SCIENCE LESSON PLAN

Name : TING DING CHUN

Date : 06 October 2010
Class : Year 6 C
Number of pupils : 35
Time : 8:40a.m.-9:40a.m. (60 minutes)
Theme : Investigating Living Things
Learning area : Vanished and endangered
Learning objectives : Understanding the responsibility of human beings in protecting endangered species.
Learning outcomes : At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to：
1.Give example of endangered animals.
2.Explain why certain animals are facing the threat of extinction.
3.Suggest ways to prevent animals from extinction.
Explisit learning outcomes : 1.Pupils state two reasons why certains animals are facing the threat of
extinction.
2.Pupils give at least two ways to prevent animals from extinction.
Science process skills : Observing, classifying, communicating, making inferences, interpreting data
Thinking skill :Relating
Prior knowledge :Pupils have learned about the survival of the species in Year 5
Science attitudes & values : Appreciating the balance in nature, being responsible about the safety of oneself,
others and the environment, being cooperative
Teaching & learning resources : LCD(slaid powerpoint and word), projector, worksheets ( Appendix )
Teaching & learning strategies : Lecture, use of technology, discussion

Step / time Contents Teaching and Learning Activities Remarks

Activity 1:
Teaching resources:
Orientation Teacher shows the picture of 1.Teacher shows the picture of extinct LCD, projector
extinct animals.
(5 minutes) animals and guides pupils with
8:40a.m.- questions such as: Scientific process
8:45a.m. skill:
Q: Have you ever seen these
Observing,
animals? communicating
Q: When was the last time you see the
animal(s)? Teaching strategies:
Use of technology,
Q: Where did you see them?
discussion
Q: The ones you saw, were they reals
animals?
2.Teacher concludes that none of
these animals are alive today.We say
that these animals are extinct.
 Activity 2:
1. Teacher shows the picture of
Teaching resources:
Eliciting Ideas Teacher shows the picture of our
our local animals and explains LCD, projector
local animals.
(10 minutes) them to the pupils one by one.
8:45a.m.- 2. Teacher asks pupils: Scientific process
8:55a.m. skill:
Q: Have you ever seen these
Observing,
animals? communicating
Q: Do you know anything about these
animals? Teaching strategies:
Use of technology,
Q: Where do you normally see them?
discussion, lecture
3. Teacher concludes that these
animals are becoming less in
Science attitudes &
numbers and they are values :
Being responsible
endangered and may
about the safety of
eventually become extinct if oneself, others and the
environment.
they are not protected.
 Activity 3 :
Teacher explains why certain 1.Pupils divide into 5 groups.
Teaching resources:
Restructuring animals are facing the threat of 2.Teacher explains briefly about the LCD, projector,
Ideas Worksheet (Appendix
extinction and guides pupils to activity.
1)
(25 minutes) discuss the ways to prevent Activity:
8:55a.m.-9:20a.m.
animals from extinction in groups. According to the pictures given, state
Scientific process
*Three human activities that why these animals are hunted or killed skill:
Observing,
endanger animal species are: and suggest the ways to prevent
communicating，
1.illegal hunting animals from extinction. classifying
2.illegal logging Group Presentation:
3.development of land Example: Teaching strategies:
Use of technology,
*Ways of preventing: Animals Hunted for Way of
discussion, lecture
preventing
1.Avoid consuming or buying 1.Elephant Tusk 1.Avoid
products made from endangered buying
Science attitudes &
products
species. values :
made from
Being responsible
2.Organizing campaigns against part of about the safety of
excessive logging. elephant. oneself, others and the
2.
environment,
3.Enforcing law to protect the 3.
being cooperative
endangered species. *( Refer to Appendix 1 ) Thinking skill :
Relating
 Activity 4: Teaching Resource:
Worksheet
1. Teacher ask pupils to answer
(Appendix 2)
the worksheet*( Refer to
Appendix 2 )
Scientific Process
Application To evaluate pupils understanding. skill:
2. Pupils find the correct answer
ideas
from the bar chart and the Observing,
questions given. Communicating,
(15 minutes) Making inference,
9:20a.m.- Interpreting data
3. Pupils present their answers.
9:35a.m.
4. Teacher discuss the correct Thinking skill:
Relating
answer with pupils.

Activity 5: Teaching resources:

Closure LCD, projector
1. Pupils read together about the
Making conclusion *Concept map
( 5 minutes ) informations in the concept map (Appendix 3)
9:35a.m.-
9:40a.m. ( Wrap it up ).
Scientific attitudes:
*(Refer to Appendix 3 ) Appreciating the
balance in nature
2. Teacher conclude the lesson
and moral value.