Form: Four

Topic: Standard Form

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
i. Round off positive numbers to a given number of significant figures when the numbers are greater than 1 and less than 1.
ii. State the number of significant figures of a given positive numbers.
iii. Write the positive numbers to a given number of significant figures.

Prior knowledge:
 Students can identify place value and value of each digit in whole numbers.
 Students can round whole numbers.
 Students can state the place value and value of each digit in decimals.
 Students can round decimals to the nearest whole number or up to given decimal places.

Teaching aids/resources:
 Mahjong papers
 manila cards
 PowerPoint

Attitudes and values:

 Meticulous
 Confident and diligent.
 Honest
 Responsibility
 Cooperative

Creative and critical thinking skills:

 Making connection
 Categorizing and generating possible idea
 Reflection
  Thinking Systematically
Instructional Steps
Step/ Content Activity (Discourse) AV/CCTS/Strategy/
Duration Teacher’s role Students’ role Method/TA
Step 1: The use of  Before starting the lesson,  Several students will be Teaching Aid
Set induction significant figures teacher asks the students selected to give the answer. - concept map
(3 minutes) “what is the population in  Students discuss with
Malaysia now?” students and listen actively
 Teacher will give the actual  Students give suggestion
number of population in example of our daily life
Malaysia (24.8089 million) which applied significant Attitudes and
and compared it to figures. Values:
student’s answer. meticulous
 From the comparison, Approach: teacher
teacher tries to relate it to and student
the topic students are going centered
to learn. A big title of topic
will be shown by using Strategy
manila card (what is questioning
significant figures).
 Teacher discusses with Method: discussion
students “what significant Technique:2-way
figure is and why we need interaction
to use it?”
CCTS
Making connection
Step 2: Rules of  Teacher shows a table  Students are asked to Teaching Aid
Instructional significant figures which consist of a few identify the number of -Mahjong paper,
Development -All non-zero digits rules that we must follow significant figures to the manila card, maker
(20 minutes) are significant when rounding off a examples given. pen, white board
figures number to given number of  students are asked to give
- The digit zero can significant figures. more example of each rule
be a significant  teacher gives some  students are asked about
figure or not examples the level of accuracy of
depending on its measurement depending on Attitude and Value
position in the the number of significant -confident and
number figure it have.(e.g. the diligent.
accuracy of ammeter
different from the Approach: teacher
multimeter) and student-
 Students differentiate the centered
accuracy of the two
instruments used. Method: expository
and discussion

Rounding off  Teacher recall students that  Students listen attentively Strategy:
numbers we have learnt to round off - using tables and
-the method of numbers to required place flow chart
rounding off a value through
number to a given approximation. Technique:
number of  Teacher introduce another - 2-way interaction
significant figures. method of approximation is
to round off a number to an CCTS:
appropriate number of Categorizing and
significant figures. generating possible
 Teacher shows a flow chart idea
which shows the method of
rounding off a number to a
given number of significant
figures.
  Teacher explains the flow
chart by using suitable
examples.

Step 3 Worksheet 1  The teacher ask student to  Student work in their Teaching Aids:
Instructional form 5 with 4 students in respective groups. -worksheet 1
Development each group.  Students discuss in groups
(7 minutes)  The teacher gives each to carry out the task given Methods:
group a worksheet to in worksheet. -Cooperative
answer by the student.  Students hold discussion in learning
 The teacher monitors the their respective expert -Explanation
students activity and act as groups.
a facilitator Technique:
 The teacher discusses - Discussion
student with student
Approach:
- Student centered

CCTS:
- Thinking
Systematically

Attitudes and
Values:
-Honest
- Responsibility
- Confident
- Cooperative
Step 4: Task : practical Mathematics activity  Students pay attention to Teaching Aids:
Evaluation work from what  the teacher provides one the teacher’s explanation. -PowerPoint
(9 minutes) student have learnt paper sheet to each group  Each group will take the
-writing down the  teacher explain the rule of paper and show it to all Methods:
answer of the the activity group members. -Cooperative
question given  Students work respectively learning
-complete the Rule activity in their groups -Explanation
sentences  Students discuss the
 there is one sentences that answer with teacher and Technique:
are not complete check their answer. - Discussion
 the student need to find the
blank sentence to complete Approach:
the sentence - Student centered
 the way to find the blank
sentences is student must CCTS:
answer all the question - Thinking
given Systematically
 each question have one
letter
Attitudes and
 So the students need to find
Values:
all the answer to get the
-Honest
complete letter.
- Responsibility
 The letter will form a
- Confident
sentences which is the
- Cooperative
sentences in the blank
sentences
Step 5: Revise the content  Teacher asks student to  Student will try to reflect on Methods:
Closure we had learnt. reflect on what they have what they have learned. - Questioning
(1 minutes) Homework given learned.  Student pay attention and
from textbook. listen carefully before do the Technique:
 Teacher will help student reflection - Discussion
by giving guide line to
them for make their own Student will do the exercise given Approach:
reflection as homework and hand it up for - Student centered
the next class.
Teacher will give exercises to the CCTS:
students as a homework - Reflection

Attitudes and
Values:
- Honest
- Responsibility
- Confident
- Respect