DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Date : 9 July 2008

Class : Year 3 Makmur
Enrolment : 39 Students
Time : 0750-0850
Theme : Learning About the World around Us
Topic : Absorption
Learning Objectives:

1. Pupils should learn that some material can absorb water

2. Some materials can absorb water more than others

Learning Outcomes:
1. Pupils can identify materials that absorb water
2. Pupils can design a fair test to test the ability of different materials in absorbing water by deciding what to
keep the same, what to change and what to measure
3. Pupils can carry out and record the observations
4. Pupils can form a conclusions based on the observations
5. Pupils can explain how they arrive at the conclusion
6.
Science Process Skills / Manipulative Skills and Thinking Skills
- Observing
- Classifying
- Making inferences
- Generating ideas
- Communicating

Scientific Attitudes and Values

- Having an interest and curiosity towards the environment
- Realizing that science is a mean to understand nature
- Being systematic being cooperative
- Appreciating and practicing clean and healthy living

Teaching and Learning Resources:

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- Cotton - Coins
wall
- Aluminum - Paper
can
- Tissue - Plasticine
paper
- Ball - Towel

Steps / Contents Teaching & Learning Objectives Remarks

Phase

Orientation Demonstrates to the pupils about 1. Teacher accidently fall a cup of SPS:
absorption happen water in to the floor and ask the Observing
(0750- volunteer pupils to wipe it using
0755) different materials such as paper TS: Analyzing,
and towels Relating
5 Minutes
2. Students study the activities from
the accident

3. Teacher asks questions regarding

the accident happen.

Eliciting Instruct the student to take a basket 1. Teacher divides the student in 6 SPS:
Idea that containing the materials for groups. Every group is given a observations
experiment basket that containing cotton wall,
(0755- coins, aluminium can, paper, tissue TS:
0815) paper, plasticine, ping pong ball comparing,
and towel relating,
20 Minutes making
2. Teacher remind the student to
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always keep clean when do an decision

experiment and do not drop a water
into the table

3. Allow student to try by themselves

every materials given to absorb the
water in the biker given.

4. Teacher ask student a question

Question.

a) What material that can absorb more

water?

b) What material those absorb less

water?

c) What materials that can’t absorb

water?

5. Ask the student to record the result

into the table of activity given

Restructuri The materials that can absorb water 1. Teacher asks the students. Sps:
ng Idea observation
2. What materials that can absorb
(0815- water other than listed before? Ts: comparing,
0835) labeling,
3. Continue with this line of identifying
20 minutes questioning until the student
understands and concept of
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absorption.

4. Teacher giving a worksheet to the

pupils and ask them to list all the
material that can absorb water and
can’t absorb water.

Application Some of the materials can absorb water 1. Teacher show a video from year 3 Values: being
and some of them cannot absorb water courseware. honest and
(0835- accurate in
0845) 2. Teacher led discussion with student recording and
regarding the video. validating
10 Minutes
data, being
cooperative

Reflection / Recall the material that absorb water Teacher summarizes today’s lesson. Values:
Closure Teacher asks further question to stimulate
students thinking Having critical
(0845- and analytical
0850) Question: thinking,
thinking
1. Why absorptions important in our rationally.
daily life?