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DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Date : 9 August 2008


Class : Year 3 Makmur
Enrolment : 35 Students
Topic : Soil
Learning Outcomes:
1. Design a fair test to compare how well water moves through sand, clay and garden soil by deciding what to
keep the same, what to change and what to measure.
2. Carry out the test and record the observations

Time required: 60 minutes

Science Process Skills / Manipulative Skills and Thinking Skills


- Observing
- Classifying
- Making inferences
- Generating ideas
- Communicating
- Interpreting data
- Making conclusions

Scientific Attitudes and Noble Values


- Having an interest and curiosity towards environment
- Being honest and accurate in recording and validating data
- Appreciating and practicing clean and healthy living
- Being systematic
- Being objective

Teaching and Learning Resources:

- Cylinder - Sand - Cotton wool - Clay


- Filter - Beaker - Stopwatch - Garden soil
Funnels
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Steps / Contents Teaching & Learning Activities Remarks


Phase

Orientation Recall pupil’s previous knowledge about 1. Teacher ask question to get pupil SPS:
content of the sand. attentions generating
5 Minutes a) What is the content of the soil ideas
children?
Answer: small stones, sand, silt,
clay, water, death plants and
animal (humus)
Eliciting Instruct the pupils to carry the test of 1. Teacher divides the student in 6 SPS:
Idea flow water through the different type of groups. Every group is given a observations
soil. sample of soil (clay, sand and
20 Minutes garden soil), cylinder, beaker, TS:
cotton wool, filter funnels, comparing,
stopwatch, and water. relating,
making
2. Teacher remind the student to decision
always keep clean when do an
experiment and do not drop a water
and soil into the table

3. Remind the pupils be careful when


handle the apparatus especially
those made from real glass like
cylinder and beaker.

4. Instruct the student to observe and


record the result of the test.
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Restructuri Compare the different type of soil have 1. Pupils compare the different Sps:
ng Idea different result of water level because level of water from the sample observation,
every soil have different size of particle. of soil. classifying,
(1105- making
1125) 2. Teacher remind the pupils in conclusions
order to make a fair test some of
20 minutes the variable must be take care Ts: comparing,
of such as, manipulative variable labeling,
and response variable. identifying

a) What things to keep the


same (Manipulative variable)
= mass of soil and time

b) What thing to change


(Response variable) = type of
soil

c) What thing to measure =


amount of water collected in
cylinder.

3. Pupils make a conclusion from


the experiment.

Conclusion: Water moved


through sand most easily,
followed by garden soil. Water
can hardly move through clay.
DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Application Every places containing different type 1. Teacher asks pupils the usage of Values: having
of soils such as garden soils, beach, the soil in our daily life. interest and
10 Minutes river and field. curiosity
a) Which soil most suitable to plant towards
a vegetable? Why? environment
b) Why we can’t plant a vegetable
inside sand soil?

c) What is the usage of clay?

Reflection / Recall the size of soil particle and Teacher summarizes today’s lesson. Values:
Closure conclusion from the experiment
Question: Having critical
5 minutes and analytical
1. Which soil has the largest, medium thinking,
and small particle? thinking
2. What is the conclusion from the rationally.
experiment?

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