Appendix 1

LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
13/03/2016

Time:

9:50 10:50

Date:

Learning Area: Mathematics

Students Prior Knowledge:

Profit Formula (Profit = Money received Cost
of product)
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum:

Connect the compound interest formula to repeated applications
of simple interest using appropriate digital
technologies(ACMNA229)

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Asia and Australias engagement with Asia
histories and cultures
Proficiencies:(Mathematics only): Understanding, fluency, Problem-Solving

Sustainability

Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Compare and contrast prices to maximise profit
Calculate profit, competition etc.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Previous classes have students looking at clients,
starting own company, and calculating loans to start
up business, calculating payments etc.
Groups are previously selected by teacher,
Teachers and groups have decided types of
businesses.

Provision for students at educational risk:

Working in groups, ESL students working with
high achievers, the high achievers can assist
the ESL students
Teacher walking around giving one-on-one
assistance to groups who need it.

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time

Motivation and Introduction:

1. Students are to get into their groups that previously formed, and log
into their computers.

Resources/References
Align these with the
segment where they will
be introduced.

2. Students get up all information related to business on their computer.

Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):
3. Students are to research the prices of competitors products, and
come up with their own prices for three (3) different types of products
they wish to sell (e.g. a low-budget, mid-range-budget, and highbudget products).
4. Students must work out how much they will be paying for each
product from a competitor, and then work out how much they will be
making from these products based off the prices they have come up
with.
5. When students have come up with their own prices, must apply the 3
scenarios to each of their prices to see what is the best for their
business to sell (Scenarios have already been produced by teacher
on the Webquest).
6. Students must then work out the profit that each type of product made
their business (formula: Profit = Money received Cost of product)
7. Based on their findings on prices, students must work out what kind of
products are best for their business (that makes them the most profit)
Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)
8. Once students have decided which products are best for their
company, they must start thinking about a flyer design for their
product, and start thinking of best way to present the business idea to
the rest of the class. (Google docs?)
9. Students must then review the decision for their products to be sold,
and record data for how much profit will be made.
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)
10. Students must start designing their flyers (on paper only as draft), and
come to next lesson with a design idea that the group will then use for
ideas.
Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will these be judged?)