessment—Students take
finished posters out. Pull sticks
with student’s names and ask a
few of them to tell the class one
interesting fact they wrote down
on their poster.
Formative Assessment—Before
students present travel posters
to other fourth grade classes,
have them warm up by peer
sharing their posters. Look for
student use of poster
questionnaire.
Summative Assessment—
Students will be able to
understand the relationship
between the physical geography
in Utah and human life by
creating a travel poster that
displays their chosen location
and identifies present
landforms, specifies the correct
region, lists three interesting
historical facts, lists three
activities to participate in while
there, lists how humans have
modified the physical
environment and describes how
the physical geography of Utah
affects the humans in Utah.
Presentation
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