Erasmus+ arteducation.eu Upper secondary RO2 Shape fractals

1. LESSON PLAN
DATE: the 9th
of March 2016
LEVEL: upper secondary
UNIT: Shapes and volumes
THEME: Fractals
TEACHER: Cornelia Bădilă
AIMS:
- to practice English ;
- to identify visual and/or musical concepts around us in various contexts ;
- to express personal feelings, ideas, thoughts in artistic products
- to use ICT to create a painting.
OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the activity all students will be able to:
- practice English with vocabulary related to Physics;
- identifying a fractal structure in real life;
- create art products using ICT.
TYPE OF LESSON: Communicative;
TYPES OF INTERACTION: teacher – student
student – student
student – teacher
SKILLS: reading
speaking
drawing
listening
TEACHING AIDS: the computer & the Internet
flipchart
worksheets
TIME: 50 minutes.
ORGANIZING THE CLASS: Time: 2’
- the teacher enters the classroom and greets the students;
- the teacher prepares the materials for the class;
LEAD IN: Time: 3’
The students are told what the new lesson is about and what they are expected to do in class, using
brainstorming; they are supposed to find as many words as possible that they associate with the
name of the topic to be discussed.
PRODUCTION:
ACTIVITY 1: Draw geometrical shapes Time: 5’
AIM: to draw following work tasks
PROCEDURE: the students are organized into 4 groups; each group is given a work task. They do
what the task requires and then present their other products.
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: flipchart paper, markers, crayons, rulers.
ACTIVITY 2: Defining fractals Time: 10’
AIM: to practice listening for specific information; to understand the properties of the fractals

2. PROCEDURE: the students follow teacher’s exposure
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTiZD7p_oTc
http://illuminations.nctm.org/activity.aspx?id=3513
ACTIVITY 3: Fractals in nature and art Time: 10’
AIM: to discover fractal geometry in nature ;
PROCEDURE : the students follow teacher’s exposure
1. Where do you find fractals?
2. Geography, biology, inside the human body, in space, architecture, paintings.
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: the PowerPoint presentation
ACTIVITY 4: Creating a painting with fractals Time: 10’
AIM: to use ICT to create a painting
PROCEDURE: the students choose one or many fractals on the Internet and realize with them a
painting, using any favorite program
INTERACTION: student – student; student – teacher; teacher – student;
RESOURCES: the Internet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4fw_bQhVZY
EVALUATION: Time: 3’
PROCEDURE: the students from each team present their work to the others ;
FEED BACK: the teacher evaluates the students’ performance in class, laying emphasis on the
most interesting points of view. Time: 2’