This lesson plan aims to teach students about photosynthesis through a biblically integrated lens. It begins by establishing that God created plants with the ability to photosynthesize as part of His good design of provision and sustainability in creation. The lesson then outlines the scientific process of photosynthesis and relates it to scriptural themes of God's creative power and plants yielding seed. It concludes by having students reflect on how photosynthesis allows creation to flourish as intended by God and how their lives can reflect this fruitfulness.

1. EFFECTIVE LESSON PLANNING
What is a lesson plan?
A teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction of an individual person. It is a
teacher’s guide for facilitating a lesson. It typically includes the goal (what students need to
learn), how the goal will be achieved (the method of delivery and procedure) and a way to
measure how well the goal was reached (usually via homework assignments or testing).

2. Think…
• What is the purpose of lesson plan?

3. • Communicate to… YOU

4. Think…
• What to consider when writing a lesson plan?

5. What to consider when writing a lesson plan?
Know your students
Know the content
Know the
instructional
materials
• Ability and interest levels
• Backgrounds
• Attention spans
• Ability to work together in groups
• Prior knowledge and learning experiences
• Special needs and accommodations
• Learning preferences
• Subject matter that you will be teaching
• School expectations and curriculum
• National/International curriculum guides
• Technology, software, audio/visuals, teacher,
mentors, community resources, equipment,
library resources, etc
• Ability and interest levels
• Backgrounds
• Attention spans
• Ability to work together in groups
• Prior knowledge and learning experiences
• Special needs and accommodations
• Learning preferences
• Subject matter that you will be teaching
• School expectations and curriculum
• National/International curriculum guides

6. What to consider when designing a lesson plan
 Ability and interest levels
 Backgrounds
 Attention spans
 Ability to work together in groups
 Prior knowledge and learning experiences
 Special needs and accommodations
 Learning preferences
Know your
students
Know the
content
Know the
materials

7. Know your
students
Know the
content
Know the
materials
• Subject matter that you will be teaching
• School expectations and curriculum
• National/International curriculum guides
What to consider when writing a lesson plan?

8. Know your
students
Know the
content
Know the
materials
• Subject matter that you will be teaching
• School expectations and curriculum
• National/International curriculum guides
What to consider when writing a lesson plan?

9. Key components of a lesson plan
Profile Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure Assessment

10. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Basic Information
1. Name of Lesson
2. Subject
3. Grade level
4. Instructional settings: Small
group, Whole class
5. General description of lesson
6. Standards
Key components of a lesson plan

11. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Basic Information
1. Determine what you want students to do
2. Focus on the concept or skill which you
intend to teach
3. Keep in mind the Expected Student
Outcome throughout the lesson.

12. Think…
• The types of instructional materials

13. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Key components of a lesson
 Materials
 PowerPoint presentations (Visual aids)
 Text books
 Journal articles
 Multimedia materials: Instructional video or audio
 Rubric
 Checklist

14. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Key components of a lesson
 Equipment
 Software applications
 PowerPoint
 Media player
 Computer equipment
 Computer
 Internet connection
 Video equipment
 Projector

15. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Key components of a lesson plan
 Outlining the steps of the teaching process
 Useful instructional strategies
 Make references to the biblical worldview throughout the lesson
 Intersperse the lesson with evaluative questions in line with the
lesson objectives and expected student outcomes.
 Have students think of the essential questions.

16. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Key components of a lesson plan
 Assess the outcome and to what extent the
objectives were achieved
 Ensure the assessment activity is directly and
explicitly tied to the stated objectives.
 Take time to reflect upon the result, and revise the
lesson plan accordingly

17. Think…
• The assessment activities available for the teacher

18. Profile
Objectives
Materials/Eq
uipment
Procedure
Assessment
Key components of a lesson plan
 Some commonly used assessment activities
 quizzes
 tests
 worksheets
 cooperative learning activities
 hands-on experiments
 oral discussions
 question-and-answer sessions
 debates

19. The Need for Biblically Integrated Lessons
Foundational Truths
• Biblical integration is the understanding and application of biblical-theological truth to
the various spheres of life and academic study.
• Scripture is inspired (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21), inerrant, infallible,
authoritative, clear, and sufficient.
 As one goes through the Scriptures certain themes become prominent. These themes
form the basis of our theology and serve as the basis for the “language” we speak;
hence a Biblical worldview.

