Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction: Lesson Plan sample

A teacher can ensure that they are providing the children an effective learning environment by creating their lesson plan based on the Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction. Below is a sample lesson plan:

A 15 minutes lesson plan is prepared based on Robert Gagne’s nine events of Instruction:

Learning area: Science	Date/ Time: TBA
Age group: Year 4	Topic: Dissolving Sugar

Events	Explanation of events	Lesson planned using cognitive-constructivist approach
1. Gain attention	Capture the attention of learners by asking questions or presenting new situation. The idea is to grab their attention.	Showing a short video on the topic that we are about to learn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQtqouEv1U
2. Inform learner of objectives	Describe the objectives of a lesson, state what the learners will be able to perform and how they will be able to use the knowledge	·         Able to identify which liquid dissolves the sugar faster (Inform learners by writing the objective on the board)
3. Stimulate prior learning	Build on what the learner’s already know. Start from previous relevant experience, concepts, knowledge to correlate it with new information.	Group activity: Students are to sort the pictures of materials on the correct table prepared by the teacher e.g. Soluble Insoluble
4. Present stimulus material	Display new content which must be chunked, explained, then demonstrated	Showing children the different materials that they will be using to conduct the experiment Stirrer Bicar/ clear cups Oil, Vinegar, water, lemon juice
5. Provide learner guidance	Give instructions on how to learn. Assist learners for better learning.	Children are given instructions to conduct an experiment with their group on which liquid does sugar dissolve faster and how they should be writing their answers in the answer sheet.
6. Elicit performance (practice)	Learners practice in order to do something with the newly acquired behavior, skills, or knowledge.and demonstrate learning.
7. Provide feedback	Provide specific, immediate feedback on learner’s performance, reinforcing and correcting errors.	Teacher will be walking around while the children are doing their assignment and ask various questions to reinforce their learning. E.g: Did you stir the same amount of time and speed for each liquid? What other factors will you need to look at to ensure you are doing a fair test?
8. Assess performance	Test to determine to what extent the new knowledge has been mastered.	During the experiment, a general verbal assessment will be done with the student to determined the Mastery standards of the children A short presentation by the student on the experiment they had just conducted
9. Enhance retention and transfer	Provide similar problem situations and encourage learners to transfer their newly acquired knowledge to novel situations.	Giving them a different experiment to conduct and get them to think the same way to gain the correct and fair result e.g.  Which soap produces more lather? Which toy car is the fastest? Which paper allows the light go through it the most?