Date: 10th & 17th September, 2015

Subject: Biology

Class: Grade 9

No. of students: 23

Duration of lesson: 1hour 10 minutes

Unit topic: Sense Organs

Lesson Topic: Skin

Strategies: Lecture-Discussion, Direct Instruction, and Co-operative Learning

General Objectives: Students should gain knowledge about the skin.

Specific Objectives: From the slides shown, students should be able to:

1. List the sense organs in human beings.

2. Define stimulus and receptor.

3. Recognize that sense organs are made of cells sensitive to only one kind of

stimulus.

4. Identify the stimulus that affects each sense organ.

5. Identify and label the skin

6. List the different functions of the different parts of the skin.

7. Define the terms homoeothermic and poikilothermic.

8. Explain how the skin brings about temperature regulation.

9. Perform activities on the skin.

Previous Knowledge: Students are familiar with the osmosis, diffusion and active

transport.

Summary of Content:

Skin is the soft outer covering of vertebrates. Other animal coverings such as the

arthropod exoskeleton or the seashell have different developmental origin, structure and
chemical composition. The adjective cutaneous means "of the skin". In mammals, the

skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of

ectodermal tissue, and guards the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments and internal

organs. Skin of a different nature exists in amphibians, reptiles, and birds. All mammals

have some hair on their skin, even marine mammals which appear to be hairless.

Instructional Materials: Computer, and Multimedia Projector.

Procedure:

Step 1. (10 minutes) Teacher introduces the lesson and will lead a question and answer

session to ascertain students knowledge of sense organs and the skin

Step 2. (50 minutes) Teacher will develop the lesson.

 Teacher show presentation on sense organs

 Teacher helps students to relate the special structure to special function of the

different parts of the skin.

 Students will draw the skin.

Step 3. (10 minutes) Teacher will show different pictures of skin parts and relate them to

their functions.

Evaluation:

Teacher: The class went according to plan. I employed direct questioning and so

students were allowed to tell about what they knew. The lesson was delivered and

received well.
Student: Students were excited and interested in the lesson and all participated.

Lesson: The lesson was good students were allowed to ask questions and were motivated

to learn.