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Science Lesson Plan

Date

5th of November 2014

Student teacher

Aaesha Bani Shemaili

Time

40 minutes

School

Gems Western school

SST

Miss Saritha

Class

Grade 4

Lesson

Unit 5: separating solids, gas and liquid

No of students

31 students

unit/page
Context of the lesson (Give information about the lesson and where it fits. Or, this lesson is a review
of .. covered in previous lessons
This lesson is the first lesson of Unit separating solids, gas and liquid. It is combination between
students prior knowledge and new information of different kind of liquids, solids and gases.

Teaching goal (State clearly what it is you plan to teach in this lesson
The overall aim of the lesson is to teach students about differences between matters in term of
shapes and their properties. Students will categorize matters and can be able to sort confusing
matters that can be convert to other matter.
Learning objectives (State clearly exactly what you want the ss to be able to do by the end of the
lesson. Students will be able to:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

- Identify what are states or forms of matters which are liquid, solid and gas.
- categorize the matters.
- understand that some matters can be converted to solid or gas like water, powders.
Assumptions about prior learning (Mention what the ss know from previous lessons or their
experience eg The learners will have encountered or be familiar with or aware of...)
- Students already know what are the liquid and gases.
- Students may know some vocabulary of the lesson.
- Students are aware of water evaporation.
Anticipated problems and possible solutions (Mention problems and solutions related to management,
Some learners will find it difficult to pronounce some word like evaporation so I will make them
repeat the words.
Students misbehave by being noisy and dont listen to the teacher while she talk so they have group
points for that and smiley faces.
Misconceptions
Some students may think powder is liquid because you can pour it like water and it take the shape of
the bottles just like the water so T will give them reasons why it is a solid.

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Personal focus for this lesson (Based on your previous observed lesson, identify one or two aspects
that need improving. Eg. be more animated, monitor children more closely, provide more challenging
tasks etc)
In this Lesson I am focusing on:
1- Students using lesson vocabulary more often during the class.
2- Using smiley faces stickers rewards
3- Students working together without arguing.
4- Avoiding grammar mistakes.
Target Language
word

Definition or picture

Matter

Anything that takes up space is matter

Liquid

takes the shape of its container and takes up a

definite amount of space

Solid

Gas

water vapor

has a definite shape and takes

up a definite amount of space

has no definite shape and

takes up no definite amount
of space

is a gas phase of water. It

produced from the
evaporation or boiling of liquid
water or from the sublimation
of ice.

Examples of students language:

-

Ss: It is a liquid because it take the shape of the bottle.

Ss: powder is solid.

Teacher language (list language used by you, the teacher, eg. questions, instructions and
explanations)
In the each section of the plan it introduce the questions and the language of this lesson.

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Materials:
-

PPT

-Worksheet for each students (evaluation=Homework) PPT

Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C33WdI64FiY)

Hangeman Game (www.hangman.no/)

6 boxes of different type of solid, liquid and gas.

Main tasks or activities - Consider these grouping strategies - Consider where the children are
working
Main tasks or activities (list the tasks in sequence eg flashcard recognition, worksheet, drawing
posters etc)
Main tasks or activities
A. Ss will guess the title of the lesson using

Consider these

Consider where the

grouping strategies:

children are working:

Whole class

In the Lab

Whole class

At their desk

Group work

At their desk

Whole class

At their desk

pictures and guessing the letters through

hangman game
B. T will explain what is a matter and students
will guess how to identify it based on
pictures.
c. Ss will categories the materials based on 3
forms of matter using A3 paper and different
objects.

d. Ss will discuss their answers with the teacher.

e. T will summarize their findings and give one
property of each matters (liquid, solid and
gas)
f. Ss will think can any state of matters
convert to another matter.

At their desk
Whole class

Experiment (water evaporation)

g. Ss will watch a song related to the matters

Sitting on the floor

Group work

to summarize what they learnt so far.

h. During the videoT will ask students to give

Or

At their desk
Whole class

examples of the matters

i.

Ss will categorize some pictures into the

liquid, solid and gas as homework.

Individual

At their Home

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Planning Stages Within the 5-E Inquiry Model

Engage
PURPOSE:

To excite students for the new topic which is matter.

To identify their prior knowledge of the unit.

To engage their interest of the new unit.

