Tool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Title : Budgets: How they work and how
to use
them
Discipline and Topic: Business/Physical Education
- Ordering supplies is a huge part of being an athletic trainer and running a program. With this lesson plan the students will cover what a budget is, how it works, and learn how to present one in a professional and organized manner.
Target
Population :
Grade
Level: Post-secondary
Population
Characteristics: The population
this
is guided towards is a group of students who may be interested in
entering
college to seek a degree in an allied health profession. Students
should be
enthusiastic, hard working and good communicators with others. Also
experience
with computers and numbers would be valuable.
Lesson
Groupings: Small
groups
Curriculum
Links : This lesson serves as a link from the
previous plan of the duties of an athletic trainer. One of the most
important
duties in athletic training is ordering supplies. This lesson plan will
educate
students on what a budget is and how to propose one in an organized
manner.
Objectives :
Students will be able to:.
- understand more about the athletic training profession.
- learn how to present in an organized and professional way.
- show they know how to use computer programs to work with numbers.
- gain some experience in the organization and administration section of athletic training.
- calculate a budget.
Media Literacy
Objectives :
- Identify capabilities
and limitations of contemporary
and emerging technology resources and assess the potential of these
systems and
services to address personal, lifelong learning, and workplace needs
- Routinely and efficiently use online information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.
- Select and apply technology
tools for research,
information analysis, problem-solving, and decision-making in content
learning.
Materials and Timing : Computer access to Microsoft excel program
- each day will consist of two 45 minute lessons.
Scope and
Sequence :
Day 1 :
- Introduce and give a lecture on the budget topic of athletic training with the use of a power point presentation. (30 minutes)
- Present the assignment and split the class into different small groups (5 minutes)
- Present catalogues used for ordering supplies (5 minutes)
- Answer any questions (5 minutes)
Day 2 (1 week later):
- Students will give short presentations on their budget projects (25-30 minutes)
- Class discussion on the presentations and what they learned with the project (10 minutes)
- Questions about the project (5 minutes)
Supplemental
Materials : Supply catalogues for ordering
Evaluation of
Students :
Rubric
Objectives |
1 point |
2 points |
3 points |
Understand A.T. profession |
Students show little or no understanding of topic |
Students show basic understanding of topic |
Students show excellent understanding of topic and can answer questions in class |
Budget presentation with the use of excel |
Students show little understanding of excel program |
Students present a program with some organization |
Students present a program with excellent organization that is clear and easy to understand |
Show proper use of numbers and calculations |
Students either have no calculations or have mistakes |
Students show calculations but budget is filled with some errors |
Students have no errors with calculations and can explain their presentation |
Calculate a budget |
Students show little or no understanding of what a budget is |
Students have an idea of a budget but have some minor errors in their presentation |
Students show excellent understanding of a budget and how to organize one |
Evaluation of the Lesson : The evaluation
of this
lesson will depend on how clearly the students can explain their budget
and how
it works. If the students can explain what type of budget they used and
how it
works, then the lesson was successful. Also if the students can present
their
information in a organized spreadsheet, then the goal of showing how to
organize a budget and calculate one was reached. If the class
presentations
start a discussion that includes everyone, then it shows that the
students
enjoyed the lesson and may want to learn more about it.