Level: Discoverer (2.

5-4 years old)

Mechanical arm
Lesson Plan

Content Objective: Explore the function of joints in our body

4C’s skills supported

 Communication : Able to respond to teachers’ instruction appropriately and express ideas,
information, and emotions in an acceptable manner.
 Creativity : Able to be playful and imaginative with the project.
 Critical thinking : Able to recall the information given as well as choosing the right materials for
each problem.
 Collaboration : Able to take turns and cope well within peers and teachers during the
session.

Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics

Provide Provide Provide

Provide Provide
opportunities for opportunities for opportunities for
opportunities for opportunities for
students to learn students to explore students to learn
students to use the students to modify
about the function the mechanism of about how many
mechanical arm the look of the arm
of joints in human an artificial human joints in the artificial
properly structure.
body arm arm

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 Time Session Activity Tools / Materials
- Welcoming (welcome to i-engineer class) - Label Nama + spray
- Gathering the kids : everybody sit down, sit down - Video youtube
5 - Sing : if you’re happy, clap your hand - Playmat
Starter
minutes - Sing : I’ve got the rhythm
- Sing: Let’s all clap

- Prepare the mystery box Mystery box : skeleton with

- Sing : box, box open the box joints Commented [ML1]: mau bikin baru pake skeleton? Atau pakai
- Teachers talk: yg lama cewek cowok?
- What is this? (human body)
- What part is this? (hand)
10
Question - What part is this? ( leg)
minutes
- What part is this? (joint)
- What is joint?(Joint is is the connection made between bones in the
body)
- Why do we have joints? ( we have joints so our body can move easily) Commented [ML2]: Nice critanya related, cuma aku lg mikir
apa ada yg bisa langsung relate ke si joint. . then come up with this:
- Sing: Story time’s here, how about you? Siapin boneka dr karton, 1 pake joint, 1 tanpa joint.
- Kids call Pam and Sam
- High five/shake hand with Pam and Sam Pam is playing with his favourite doll (keluarin yg tanpa joint)
- Narrator: one day pam and sam are dancing together. Not long after that sam got home and ask: what are you doing?
Pam: I’m playing with my doll but look at her hand! Why cant she
- (show that pam and sam are dancing together) move her arms like us? (tunjukin kalo human bisa bend their arms, t
- Narrator: but, while they are jumping and spinning, jumping and spinning, psi bonekanya gbs)
suddenly they are hit each other and pam fall down. (with incorrect Sam: oh that’s because she doesn’t have joint.
hand posture) Pam: Joint? Can you hear that friends? Repeat after me: Joint!
-Sam: ya. Joints hold our bones together and allow our
- Pam: oh no, when I fall down I think I hurt my hand. bones mobility, that is why we can move only our
5 - Sam: are you okay pam? Where is hurt? hand up and down (show it), while our arms stay still.
Think
minutes - Pam: my hands hurt and I cannot lift up my hand because it hurts. or Other example is we can bend our knees that’s
- Sam: i think it’s your hand’s joint, pam because of joints.
let me attach the joint for her. (lalu keluarin boneka yg ada
- Pam: joint? What is joint sam? jointnya, tunjukin side by side yg 1 bisa gerak tanpa joint, 1 lg gbs)
- Sam: joint is a structure in the human body at which two parts of the -Pam: ohh.. now I understand, we can move our bones
skeleton are fitted together. easily because we have joints. Thanks to joint, my
- Pam: what is the function of joint sam? doll’s arm can move
- Sam: Joints hold our bones together and allow our bones mobility, that is Ini contoh aku kepikiran aja, u r the lead teacher, u can
why we can move only our hand up and down (show it), while our arms decide mana yg kira2 lbh memudahkan anak utk
stay still. or Other example is we can bend our knees that’s because of paham ttg konsep join.
joints.
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 - Pam: ohh.. now I understand, we can move our bones easily because we
have joints.
- Sam: yes pam. Now I will take you mom, to take care of your hand.

Say bye bye pam, bye bye sam.

Watching video:
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXrI-LBH60 Commented [ML3]: Krn videonya Panjang pst ada bagian yg
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb-xEHRNd28 mau di highlight dan ada yg mau di ommit, cba bantu tulis menit ke
brp n briefly singkat apa yg mau di bahas dr video tsb.

Teacher’s talk: now you know that our joint is important for our body mobility. I personally feel it’s a creepy video apalagi yg bagian depan sound
- Worksheet: effectnya itu kayak horror : (

5 biasanya cari yg lbh interaktif, kalo yg ini kau ketemu

Plan
minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un_iG74R_TI

di menit ke 1:10 and 1:37 bs anak2 ikutin gayanya. .

- Distribute stick ice cream - Stick ice cream (6 sama ini ttg bionic arm bisa ksh show ke ank2 bagi org2 yg gapunya
- Distribute skewer stick per kids) tangan mrk bs pake fake arm yg ada jointnya jg.
- Let the kids make the construction - Bottle cap for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgTwa3CPrIE&t=461s
- Distribute paper separator handle
- Distribute clay - Skewer for screw Commented [ML4]: This one i think suitable for 9-10 yo kid.
20
Create - Distribute bottle cap for handle - Clay Commented [ML5]: now you know that our joint is
minutes
- Distribute bottle cap for grabber and glue gun to the arm - Pemotong skewer important for our body to move. So what happen if
- - Paper separator someone loose its arm? Let’s watch the video!
- Bottle cap for Commented [ML6]: Nanti workseetnya aku akan bikin
grabber nempelin sticker orange di joint2, ini bisa sambal latihan gerakin
- Glue gun jointya.
- Check all the projects already complete each kid
5 - Improve activity:
minutes Test + Improve Collect item with the artificial arm
Object: pom pom ball Commented [ML7]: Selain pom pom ada lg kah? Kalo ada yg
lbh menarik blh jg, kbtulan pom2 mahal klo bli bnyk :p

Teachers talk: -
- What have you made today? Commented [ML8]: Dilengkapi ya, back to the purpose
- tujuannya apa, maka pertanyaan review mengarah ke sana
10 Review + - Parachute:
minutes Conclusion Everyone hold the edge of the parachute
Ready? Let’s swing the parachute up, and down, up and down
And begin to sing:
Up and down and shake shake shake
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 Shake to the left and shake to the right,
Up and down and shake3x

Okay say bye2 parachute

Bye2 friends
Bye2 teachers see you next time!

Clean up the playmat kalo ada yg kena kotor (lap2 ga hrs kinclong at
least bersih aja)
rapihin barang2 lg ke tempatnya

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