Lesson Plan

Subject : Science

Year / Class : 4D

No. of Students : 36

Date : 22nd May 2009 (Friday)

Time : 9.30am – 10.30 am

Duration : 1 hour

Theme : Investigating Living Things

Learning Area : Living things undergo life processes

Learning Objectives : Understanding that animals have specific characteristics

and behaviour to protect themselves from extreme
weather.

Learning Outcomes
: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
(i) Identify specific characteristics and behaviour of
animals that protect them from very hot or cold
weather.
(ii) Describe how specific characteristics and behaviour
of animals help to protect them from very hot or
cold weather.

Prior Knowledge : Pupils have learnt and see the various animals in their
daily life.

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 projector, pictures, worksheets
Phases / Time Contents Teaching - learning Activities Remarks
Orientation Place of extreme weather. • Teacher shows pictures to the students. Teaching aids
(5 minutes) • Teacher asks the students: • Laptop, LCD projector
- Where is this place? Science process skills
- Can animals live in this place? • Observing
- What animals can live here? Thinking skills
• Teacher introduces the topic to the students. • Comparing and contrasting
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being thankful to God
Elicitation of Special characteristics that help protect them Activity 1 Teaching aids
Ideas from extreme weather. • Teacher explains the terms of characteristic and • Pictures
(15 minutes) - Thick layer of fat under the skin. behaviour of animals to the students. Science process skills
- Thick fur. • Teacher shows some pictures of animals. • Observing
- Wrinkled skin. • Teacher explains each characteristic and behaviour • Predicting
- Food and water stored in the form of body fat. of animals. Thinking skills
• Comparing & contrasting
Special behaviour that helps them to adapt from • Relating
extreme weather. Scientific attitudes / Noble
- Wallowing in mud or water. value.
- Migrating to a new habitat. • Thinking rationally.
- Hibernating. • Having critical and
analytical thinking
Restructuring Thick layer of fat under the skin Activity 2: Classifying Teaching aids
of Ideas - Whale - Polar bear • Teacher gives each student with a table. • Worksheet (Table)
(20 minutes) - Dolphin - Penguin • Teacher asks the students to complete the table with Science process skills
Thick fur - Polar bear name of animals. • Observing
- Sheep • Teacher observes the students activity. • Communicating
Wrinkled skin - Elephants • Teacher discusses with the students after the table Thinking skill
Fats in the humps - Camels completed. • Comparing and contrasting
Wallowing in mud and water • Visualising
- Buffaloes - Hippopotamuses Scientific attitudes / Noble
- Rhinoceroses value
Migrating - Swallows - White storks • Being cooperative
 Hibernate - Bear - Squirrels • Having critical and
analytical thinking
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident
Application To protect the animal from very cold weather: Activity 3: Practical book Teaching aids
(15 minutes) - Thick fur • Teacher asks the students to discuss in group • Practical book
- Thick layer of fat under its skin the worksheet in the practical book. Science process skills
To store food and water in order to survive in the • Teacher observes each group their progress. • Communicating
desert: • Teacher discusses with the students after they Thinking skill
- Have humps on its back completed the worksheet. • Relating
To get away from cold: Scientific attitudes / Noble
- Migrates from one place to another place. value
• Being cooperative
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident
Reflection Animals protect themselves from extreme • Teacher gives a worksheet for evaluation. Teaching aids
(5 minutes) weather. • Teacher picks some students to give the answer. • Worksheets
• Teacher discusses and concludes the lesson with Thinking skill
students. • Making conclusion
• Visualising
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident