Table 9: The Structure of a typical Primary School Science Lesson.

Comment on:

Greetings

Introduction to
LOs/SOs/ revision
of prior learning

Focus on a
specific
content/Key
terms/ process
Methods of
teaching and
engagement

Exploratory
Activities

Monitoring,
supporting and
assessing
learning

What the Science

Teacher does.
(include a photo of each
stage)

The teacher greet the

students in the
beginning of the
classroom.

What the
Students do.

(include a photo of
each stage)

The students
stand up from
their place to
greet their
teacher.
In the beginning of the The students
lesson the teacher
were follow
wrote the learning
their teacher
objective on the board and ask her
and explain it to the
what they are
students.
doing today.
The teacher engage
The students
the students by ask
were rising
them a questions
their hand to
about the previous
answer the
lesson. She ask each
questions.
student in the
classroom a question
to make sure that they
are understand the
lesson.
The teacher give each The students
group a thermometer
follow their
to measure the
teacher and
temperature on the
they take the
classroom. And then
thermometer
they compare it with
and recode the
the temperature
data down.
outside the classroom.
The teacher move
The students
around the students
answer the
and ask them about
teacher
the temperature that
question and
they have it in their
show her their
thermometer and ask
thermometer
them where is the
to see that
temperature was high their answer is
inside or outside the
right.
classroom and why.

Comments
Document what you found interesting; any
issues that arose and how they were
resolved; Would you have taught any part
of this lesson differently?

The students were respectful

to their teacher.

The students show their

teacher they are understand
what they are going to take
today.
The students were active
with their teacher and
answer her questions.

The students were work

cooperate with each other.

The students were active with th

lesson. They answer the teacher
questions and they give her the
production of why the
thermometer has a high
degree outside the classroom.

Finishing off
Review / Recap

The teacher make the

students sit quietly in
their place and she
tell them to write
down what they
understand from
today lesson.

Goodbyes and
transitions to the
next lesson

The teacher choose

some students to read
what they wrote and
she ask them a
question on what they
wrote.

the students
sit quiet in
their place and
starting to
write what
they
understand
from the
lesson
The students
stand up and
read what they
wrote in front
of their
classroom.

The student show their teacher

That they understand the
lesson.

The students were active and

they asking their teacher about
they are going to take next class