5E Model Science Lesson Plan Date : 12 Jun 2011 Time : 7.40 8.40 am Class : 4 Mullai No.

. of pupils : 30 pupils Subject : Science Theme : Investigating Living Things Learning Area : Animals and plants protect themselves Topic : Survival Learning Objective : At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to understand that animals have specific characteristics and behaviour to protect themselves from danger. Learning Outcomes: Pupils will be able to: i) Name five types of specific characteristics and behaviour of animals to protect from danger. ii) Make a model of an imaginary animal that has special characteristics that protect it from its enemies.

Prior Knowledge:
Pupils know from previous lessons that animals need to attack and defend

themselves.

Scientific Skills:

Science Process Skills: Observing, Predicting, Interpreting data, Communicating and Relating. Thinking Skills: Attributing, Predicting, Relating and Visualizing. Manipulative Skills: Use and handle the materials and objects.

Scientific attitudes and noble values:

a) Being cooperative in group.

b) Responsible in carrying out the task given. c) Being responsible about the safety of oneself, others and environment. d) Daring to try. e) Being confident and independent.

Teaching and learning resources: Three garden snail, pictures of animals, manila card, slide show, empty can drinks of various sizes, sponge, toothpicks, cotton wool, clear plastic bottle and worksheet.

Safety Precautions: a) Keep an eye on towards pupils safety. b) Make sure pupils are using materials correctly.

Phase/Time Engage (5 minutes)

Content Behaviour of garden snail

Teaching and Learning Activities Teacher will bring three garden snails to class.

Remarks T&L Resources:

Teacher asks some volunteers to come in front and Three garden snails touch the garden snail. Pupils observe what happen to the garden snail. Teacher ask question: What garden snail did just now? Why it do like that? Teacher start the lesson based on pupils answers. SPS Observing, Predicting TS Predicting,

Relating

Explore (10 minutes)

Special behavior of animal to Teacher will divided pupils into five groups. protect itself from danger Animal Specific characteristics/ behaviour Buffalo Cockroach

T&L Resources: of animals,

Then teacher will gave one manila card to each Pictures group.

Manila Card

Pupils have to write their prediction on the special SPS behaviour of animal to protect itself from danger in the table provided. After 5 minutes teacher will collect the manila card Observing, Predicting TS - Predicting

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and paste it on white board, Teacher will compare their prediction. At the same time, teacher will correct pupils predictions.

Explain (20 minutes)

Function of special behaviour of Teacher will show slide show to explain about today T & L Resources: animals enemies. to protect it from topic. Teacher asks few question and pupils will answer it during the slide show presentation. Slide Show Teacher will explain the function of each of behaviour of animals. Then teacher ask few pupils to act as animal. Slide show SPS Observing, Communicating, Predicting, Interpreting data Attributing,

Pupils have to guess what the animal is and how to TS protect itself. Teacher will correct pupils answer and gives

Relating, Predicting

explanation. Elaborate Model on an imaginary animal Teacher divides pupils into group of five. that protect themselves from T&L Resources:

(15 minutes)

danger.

Teacher provides each group materials such as Empty can drinks of empty can drinks of various sizes, sponge, toothpicks, various sizes, sponge, cotton wool and clear plastic bottle. Pupils have to make a model of an imaginary animal using the materials given. toothpicks, cotton wool and clear plastic bottle SPS Observing, Prediction,

Pupils have to explain the behaviour of the imaginary Relating animal. TS Predicting, Visualising,

Relating,

and Communicating Evaluate (10 minutes) Conclusion protection Worksheet about animal Teacher will give pupils a worksheet. T&L Resources:

Pupils given few minutes to finish up the question in Worksheet the worksheet. Pupils answer the question individually. SPS Relating Attributing,

Teacher will call the volunteers in the class to answer TS the question. Teacher concludes the topic and asks few questions on topic that learnt. Teacher will evaluate pupils understanding with the

Relating

answer given by them.