SCIENCE LESSON PLAN

Date
: 12th May 2008
Time Required: 30 minutes
Class
: Year 5
Enrolment
: 21 students
Subject
: Science
Learning Theme : Investigating Materials
Learning Area : Acids and Alkalis
Learning Outcomes : At the end of the lesson the students will be able
1) to classify acidic substances, alkaline substances and neutral
substances using litmus paper and pH paper.
2) to identify the taste of acidic, alkaline and neutral food.
3) to draw conclusion on the properties of acidic, alkaline and
neutral substances.
Pre-requisite Knowledge: Students know some food taste.
Strategy
: Carry out experiment.
Scientific Skills / Thinking Skills:
Observing
Identifying
Classifying
Communicating
Comparing and contrasting
Relating
Making decision
Handling acidic and alkaline substances carefully and correctly
Scientific Attitudes and Values:
Interested and inquisitive about acidic and alkaline substances
Cautious
Learning aids and materials:
Lemon juice, carbonated drink, tea, coffee, soap, plain water, oil, rice, toothpaste,
sweets, ice, salt
12 petri dish
Litmus papers, pH papers
Mahjong papers and marker pens for students to classify
Pictures of variety of food and things

Phase/Time
Orientation
(3 minutes)

Contents
Introduction of food and
their tastes.

Teaching and learning

Remarks

activities/Scientific Skills
Teacher shows the students
pictures of variety of food.

SPS: Observing,
Experimenting,

Teacher asks:
- Do you know what is this?
- How does it taste/feel?
- How do you know
whether the thing is acidic,
alkaline or neutral?

Eliciting Idea
(10minutes)

Food with different tastes

Remind the students not to
eat the food samples.

Teacher tells the class that

todays lesson is about acids
and alkalis and they will do
some experiment on food.
Teacher divides students
into 4 groups of 5. Every
group is given some food
samples, 2 petri dishes,
litmus papers.

TS: Analyzing,
Relating

SPS: Observing,
Experimenting,
TS: Analyzing,
Relating

Teacher asks the students to

taste the food and feel
inedible things on their
own. 3 items for each
person only.
Teacher asks the students to
write down their
observation in the table.

Constructing
(10 minutes)

Instruct the students to

carry out the experiment.

Teacher asks the pupils to

predict the tested food and
the touch of inedible things
whether is acid, alkaline or
neutral substances.
Teacher demonstrates the
technique of dipping the
litmus papers and pH papers
into the food samples.
Allow time for students to
taste the food samples and

SPS:
Experimenting,

dip the litmus papers into

the food samples.

Application
Idea
(5 minutes)

Reflection
(2 minutes)

Observing

TS: Comparing,
Teacher asks the pupils to
Relating,
write down their experiment Making decision
observation in the table.
MS: Handling
Teacher discusses the
specimens
findings with the pupils and
explains the uses of litmus
papers and pH paper.
Teacher
Questions
demonstrates
1. Did you enjoy the
using litmus
experiment?
papers and pH
2. Do all food taste the
papers to pupils.
same?
3. What can you observe
Pupils use only
from the litmus papers? litmus papers
due to limitation
of pH paper.
Relate acidic and alkaline
Teacher asks further
SPS: Relating,
food and apply into daily
question to stimulate
Inferring.
life.
students thinking.
Making decision
Questions:
1. When a person is
hungry, the stomach
produces ? (acid)
2. What will happen
if/she/she drinks
orange juice when
he/she is hungry?
3. How do you feel
when you touch
alkaline substances?
Make sure the students able Teacher asks students to
SPS:
to classify acidic
summarize todays lesson.
Identifying,
substances, alkaline
Question:
Classifying,
substances and neutral
1. What are the properties
Communicating,
substances; identify the
for acidic, alkaline and
Comparing,
taste of acidic, alkaline and neutral substances?
Making decision
neutral food; and
2. How do you know
understand the properties
whether the things around
of acidic substances,
us are acidic, alkaline and
alkaline substances.
neutral?
3. Can you classify the
things into their groups?

acidic, alkaline, neutral

INSTITUT PERGURUAN PERSEKUTUAN PULAU PINANG

SCIENCE KKBI

: LESSON PLAN

MACRO-TEACHING

Name

: Tan Sher Beth

No. K/P

: 840521-07-5000

Opsyen

: KPLI

Kumpulan : LISN - 3
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