Design and Implementation of Instruction and Assessment

EDUC 4113

Texas Woman’s University

College of Professional Education

Department of Teacher Education

Emily DePan

Lesson Plan: First Aid

November 13, 2008

Fall - 2008
 First Aid Lesson Plan

Content: Adventure/Outdoor Education

Grade Level: 9-12
Class Time Frame: Block scheduling, 1.5 hr.

GOALS
 The students will be able to identify the proper first aid survival skills and
supplies needed to successfully get through a dangerous situation. With different
situations the students will be able to explain the procedures necessary to survive
in the wilderness.
 The students will be able to keep calm and collected when presented with a
survival situation. They will be able to make rational decisions without panicking
or losing control of their emotions.
 The students will be able to demonstrate survival techniques such as splinting a
broken bone, applying pressure and supplies to stop bleeding, or treating a
burn/wound/sting/bite. They will demonstrate the knowledge and physical
ability to carry out the survival procedures.

OBJECTIVES
1. The students will be able to identify and use first aid supplies effectively
and correctly with 85% accuracy.
2. The students will be able to demonstrate a calm, collected mentality 90%
of the time when presented with a survival situation.
3. The student will be able to physically demonstrate survival techniques
effectively and correctly 100% of the time when presented with a survival
situation.
TEKS
116.53 Adventure & Outdoor Education
 c4D – The student is expected to explain and follow safety procedures during
adventure/outdoor education activities.
 c4E – The student is expected to list and describe safety equipment used in
outdoor activities.
 c3A – The student is expected to select and participate in adventure/outdoor
education activities that provide for enjoyment and challenge.

INTRODUCTION
Teacher will present a situation to the class where First Aid and survival skills are
needed. She will ask the class what they would do in a situation like that and to write it
down. Class will then discuss what they would do in the situation. (10 minutes)

LESSON PRESENTATION
1. Teacher will distribute Outdoor Survival and First Aid Handbooks to
students and will introduce and discuss with them the proper techniques
and procedures for Safety & First Aid in the outdoors. (25 minutes)
2. Students will come up in pairs and with teacher guidance will
demonstrate proper First Aid techniques for whole class. (20 minutes)
3. The teacher will then split students into small groups with First Aid
supplies to practice survival procedures on group members. Members
will help each other to remember proper procedures. (15 minutes)
 4. Students will return to seats and students will now come up randomly at
teacher request to demonstrate a First Aid technique chosen at random by
the teacher. Paired students will execute the procedure and then after
they are done their classmates can offer input on what they should or
shouldn’t have done to do it correctly. (20 minutes)

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

 Students will participate in discussions in both whole class and small group
situations.
 Students will demonstrate knowledge of survival and First Aid skills.
 Students will work cooperatively with partners and group members during
activities and discussions.
 Students will remain on task during activities.
 Students will respect teacher and peers during activities.

GUIDED PRACTICE
 Teacher will initially guide students through proper procedures when first
learning proper techniques.
 Students will guide each other during small group work.
 Teacher will monitor group work by surveying the room during the activity.

RE-TEACH
 Students will correct each other during group work.
 Class discussion after each demonstration to provide feedback about how the
procedure was executed.

CLOSURE
 Students will discuss importance of survival and First Aid skills with
outdoor/adventure activities.
 Teacher will ask students if it is okay for some people to know First Aid and
survival skills or if all people participating in outdoor activities should know
them.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
 Students will be able to work with the bulletin board as an extension either
individually or in small groups/pairs.

ASSESSMENT
 Peer assessment: Students will assess each other in small groups working on
the survival skills. They will be correcting each other as their group members are
practicing.
 Performance assessment: Teacher will observe how well students have
learned content by how well they perform the survival techniques when asked to
demonstrate them at random.

MATERIALS
 Paper to write on
 Pen/pencil
 Outdoor Survival & First Aid Handbooks (1 per student)
 First Aid supplies (enough for several small groups)