A lesson plan for teaching Science Process Skill - Classifying

Year: 4
Duration: 1 hour
Theme: Investigating Living Thing
Title: Plants reproduce
Learning Objectives: Understanding the lie processes that plants undergo
Learning Outcomes: !t the end o the lesson" pupils #ill be able to
e$plain :%
i& #h' plants need to reproduce
ii& pupils #ill be able to predict #hat #ill happen i plants
do not reproduce
iii& pupils #ill be able to e$plain the various #a's plants
reproduce
Teaching aids: pictures o plants (e)g) *r'oph'llum" banana plant" pineapple
plant"
balsam plant" durian tree" ern" hibiscus" rose plant" begonia"
tapioca plant" onion" potato and ginger)&
+cience Process +,ills: observing" classi'ing" communicating" predicting"
e$perimenting
-oral values: .aving an interest and curiosit' to#ards the environment
!ppreciating the balance o nature
/ritical and /reative Thin,ing +,ills: !ttributing" comparing and contrasting"
grouping and classi'ing
Phase 3: Restructuring of ideas (15 minutes
1) !s, the pupils to:
a& +tud' the plants sho#n)
b& 0ind out ho# the plants reproduce) !s, them to record their
observation in the given table) Discuss their indings)
c& /lassi' the dierent #a's b' #hich plants reproduce)
T: 1ames the plants in the activit' card)
P: *r'oph'llum" banana plant" pineapple plant"
balsam plant" durian tree" ern" hibiscus" rose plant" begonia"
tapioca plant" onion" potato and ginger
T: .o# the plants reproduce2
P: *' seeds" stems%cutting" spores" underground stem" etc)
T: +it in 'our o#n group and record 'our observation in the given
table) /lassi' the dierent #a's b' #hich plants reproduce) 3e #ill
discuss the indings in 4 minutes)
Phase !: Applications (1" minutes
1. 3h' are these ideas important or sel 5development2
a& .o# can 'ou appl' the ,no#ledge o reproduction2
(-a,e 'our o#n garden&
b& .o# can plants reproduction help 'ou to save 'our amil' budget2
(To earn income and ood suppl'&
c& 3hat are the prospects o choosing horticulturist as a career2
2. 3h' are these ideas important or academic development2
a& 3hat #ill happen to the #orld i plants do not reproduce2
(1o ood suppl' or man and certain animals&
b& 3h' is reproduction important to the agricultural industries2
(To suppl' ood and 'ield income to the countr'&
c& 3h' plants reproduce2
(To ensure the survival o their species)&
Phase 5: #$aluation (5 minutes
1) !s, pupils to state ho# the seeds o plants (papa'a plant" lallang" coconut
plant& are dispersed)
6) !s, pupils to e$plain ho# dierent plants reproduce in dierent #a's)

Reflections: Pupils are able to classi' the dierent #a's b' #hich plants
reproduce)