Microteaching Lesson: How to Countersteer on a Motorcycle

 

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Lesson Plan: How to Countersteer on a Motorcycle

Lesson Overview		Instruction
Learning Objectives: • Students will understand the concept of countersteering on a motorcycle. • Students will be able to demonstrate countersteering techniques through a physical simulation activity. Curriculum Points Being Met: • Safe motorcycle handling and obstacle-evasion techniques. • Understanding of vehicle dynamics related to two-wheel transportation. Learning Objectives: 1. Cognitive Objective: Students will comprehend how countersteering allows for effective turns on a motorcycle, even though the techniques seem illogical. 2. Psychomotor Objective: Students will physically simulate countersteering in response to obstacles. 3. Affective Objective: Students will develop awareness of safe riding practices in dynamic road conditions.		How Objectives are Being Met: • Cognitive: Through verbal explanation and demonstration of countersteering. • Psychomotor: Through an interactive activity involving arm movement to simulate countersteering. • Affective: Students will reflect on how countersteering is essential for avoiding obstacles safely. Terminologies/Definitions: • Countersteering: A technique used by motorcyclists to turn by pushing the handlebars in the opposite direction of the desired turn. For example, pushing the right handlebar causes the bike to lean and turn right. • Lean Angle: The angle at which a motorcycle tilts to initiate a turn. Materials Needed: • A whiteboard or chart to sketch the concept of countersteering. • A computer to play a video • An open space where students can freely extend their arms for the exercise.
Lesson Plan Outline
1. Introduction (1 min):    Ask students to show with their arms how they think they would turn on a motorcycle. This will help identify any misconceptions. 2. Explanation (3 min):    Introduce the concept of countersteering. Explain that pushing the right handlebar will lean the motorcycle to the right, while pushing the left handlebar will lean it to the left. Illustrate using a simple diagram. Play the video that demonstrates this phenomenon. 3. Interactive Activity (3 min):    Have students extend their arms as if holding handlebars. Call or point out various directions and have them react by quickly deciding which way and how to countersteer.		4. Assessment (2 min):    Conduct the activity with students closing their eyes to simulate real-time reaction without visual input. Provide feedback based on their reactions. 5. Bonus (if time permits - 1 min):     Advanced techniques to take corners at higher speeds. Assessment: • Formative:   1. Observation during arm simulation exercise.   2. Correct and quick reaction during the obstacle simulation activity. • Summative: Feedback from students on their understanding and demonstration of countersteering.
Post-Lesson Reflections	• Was my explanation of countersteering clear, and did students grasp the concept quickly? • Did the interactive activity engage the students and help them simulate the real-life action of countersteering? • Could the students make the connection between the physical movement of their arms and how it affects turning on a motorcycle?