Teaching and Learning Resources: Later Adolescence

Lesson plans

KLA-based lesson plans with a values focus (approximately 50 minutes in length) for secondary (Later Adolescence) students are available for downloading as PDF files below. Each lesson includes teaching and learning strategies with introductory activities to engage students, guided inquiry and culminating activities.

Later adolescence

*Can we use mobiles at school?*
Topic: Students research the efficacy of using mobile ICT devices (mobile phones, PDAs, iPods, etc) as learning tools with a view to implementing a suitable policy for their use at their school. The discussion is initiated in a Fishbowl activity about the general use of and social implications for mobile devices. Students then form groups and use a Jigsaw activity to gather information about the use of mobile devices in educational settings. They share their information and use it to develop a policy for the acceptable use of these mobile ICT devices in the school and prepare a written submission for presentation to the Principal and school council.
Year levels	Values for Australian Schooling	KLA
Later adolescence	Freedom Respect Responsibility	English

Should Australia build nuclear power stations?
Topic: As a response to a unit of work on climate change, students research the arguments for and against the generation of electricity by nuclear power in Australia. Initiate the discussion using a values continuum. Students form groups based on their position on the values continuum and research the issue. They share the information and use it to develop a presentation for the government inquiry into the development of nuclear power in Australia.
Ages	Explicit values focus	KLA
12–15 years	Freedom Integrity Respect Responsibility	Environmental Science/Earth Science

*Take off 5 – Is it worth it?*
Topic: Students discuss the effect of speed on the road toll and individual responsibilities associated with using the roads. They analyse braking distance data obtained from a simulation activity and apply the Equations of Motion and Newton’s Laws to determine stopping distances and the forces involved. They then relate these to road safety issues and design a poster or prepare a storyboard for a video commercial about the effects of speed and braking distances.
Year levels	Values for Australian Schooling	KLA
Later adolescence	Care and Compassion Fair Go Integrity Respect Responsibility	Physics