Now Boarding to Costa Rica Flight #16....

Objectives:

Materials:

Introduction/Preparation:

  1. Before students return from Music and Gym class, prepare the room by doing the following:
    a. Put up white mural paper on both walls.
    b. Place exit signs made from tag board one on each side.
    c. Place precut blue ovals from construction paper for windows, 6 on each wall.
    d. Push desks to side and arrange seats in 2 rows, with 2 seats in each. 12 in each row.
    e. Put seat numbers made from note cards on each chair.
    f. Place safety cards on each chair.
    g. Use desks to make stations for customs and ticket counters.
    h. Get VCR ready and have video ready.
    i. Get a basket for baggage.
    j. Place gate signs up and airport signs up.

Sequence of Instruction

  1. Students will return from library and will form a line with their baggage, tickets and customs by the door.
  2. Students will wait to they are called to the ticket booth before sitting in their seats.
  3. 2 volunteers will work from 2 ticket booths and call students to counter.
  4. Volunteer will ask the student for their 5 raffle tickets as money to get on. The they will ask for their tickets. Volunteer will assign them a seat and stamp their tickets. Then the volunteer will send them to the customs table.
  5. At customs, the volunteer will ask the student where they are going, for how long, and why they are going to Costa Rica. Then their passports will be stamped and they move on.
  6. I will be waiting at the corner of the room to take their tickets and let them on the plane.
  7. Once students have all completed the process, they should all be seated in their seats.
  8. Have volunteers stand in the aisles as stewardesses.
  9. Welcome students on their flight and begin safety instruction.
  10. Give students the approximate flight time, the weather in Costa Rica, what to expect during the flight, and the expected flight conditions.
  11. Pass out the peanuts and begin video on Costa Rica (10 minutes).
  12. Begin descending and prepare students for landing.
  13. Land at the Juan Santa maria Airport and tell them where they are to pick up their baggage.
  14. Allow students to go pick up their baggage at the baggage claim and exit through their gates. (Let them go to their lockers and put baggage away)

Closure

  1. Have students return to seats and talk about the plane flight.
    a. How was is similar to flights they have been on?
    b.Have they ever flown to other countries.
    c.What did they learn about flying to another country and flying in general?
    d. Did they have fun?
    e. What do you expect to learn about Costa Rica?
    f. Has anybody ever been there?
    g. What did you learn about Costa Rica from the video?
    i. What do you think about Costa Rica after watching the video?
  2. Pass out their itinerary books for the month of April and go over each day with them. Ask the following questions:
    a. What can you expect to do in Costa Rica by looking at your itineraries?
    b. What kind of environment can you expect to find in Costa Rica?
    c. What types of foods will you expect to find?
  3. Explain that they are to keep record of our trips in their itinerary books for display at the end of the month celebration.
  4. Ask for any questions.
  5. Have students help to put the room back in order.

Evidence of Learning:

  1. Students will experience how to travel by going through the airport simulation. Students will have the experience of going to the ticket booth, customs, and baggage. At the end of lesson, students will demonstrate they learned how to travel by airplane by telling me the steps they had to take to get onto the plane.
  2. Students will experience international travel in the airport by having to be prepared with their passports. They will have to answer questions at customs and present their passports before traveling to another country. At the conclusion of the lesson students will discuss their experiences. I will be listening for responses that indicate learning such as: "We had to answer why we were going to another country and present our passports".
  3. Students will experience flight simulation by participating in the mock flight. Students will learn about safety on the plane, the procedures during flight (snack, video, landing, etc..). Students will demonstrate that they learned what it is like to fly by telling me the events that occurred during flight.
  4. Students will become aware of Costa Rica through watching the video, listening to my announcements about the weather in Costa Rica, the airport where we are landing, and listening to questions at the end of the lesson. Students will demonstrate that they are aware of Costa Rica by answering what they learned from the video and through my announcements about Costa Rica.
  5. Students will become aware of their Costa Rica study for April through going through their itineraries. As we go over the itineraries students will get an idea of Costa Rica. Teacher will ask questions about the itineraries that have students predict what we will be studying about Costa Rica. Teacher will listen for responses such as "We will be visiting a rain forest, going on bus tours of cities, studying the history, turning the room into a rain forest,etc.."

Reflection:

  1. Did students learn what it is like to fly?
  2. Did students learn what it is like to fly internationally?
  3. Did students gain interest in Costa Rica as their unit study?
  4. Are students excited?
  5. What else do students want to learn about Costa Rica?

Adaptations:

All students will participate in this simulation. I will have it arranged that students who are in special classes at the time will be able to come participate.

Return to the Costa Rica Unit page
Return to the Exemplary Lesson Plan page