INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU MALAYSIA TUANKU BAINUN, 14000 BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG.

KURSUS DALAM CUTI KDC-KDPM (PC/PJ/SC/KH) AMBILAN DISEMBER 2009

Title: Lesson Plan (Science Year 4)

Group Member: Lim Jie Lei Carlyn Lim 870427-04-5208 881115-04-5384

Chong Yee Lee 811004-04-5070 Goo Yen Mei 880824-04-5526

Toh Chiew Yee 840912-04-5220

Subject: Science 1

Class: 4M Number of pupils: 26 pupils Age: 10 years old Date: 12 Mac 2011 Time: 9:15a.m. 10.15a.m. (1 hour) Theme: Investigating Living Things Learning Area: Basic Needs of Humans Learning Objective: Understand that humans have four basic needs to stay alive. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, pupils should able to: a) Identify the basic needs of human being. b) Give reason why human being need food, water, air, and shelter. c) Describe types of shelters for humans. Integration: English Prior Knowledge: Pupils understand that humans being need food, water and air. They also know the reasons why human beings have basic needs. Scientific skills: Observing, Predicting, Communicating, Making Inferences, Interpreting data Critical thinking skills: Analyzing, making conclusions Scientific attitudes and values: Curiosity, Cooperative, Appreciative, Caring Multiple intelligent: Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Visual spatial, Naturalist Teaching Aid and Materials: 1) pictures 2) task sheet 3) work sheet

Time
Orientation (10 minutes)

Content
Attract students attention. Assesses students prior knowledge: Living things have basic needs. Teacher asks the question to pupils. Type of question: a) Q: What are they doing? A: Eating. b) Q: Why they need to eat? A: To stay alive.

Teaching & Learning Activities

Remarks

1. Teacher puts up hand to Appendix 1: get students attention. 2. Teacher shows picture. (refer to picture 1) 3. Teacher asks pupils what is Scientific skills: about the picture. 4. Pupils pay attention and answer what the teacher asks. Communicating Picture 1

Eliciting Ideas (10 minutes)

Pair work: The ways of the humans being to stay alive. Teacher asks the question to pupils. Type of question: a) Q: What will happen to that human after 1 week? A: He/she maybe will die. b) Q: Why will he/she

1. The students are divided into 13 pairs. 2. Teacher shows picture 2 to students. observe the picture of the jungle. someone lost in the jungle, predict the situation of that human after 1 week. 6. Teacher gives task sheet to the students. 3

Appendix 2: Picture 2 Appendix 3:

3. Teacher asks student to Task sheet Scientific skills: Communicating

4. Teacher tells student that Observing 5. Teacher asks student to Interpreting data Critical thinking skill: Analyzing

die? A: Because he/she do not have basic need to stay alive.

7. Students are required to discuss with their group members to find out the reason for their answer. 8. Students write down their answer.

Approach: Discussion carried out by students Attention: make sure all the members are actively involve Multiple intelligent: interpersonal, visual partial Scientific attitudes and values:

Restructuring of ideas (20 minutes)

Describe the four basic needs of humans being to stay alive. Food - Grow - Get energy - Get heat Water - Control the body temperature - Circulation of blood Shelter - Protect them from danger, sun, and rain. Air - Cannot breath in water

1. A

volunteer

from

Cooperative each Scientific skill: Observing Communicating their

group come out and try to explain their answer. 2. Teacher corrects mistakes and explains it more details to ensure the students mastery

the Critical thinking skills: analyzing Approach: socialization Multiple intelligent: interpersonal , intrapersonal

knowledge completely.

- Need air all the time. Application of Fill in the blank:

1. Teacher distributes the 4

Appendix 4:

ideas (15 minutes)

State the four basic needs of humans

worksheet.( refer to worksheet 1 ) 2. Pupils complete the worksheet. 3. Teacher discusses the answer with the pupils.

worksheet

Scientific skill: Observing Critical thinking skills: Analyzing Multiple intelligent: Visual spatial,

Reflection (5 minutes)

Summary of the lesson:

Intrapersonal 1. Teacher guide the students Scientific skill: to summarize the whole lesson learnt today. 2. Teacher imposes the value Critical thinking of appreciative the creation about ourselves. skills: conclusions Scientific attitudes and values: Appreciative, Caring Multiple intelligent: Naturalist, Intrapersonal of God and always care Analyzing, making 3. Teacher praise the class for the active participant in activities. 4. Students do reflection. Interpreting data

1. What are the four

basic needs of humans? Water, air, shelter and food.

2. What will happen to

humans if they do not get their basic needs? Humans will die.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Task Sheet 1
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1. What will happen to that human after 1 week?

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

2. Why will he/she die?

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE
7

Answer the question below.

1.

State the four basic needs of humans.

A B C D

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

a. _________________ gives us nutrients to make us grow and stay healthy. b. _________________ helps to maintain the body temperature.

c. We need_______________ to stay alive because it contains oxygen.

d. A_________________ protects us from bad weather and other dangers.