This is our rough copy of our lesson plan for approximately 15 days while we are in The Gambia. I left room so that if we fall behind that we still have a few more days to catch up (and do more fun things with the children). The children are aged 14-21 (ahh my own age), so any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated. I will have wifi sometimes in The Gambia, so feel free to put and games you know, or comment and I will see them within a few days. I will update what has or has not worked as we go, and changes that we have already made. So here is the lesson plan.. yes I think I have a tad of OCD as I needed to colour code it.. Maybe that is just the nursing student in me ; )
Blue: Hour 1
Green: Hour 2
Red: Hour 3
Purple: Hour 4
**Note that Lecture should not just be a formal
lecture/include class in activity
Day One:
1.0 – Introduction
-Introductions of us/program
(15mins)
Get to know each other game
(30mins)
Pre-quiz (15mins)
1.1 – Water Facts
-True or False with water facts –split
into groups (30mins)
2.0 - Draw/Explain water cycle (30mins)
LUNCH
-Activity #1: Water Cycle Experiment/Discussion (1hr)
Discussion on first day (30mins)
-what students hope
for/interests/what they likes/didn’t like
Ball thrown, if get ball must
say one thing you learned today. (30mins)
Day Two:
-Get students to draw a water
cycle and label it in groups. Show to class (1hr)
-Activity #3: Water Cycle Bead Game (30mins)
3.0 -What is a watershed lecture (30mins) –show picture of
Senegal/Gambia watershed
LUNCH
-Activity #2: Water Cycle Rap (1hr)
-How does the water cycle relate
to Gambia? (1hr)
Day Three
Activity #4: The
Gambia River Watershed (1hr) – keep these for activity #5
Discuss watershed that were
made/put them together (1hr)
LUNCH
-Activity #5: What is a Watershed (1hr)
4.0/4.1/4.2 – Lecture on Water
Pollution/Categories/Effects – Ask what causes pollution/Trivia (1hr)
Day Four
5.0 – What is a water-borne
disease?
-Activity #6: Spreading of Disease (Glitter) (20mins)
-Activity #7: Scavenger Hunt – including discussion on all of 5s topics (1hr40min)
LUNCH
Write down the 5 water-borne
diseases. In groups get students to make a skit about what the disease is, the
symptoms, how the got it, and treatment. (1hr)
6.0 – Ask if students know how
contaminated water enters our bodies.
-Ask/explain how contaminated
water enters (1hr)
Day Five
-Activity #8: Hand-washing
posters (1hr)
Come up with a hand-washing song –
with actions (1hr)
LUNCH
7.0 – What is water scarcity/where
does drinking water come from (30mins)
Draw out how much water on earth is
drinkable (30mins)
-Activity #9: Water Scarcity Experiment (30mins)
7.3 – Explain who are the main
users of water.
Ask what are the primary causes
of water scarcity (30mins)
Day Six
Explain main causes/how much
water we need (1hr)
-Activity #10: Water Scarcity Skits (1hr)
LUNCH
8.0- Water conservation: Get class
to think of ways to conserve water (30mins)
10.7 – Ask about how Gambians get
water/problems seen (30mins)
Explain what all problems are (1hr)
–come up with activity
Day Seven
8.1-Explain water quantity (1hr)
Groups brainstorm ways to preserve
and promote good water quality (1hr)
LUNCH
8.2 – Water quality: explain (1 hr)
Water quality/quantity Jeopardy
(1hr)
Day Eight
Groups brainstorm ways to
preserve and promote good water quality (1hr)
Get groups to make up signs to
promote and preserve good water quality – show examples (1hr)
LUNCH
-Activity #11: Water quality (30mins)
Trivia on content so far (1.5hr)
Day Nine
9.0 – Water
change/scarcity/quality (1hr)
9.1 – West African Monsoon (30mins)
9.2 – Climate Change and Rainfall
(30mins)
LUNCH
9.3 – Climate Change and Sea Level
Rise (30mins)
Activity #12: Greenhouse in a Jar Set-up (1.5hr)
Day Ten
Activity #13: Sea
level rise musical newspaper (2hr)
LUNCH
9.4 - Climate Change Effects on
Agriculture/Activity #12 Conclusion (1hr)
Water Obstacle Course (1hr)
Day Eleven
10.0 – Water issues specific to
The Gambia (1hr)
10.1 –Water Quality in The Gambia
(1hr)
LUNCH
Gambia Water Idol (2hr)
Day Twelve:
10.2 – Gambia Drinking Water
Sources (1hr)
10.3 – Cause of surface water
contamination (1hr)
LUNCH
Ways to take home what you have
learned so far (1hr)
True/False group Activity (1hr)
Day Thirteen
10.4 – Are you buying good
quality water poll/discussion/what makes up good drinking water? (1hr)
10.4 – Lecture/discussion (1hr)
LUNCH
Water Quantity in The Gambia (1hr)
Baseball Game/Trivia Version
(1hr)
Day Fourteen
10.6 Regulations Regarding
Construction (1hr)
Make your own regulation poster
(1hr)
LUNCH
10.7 – Storing Water in The Gambia
(1hr)
Use resources around to make
your own water-storing unit – see who holds the most water (1hr)
Day Fifteen
10.8 – Pathogenic Organisms
(1hr)
Activity #14: Water Distribution
Challenge (1hr)
LUNCH
Consequences of sharing drinking
water (1hr)
Make up quotes/songs (1hr)
Hope you enjoyed : )
Sam xo
