SCIENCE YEAR 4 LESSON PLAN (CONSTRUCTIVIST MODEL) Date Time Class Enrolment Learning Theme Learning Area Learning

Outcome : 5 May 2009 : 9 a.m to 10 a.m : 4 Bestari : 30 /30 students : Life Science : Life Cycles of Animals : At the end of the lesson students will be able to 1. animals. 2. State tree out of four animals may have different life cycles. Time required Strategy : 60 minutes : Field Trip, Group Activity Describe tree out of four life cycles of different

Science Process Skills and Thinking Skills: 1. Observing 2. Identifying 3. Comparing and contrasting 4. Relating Science Attitudes and Values: 1. Being responsible about the safety of oneself, others and the environment. 2. Appreciative 3. Being thankful to God 4. Being cooperative Learning Aids and Materials: 1. Drawing pad 2. Picture of the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, mosquito and chicken 1

3. Chart Steps / Phase (time) Set Induction (7 minutes) Field trip to Science Garden. Contents Teaching and Learning activities Teacher divides students into 6 groups of 5. Each group has to find a place to sit at science garden. Teacher ask: a) Children, what can you see around you? Expected answers: Plants Flowers Pond Grass Fish Tortoise Butterfly Grasshopper Tadpole Snail Birds Precaution: Students must stay in the group all the time. Do not make noise. Teacher asks students to go back to the class and sit in the group given. (Students will start to analysze 2 Teacher constructs students to list out 10 things they can see in the science garden for 2 minutes. (Students list down the things they can see in a group). Allow students to look at the tadpole in the pond. b) Could you see the animals at the Science Garden? c) Could you find the tadpole in the pond? Moral value: Cooperative TS: Analyzing Relating SPS: Observing Remarks

teachers action). Steps / Phase (time) Eliciting Idea (13 minutes) Picture of animals Selected animals: Caterpillar Butterfly Tadpole Frog Chick Hen Teacher asks: a) What can you observe from the picture? b) What is the relationship between the caterpillar with butterfly, tadpole with frog and chick with hen? Teacher tells the students that todays lesson is about life cycles of animals. Teacher construct the students to draw a life cycle from the animals they have listed just now on drawing pad provided. (One group for one life cycle) Material: Chart, Drawing pad Contents Teaching and Learning activities Teacher shows the students a picture of animals such as caterpillar, butterfly, tadpole, frog, chick and hen. Moral values: Being cooperative SPS: Observing Relating Remarks

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(time) Restructuring Idea (20 minutes) The Life Cycles of several animals Chicken

activities Teacher asks the students to display the life cycles that they did before for discussion with friends. Teacher shows pictures of the life cycle of a chicken, butterfly, frog and mosquito. Teacher asks the students: What is the life cycle shows? What does the animal undergo different stages in their life cycle? Teacher showing through the slide show with content knowledge relate to the lesson. Materials: Teacher asks students: Do you look like your parents? Teacher asks the students to give one example of an animal with the young that i. ii. looks like their parent do not look like their parent Chart, Power Point - LCD Mosquito Moral values: thankful with Gods creation, and Frog Being cooperative TS: Comparing Identifying Butterfly SPS: Observing TS: Comparing

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(time) Application (15 minutes) Students need to complete the worksheet that has been given in a groups. Expected answer: (a) The body shape of a caterpillar is very different from a butterfly. Unlike a butterfly, a caterpillar does not have wings. (b) Larva (Caterpillar) Group activities

activities Teacher constructs each group to do the worksheet. After they have finished, one student for each group have to tell the class the answer for each question. Materials: Teacher led discussion of the correct answers. Teacher asks further question to stimulate students thinking: a) What are the differences between a caterpillar and a butterfly? b) At what stage is the main feeding stage of butterfly? Worksheet Moral Values: Being cooperative and dedication

Reflection (5 minutes)

Recall the life cycle of Teacher asks the students to animals summarize todays lesson.

Values: Inquisitive about their environment.

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