Key Question:
What changes happen to our body when we exercise?
Opening activity to surface student thinking:
A. Ss will guess the title of the lesson using pictures and guessing the letters through hangman
game
Directed
Picture in the board
Onluine Hangman game code: hqmcaibhelea
Ss will guess the title based on pictures and letter which they will guess

b. T will explain what is a matter and students will guess how to identify it based on pictures.
Directed
Smart board laptop - PowerPoint
Ss will listen to the teacher and based on the pictures.

Opening activity to engage student interest and/or clarify context of the investigations:
Pictures and online hangman game will help students to engage with the new topic which is matter and
explanation will help students to combine between what they know and new information.
Questions for whole group discussion:
What can you see? Suggest some letters?
Teacher (What will the teacher do)

Student (What will the student do)

T will ask present pictures of the states of matter

Ss will group them into 3 different forms.

T will ask students to give her letters to know the title

Ss will complete the task the task by gussing

of the lesson.

the letter.

Teacher will explain what matter is and show a picture of

Ss will listen to the teacher and guess based

on the pictures.

how to identify it.

Explore
PURPOSE:

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to test ideas and develop knowledge using explorations, investigations and their own body

to modify and record ideas as they change due to activities

to develop new questions and testable hypotheses

c. Ss will categories the materials based on 3
forms of matter using A3 paper and different

Group work

At their desk

objects.

d. Ss will discuss their answers with the teacher.

Activities (e)

Driving Question

Sort the materials in front of you based on three forms

What do you think?

of matter?
Kinesthetic Activity: ss will see and touch the materials
in order to sort it.
While students do these activity T will circulate around

Do you agree with this group?

Why did you categorize into solid?

the groups.

Lets find out

Teacher (What will the teacher do)

Student (What will the student)

T will tell ss I want marc, Ahmed, Abdualla, Jana,

Ss will take the materials to their table

Maryam and Malik to get the materials at the back

T will ask students to catogrice it in A3 paer.

Ss will complete the task

T will ask students to show and discuss their findings.

Ss will use their language and prior

knowledge to complete this task.

student Communication Product:

-

Oral discussion about solid, liquid and gas.

Sorting materials into A3 papers.

Explain

PURPOSE:

To answer the Key Question through student categorizing.

To know one property of the different matters

e. T will summarize their findings and give one
property of each matters (liquid, solid and

Whole class

gas)
Content Media: (Oral discussion) PPT
Ss will discuss their finding and T will summarize their findings.
Clarifying Questions for Whole/Small Group Discourse:

At their desk

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Why do you think that? Can you categorize these picture?

Student Communication Product (assessment): oral discussion
Teacher (What will the teacher do)

Student (What will the student)

T will summarize their findings and point out one property

Ss will listen to the teacher.

of each section.
T will present pictures in PPT of the forms of matters.

Ss will guess the forms of matter.

Elaborate
PURPOSE:

To extend students' conceptual knowledge about matters.

f. Ss will think can any state of matters

At their desk

convert to another matter.

Whole class

Experiment (water evaporation)

Or
Sitting on the floor

g. Ss will watch a song related to the matters

Group work

to summarize what they learnt so far.

At their desk

h. During the video T will ask students to give

Whole class

examples of the matters

Activities:

Teacher

Student

T will make the experiment in

Ss will complete the task by

Content Media: (oral discussion)

front of the students and ask

observing and anticipating what

what will happen before and

will happen.

Extending/Application Questions for

after heating the water?

Water evaporation experiment

Video

Whole/Small Group Discourse:

What do you think will happen
When water can be solid or liquid?
Student Communication Product
(assessment): (oral presentation)

T will present a video on the

Ss will watch the video

board.
T will ask students to give

Ss will complete the task by

another example of solid, liquid

giving the asnwers.

and gas.

Evaluate
PURPOSE:

For students and teacher to assess their understand of the learning objectives and did the
students meet the objective of this lesson

To know what part of this lesson that they dont understand so the teacher will reteach
misconceptions on the next lesson.

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Ss will categorize some pictures into the

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Individual

At their Home

liquid, solid and gas as homework.

Skill/Reasoning Learning Objectives

Assessment Instrument

Memorizing skills
Writing skills
Classifying skills
Learning objective:
To understand the overall of the lesson and classify

Worksheet of what they learn and they need

the pictures into three forms of matter.

to write the topic, WALT and draw table in

their science notebook.

Knowledge Learning Objectives

The main purpose of this activity to let teacher know
did students meet the objective of the lesson.
Teacher (What will the teacher do)

Student (What will the student do)

T will give each students a worksheet and explain what

Ss will complete the task in the class or at

they need to do.

home.