DAILY LESSON PLAN FOR YEAR 4 KSSR SCIENCE (Model 5-Phase Needham)

Subject : Science

Class : Year 4 Bestari

Number of pupils : 30 pupils (13 boys & 17 girls)

Date & time : 27th September 2017 (Wednesday) / 9.45-10.45a.m (1 hour)

Theme Learning Area : Technology and Sustainability of Life

Content standard : 10.3 Contribution of Technology to Humans

Learning standard : At the end of the lesson, pupils are able to generate idea on advantages and disadvantages of technology
by observing various media

Pre-requisite knowledge : In the previous lesson, pupils have learnt about development of technology in the field of
agricultural, transportation, construction, communication and medicine as well as their importance.

Teaching strategy/method : Constructivism strategy / Discussion method.

Science process skills : Observing & communicating.

Manipulative skills : None

Thinking skills & thinking strategies: Attributing, making conclusions, relating, making generalisation, making analogies & conceptualising.

Scientific attitudes & noble values : Cooperative, have critical and analytical thinking, being flexible and open-minded, appreciate the
contribution of science and technology
Teaching & learning aids : Videos, LCD projector, screen, pictures, magazines, newspapers, marker pens and Mahjung papers.

Phase / time Contents / Concepts Teaching & Learning Activities Remarks / Comments

1. Orientation Technologies improve over 1. Show a video entitled ‘From Stone Age to Tech Age: SPS: Observing &
time to improve the standards The Big Ideas that Shaped History’ to the pupils. Communicating.
(10 minutes)
of human life. 2. Ask pupils to give opinion:
TS: Attributing, Relating,
i. What are the examples of technology related to
Analysing & Comparing
the videos that you can see around you?
ii. How the technology shown in the video does Values: critical and analytical
improve your life? thinking
iii. Does technology shown in the video only bring
advantages to our life? Teaching & learning aids:
Video, LCD projector and
screen

2. Eliciting ideas Aside from advantages, 1. Divide pupils into five groups SPS: Making inference,
technology also bring harm to 2. Each group will get a piece of Mahjung paper and communicating & interpreting
(15 minutes)
human life in many aspects colourful marker pens. data.
such as social, physical, 3. Each group draw lots on five different field of
TS: Attributing, relating,
spiritual, emotion and technology which are land transportation, water
analysing &
intellectual aspects. transportation, construction, medicine and
agriculture.
 4. Each group will get four pictures of different
Values: Being cooperative,
technology in the same field that has been chosen
have critical and analytical
to be pasted on the paper.
thinking
5. Write its advantages and disadvantages for each
pictures. Teaching & learning aids:
Mahjung papers, various
pictures of different
technology and colourful
marker pens.

3. Restructuring Advantages and Gallery Walk SPS: Communicating

ideas disadvantages of technology.
TS: Analysing,
1. Paste the Mahjung papers on the wall as shown in
(15 minutes) conceptualising
the figure below.

Values: Cooperative

Teaching & learning aids:

Mahjung papers, marker pen,
Tack-it, pictures

2. Each group will choose a leader to stay at their

station and explain the ideas.
 3. Other members of each group will move to next
station in turn shown by the arrow in the figure
below.

4. Application of Discussing the advantages 1. Teacher shows an advertisement video of Vivo V5 SPS: Communicating &
ideas and disadvantages in real life smart phone and ask the pupils: observing.
situation from various media.
(15 minutes) TS: Rational, making
analogies.

Values: Being flexible and

open-minded.

Teaching & learning aids:

i. What field does the smart phone categorized in?
videos, LCD projector,
ii. If smart phones are not invented yet, what will
screen, newspaper &
human use to communicate?
magazines.
iii. Can you survive without using smart phone?
Why?
 2. Teacher shows an award ceremony’s article from
magazines and newspaper of Kuala Lumpur SEA
Games 2017 and ask the pupils:
i. Can you identify the technology present in the
video?
ii. If that technology is not developed yet, how will
our country organize the SEA Games?

5. Reflection 1. Teacher guides pupils to summarize what they have SPS: Communicating,
learnt at the end of the lesson. predicting, interpreting data
(5 minutes)
2. Ask questions to five different pupils:
TS: Making generalization
i. How is your life without using technology?
and conclusion,
ii. How is your life with technology?
conceptualising
3. Write their answers on the whiteboard.
4. Choose one pupil and ask: Values: Appreciating the
i. What can you relate yourself and technology contributions of science and
based on your friends’ ideas just now? technology
TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES

1. Videos:
a) From Stone Age to Tech Age: The Big Ideas That Shaped History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u43zr_7Y0ts

b) Vivo V5 Smartphone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYAAkCrimEk

2. Article entitled ‘National Para Cyclists Now Eye Bigger Asian-Level Competition’ from The Star Online Newspaper.

3. Article entitled ‘Sekolah Bekal Atlet Sukan SEA’ from Pendidik Ogos 2017 magazine.

4. Pictures:

a) Land transportation
b) Water transportation

c) Construction

d) Medicine
e) Agriculture