GROUP 2 LESSON PLAN OUTLINE LEARNING OBJECTIVES : LEARNING OUTCOMES : 2.1 To observe and recognize external features of plants.

. 1. Identify external features of a plant. 2. Make a list of the external features of a plant. 3. Record the external features of a plant in a table. TIME : 60 minutes SCIENCE PROCESS SKILL : 1. Observing 2. Communicating 3. Classifying TEACHING AIDS/RESOURCES: Plants, leaves , stems, flowers, CD, Notebook. Duration Set Induction (5 minutes) T&L Strategies Teacher shows a plant to the students. Instructions & Questioning T : In year 2 , you have learned about the parts of a plant. Class, I have a plant in my hand. Can you name this part of the plant? (teacher point to the root) S: root T: What about this part? S : (any response) T: What do you call this? S : (any response) T : And this? S : any response T : For each group, I will give you various types of stems, leaves and flowers. I want you to Resources A plant with flowers Duration

Development: Step 1 (10 minutes)

Teacher gives each group of students: a) Stems of different types b) Leaves of different shapes

Various types of stems, leaves and

c) Flowers of different colours

observe and record your observation in the table about the stems, leaves and flowers. stems leaves flowers A B A B A B T : I want each representative from every group to read the report then, paste it on the board.

flowers. Hand out.

Step 2 (20 minutes)

Teacher play the CD ROM. Teacher shows the screen viewing different kinds of trees. While watching the video, students list down the parts of the plant that they see on the screen. Teacher will pause at certain parts and ask question referring to the picture on the screen. Note: Teacher use Science Year 3 Teaching Courseware CD. Topic: Knowing the external features of plants.

T : Class, I want you to watch the screen carefully. Then I want you to list down the parts of the plant that you come across while watching it. T : Ali, what can you see in the picture? Ali: Flowers T: Class, repeat after me, Flowers Class: Flowers.

Science Year 3 Teaching Courseware Notebook

Step 3 (15 minutes)

Teacher instructs students to go outdoors to get samples of different types of stems, leaves and flowers. Group 1: woody stem

T: Class, You are going to do a group work. I want you to go out around the school compound, and get 2 samples of:

Group 2 : Group 3 : Group 4 : Group 5 : Group 6 : Group 7 : Group 8 :

soft stem Oval shaped leaves Long leaves. Small flowers Yellow flowers Red flowers Smooth leaves

Group 1: woody stem Group 2: soft stem Group 3: oval shaped leaves Group 4: long leaves Group 5: small leaves Group 6: yellow flowers Group 7: red flowers Group 8: smooth flowers Then, I want you to put the samples in a plastic bag , label and paste it on the board. T : As homework, I want everybody to do a scrap book. I want you to look for pictures of trees/plants of woody stem, soft stem, oval-shaped leaf, small leaf, big leaf, long leaf, red flower, yellow flower, purple flowers. Classify the pictures and paste them into your scrap book. Hand in your scrap book next week.

Closure (10 minutes)

Teacher asks students to make scrap book.