20. Worldview
• A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental
orientation of the heart, expressed as a set of
presuppositions which we hold about the basic
constitution of reality.
James Sire, The Universe Next Door

21. Worldview
• A worldview seeks to answer the following questions:
• Who am I?
• Why am I here?
• What is my purpose?
• What is wrong with the world?
• What is the solution?
• How do I determine what is right and wrong?
• Where is this world going?
• How will it all end?

22. Biblical Worldview Components
ATTRIBUTES AND ACTIVITY OF GOD
• God is triune: father son and Holy spirit. He is relational in essence and desires a relationship with His
creation. (Gen. 1:26;Matt. 3:16-17; matt. 7:11)
• God is just and good. He is the source of justice and sets the moral standard. He is the source of all
reality. (Rom. 9; John 1:1; Mark 10:18)
• God is infinite, eternal, transcendent, the great I AM, Jehovah. He is beyond this world, beyond the four
dimensions. (Exod. 3:14; Ps 90:2; John 8:58;Rev. 1:8)
• God is love, holy, intelligent, truth, logic, and reason. (John 1:1-8; 1John 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9)
• God is personal, self conscious and self determined. He thinks, acts and has free will. (Gen 1:26; Ex.
33:19; Ps. 115:3)
• Jesus is God, man’s savior, the mediator between God and man; he died for man’s sin, was buried, and
rose from the dead. (Rom. 10:9-10; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 9: 27-28)

23. CREATION AND LIFE
 God created everything from nothing. (John 1:3; Gen. 1
 Creation is orderly and organized, created with specific properties. (Job 38-39)
 Creation is open. It is not preprogrammed but open to input by God and man. (Acts 5:12;
Heb. 2:4)
 Creation Includes the visible, natural and supernatural realms. (Col. 1:16-17)
 Creation is sustained by God’s power. (Col. 1: 16-17)
 Creation is under a curse (Gen. 3-6)

24.  Man is made in the image of God and has value and worth, Man is like God I Spirit (Gen. 1:26-28,9:6;
Ps. 139: 13-16)
 Man is moral, creative, and intelligent. (James 1;5)
 Man is personal. Man is self conscious, self determined, and has free will (Matt. 26: 39; Gal. 5: 10-26)
 Man is lower than God but above creation. (Gen 1:26,28; Ps. 8:4-8)
 Man is relational. Man was made to have relationship with God and man. (Matt. 22: 37-39; John 14:
6; Rom. 6-8; Eph. 2:18)
 Man was made for a purpose. (Gen. 1;26-28)
 Man was created good, sinned, fell under a curse, has a sin nature, and in need of a savior. (Is, 53:6;
Rom. 5: 12, Eph. 2:8-9)
 Man is body (finite), spirit and soul (eternal). (Matt. 10:28; 1Thess. 5:23)
Mankind

25. MORAL STANDARD AND RESPONSIBILITY
• God is the source of and sets the moral standard (Ex. 20 1-17: Rom. 1: 3:21, 6,7)
• The Bible reveals the moral standard. (Rom 3:21)
• There is absolute truth, (John 1:1)
• There are good and bad consequences for actions. (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; gal;. 5:16-25,
6:7-10)
• Moral Order is upheld through the family, church and government. ( Gen. 2 18-24;
Matt 1:18; Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 5: 22-6:4; 1Cor. 12:12-31)

26. PURPOSE
• Man is to love God and man. (Duet. 6:4-8; Matt. 22: 37-39)
• God’s will should be done on earth as it is in heaven, (Matt. 6:10; Col. 3: 17)
• Man has been given dominion over earth. (Gen 1:26-28; Ps. 8: 4-6)
• Christians are to fulfil the great Commission. Christians are to go into all the world and teach and
baptize. (Matt 28: 18-20)
• History shows God’s concern for and involvement in human events. History is directed toward a
specific end. (Rom. 5; 2 Pet 3: 9)
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27. TO-DO
• Choose a topic in your subject area/ in your department.
Develop a slide in the pattern of a biblically integrated lesson
plan on how you will teach your chosen topic.
Note:
Your lesson must show steps to differentiate the lesson.