Date: 28 October 2010 Number of pupils: 23

Time: 8.30AM – 9.30AM Subject: Science

Time required: 60 minutes Class: 4 Khadijah

Learning Theme: Investigating Technology

Topic: Technology (Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology)

Learning Objective:
Analyzing that technology can benefit mankind if used wisely

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
1. States at least 2 each technologies advantages and disadvantages.
2. Concludes that technology can benefit mankind if used wisely.

Prior Knowledge: Pupils know from the previous lesson that technology is invented for the betterment of mankind.

Strategy: Technology (Microsoft PowerPoint), Discussion

Science Process and Thinking Skills:

Observing
Making conclusions
Communicating
Generating Ideas
Comparing and Contrasting
Relating
Drawing conclusions
Scientific Attitudes and Nobles Values (SANV):
• Appreciating the contribution of science and technology.
• Realizing that science is a means to understand nature.
• Being thankful to God.
• Being cooperative.
• Being objective.

Teaching aids: Laptop, LCD, worksheets.

 Phase/Time Contents Teaching and Learning activities / Scientific Remarks
skills
Set Induction To revise their Teacher asks; TS: Relating, Comparing
knowledge on
(5 minutes) previous lesson. 1. How you come to the school? SANV: Being objective.

2. Is it kind of technology? To see whether they understood

previous lesson.
3. How many minutes it take to come to
school?

4. What if there is no technology for you to

use, what do you use to come to school?

5. If that is so, how many minutes for your own

opinion using method you’ve said before?

6. So, compare it with transportation that you

use every day.

Teacher tells pupils that they are going to learn

to analyze that technology can benefit mankind if
used wisely.
Eliciting Ideas To find out any Teacher shows videos regarding on advantages AVA: Laptops, LCD, Microsoft
alternative concepts and disadvantages of technology. PowerPoint
(15 minutes) among pupils
SANV: Appreciating the
Teacher ask;
contribution of science and
technology.
1. What can we see from the video?
SPS & TS: Observing, Relating
2. What is/are robot use/s?
3. In that particular video, what is use of the
 robot? - Smoke emitted from the factory

4. For then, why do we need technology? - Ozone depletion

5. How can we use the technology wisely? - Foresting of forest

6. If you have chance to keep a robot, how - Water pollution

can you use it wisely?
- War technology abusing
7. Public phone is kind of technology too.
- Health
How can we use it wisely?

Teacher says about disadvantages of

technology generally.

Teacher tells the pupils that they are going to

discover advantages and disadvantages of
technology.
Development State at least 2 Teacher asks the pupils to form 7 groups of AVA: Worksheet
Idea advantages and 4(group already divided by teacher).
disadvantages. SPS & TS: Comparing and
(25 minute) Teacher asks pupils to cut the picture in Contrasting, Generating Ideas,
appendix I and paste it on their own field (e.g. Communicating and drawing
communications, transportation). Gives space at conclusions
below of the picture and ask pupils to discuss
and generates ideas of the advantages and SANV: Being cooperative, Being
disadvantages of technology that they know. thankful to God, Being objective
Teacher may guide all the time process of
discussion.
 Ask the pupils to put their work on the walls. Let
them walk to each groups work. Teacher gives
mark for each workgroup work.

Teacher shows picture of people in war (from

Microsoft PowerPoint).

Teacher asks pupils,

1. What can you see from the picture?

2. Why?
3. How can we use war technology for better
human benefits rather than war?
Teacher concludes that technology have its
advantages and disadvantages. It also has to
use wisely so that all human can get benefit from
it. We also should be thankful to God for gave an
idea to develop a technology that we can use it
nowadays.
Application of To reinforce their Teacher asks the pupils to do exercise on unit SPS: Communicating
Ideas understanding 21 Kluster A+ exercise book.
TS: Identifying, Matching
(10 minute) Both teacher and pupils will discuss the exercise
together. SANV: Cooperative
Closure Recall and conclude Pupils were asked what they have learnt for the SPS: Making conclusions
today’s lesson day.
(5 minute) SANV: Thankful to God, Realizing
Teacher conclude the lesson today by giving that science is a means to
them reason why they must be thankful to God understand nature.
 because of Him, our Malaysian country still in
peace resulting from using technology wisely.
Reflection