Lesson Plan

Subject : Science

Year / Class : 4D

No. of Students : 36

Date : 15th 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 danger.

Learning Outcomes : At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
(i) Identify special characteristics of animals that
protect them from danger.

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 The name of animals. • Teacher shows a video of an animal. Teaching aids
(5 minutes) • Teacher introduces the topic to the students. • Laptop, LCD projector
Science process skills
• Observing
Thinking skills
• Comparing and contrasting
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being thankful to God
Elicitation of Special characteristic of animals that protect Activity 1 Teaching aids
Ideas them from danger. • Teacher gives each student with pictures of animals. • Pictures
(10 minutes) • Teacher explains and discusses with the students the Science process skills
characteristics of animals that protect them from • Observing
danger. • Predicting
Thinking skills
• Comparing & contrasting
• Relating
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value.
• Thinking rationally.
• Having critical and
analytical thinking
Restructuring Special characteristic of animals that protect Activity 2: Classifying Science process skills
of Ideas them from danger. • Teacher asks the students to discuss in group and • Observing
(20 minutes) classify the animals in a table. • Communicating
• Teacher discusses with the students to check the Thinking skill
classification. • Comparing and contrasting
• Visualising
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being cooperative
• Having critical and
analytical thinking
 • Thinking rationally
• Being confident
Application Animals with special characteristics. Activity 3: Adding information Science process skills
(15 minutes) • Teacher asks the students to list down other • Communicating
animals that have the same characteristic. Thinking skill
• Teacher discusses with the students about the • Relating
animals listed. Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Being cooperative
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident
Reflection Animals with special characteristics • Teacher gives a worksheet for evaluation. Teaching aids
(10 minutes) • Teacher discusses and concludes the lesson with • Worksheets
students. Thinking skill
• Making conclusion
• Visualising
Scientific attitudes / Noble
value
• Thinking rationally
• Being confident