Lesson Plan

Subject : Science

Year / Class : 4D

No. of Students : 36

Date : 17th April 2009 (Friday)

Time : 9.30 am – 10.30 pm

Duration : 1 hour

Theme : Investigating Living Things

Learning Area : Living things undergo life processes

Learning Objectives : Analysing the life processes in animals

Learning Outcomes : At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
(i) State the breathing organs for different types of
animals correctly.

Prior Knowledge : Pupils have learnt that human breathing to stay alive.

Science Process Skills : Observing, communicating, predicting

Critical Thinking : Comparing and contrasting, relating, visualising,

generating ideas, making conclusions

Scientific Attitudes
& Noble Values : Being thankful to God, thinking rationally,
being cooperative, having critical and analytical
thinking, being confident

Teaching -Learning
Resources : Laptop, LCD, worksheets, practical book, flash cards
Phases / Time Contents Teaching - learning Activities Remarks
Orientation Human breathe to stay alive • Teacher picks up a student randomly to ask Science process skills
(10 minutes) questions. • Observing
• Teacher asks the student: Thinking skills
- How do you breathe? • Comparing and contrasting
- What the breathing organ of human? Scientific attitudes / Noble
- Why you need to breathe? value
- Do animals breathe? • Being thankful to God
• Teacher introduces the topic.
Elicitation of Breathing organ of animals Activity 1: Knowing the breathing organ Teaching aids
Ideas • Teacher shows pictures of breathing organ of • Laptop, LCD projector
(20 minutes) animals Science process skills
• Teacher gives other example of animals for the • Observing
students to predict the breathing organ. • Communicating
• Teacher asks the students to draw a table and classify • Predicting
according to the breathing organ. Thinking skills
• Teacher discusses with the students the answer. • Comparing & contrasting
• Relating
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value.
• Thinking rationally.
• Having critical and
analytical thinking
Restructuring Breathing organ of animals Activity 2: Teaching aids
of Ideas • Teacher divides the student into group of 5. • Worksheet
(20 minutes) • Teacher distributes a worksheet to the students. Science process skills
• Teacher asks the students to discuss in groups. • Observing
• Teacher observes the students’ discussion. • Communicating
• Teacher calls representative from each group to Thinking skill
present the answer. • Comparing and contrasting
• Teacher discusses with the students the answer. • Visualising
 Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being cooperative
• Having critical and
analytical thinking
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident
Application Breathing organ of animals Activity 3: Practical book Teaching aids
(30 minutes) • Teacher asks the students to discuss in group • Practical book
the question in the practical book. Science process skills
• Teacher asks the student to prepare the answer • Communicating
and present in front of the class. Thinking skill
• Teacher calls group by group to present the answer. • Relating
• Teacher discusses the answer with students. • Generating ideas
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being cooperative
• Thinking rationally
Reflection Summary • Teacher shows an incomplete mind map. Teaching aids
(10 minutes) • Teacher asks the students to complete the mind map • Flash card
by pasting the cards. Thinking skill
• Teacher discusses with the students. • Making conclusion
• Teacher asks the students to copy into the book. • Visualising
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident