Student Teacher Science Lesson Planning Template

Sample Science Lesson Plan for observation

Date

15/ 3/ 2016

Time

9:10 am to 10:00 am

School

GEMS Westminster school

SST

Ms. Dhanya

Class

Grade 7

Lesson
unit/page

B1.7 The Skeleton

No of
students

30 girls

Student
teacher

Fatema Abdulla Alshehhi

Context of the lesson

This lesson is the lesson number 7 in this unit: Cell, Tissues and Organs.
Teaching goal
The overall aim of the lesson is to teach the skeleton system. What protect it, some of the skeleton function.
In addition, from what it made, and some parts of it.

Learning objective:

The ability to enumerate the functions of the skeleton.

The ability to identify some parts of the skeletal system.

Assumptions about prior learning

Student already know how the skeleton system look like.

They know some function of the skeleton system.

Anticipated problems and possible solutions

Some learners will not listen to the teacher when she explain because of the skeletal model in the
class.
They will find some difficult to remember the parts of the skeleton system.

Personal focus for this lesson

Time management
My science vocabulary
Target language

Skeleton
Bones
Marrow
Skull
Sternum
Rib
Humerus
Pelvis
Femur

Teacher language
List of what we going to have in this class
The steps for each activity and the instructions.

Main tasks or activities

Materials

1. Pink cards
Pencils.
Computer (PowerPoint).

1.Engage:
Investigation questions

(PowerPoint)
2.Explore:
Cut & pest work sheet
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPD4dKp14

2. Computer.
Speaker.
Worksheet
Waite cards
Pencils
Glue
Scissors

3.Explain:
Skeleton model
PowerPoint
4.Elaborate:
Make the human skeleton
PowerPoint

3. Skeleton model.
Computer (PowerPoint).

5.Evaluate:
Question jar
PowerPoint

4. Black sheets.
Aer Cotton
Glue
Computer (PowerPoint)
5. Jar.
Gifts.
Computer (PowerPoint).

Consider these grouping strategies:

Individual work
Pair work
Group work
Whole class

Consider where the children are working:

Moving around the classroom
At their desk

Planning Stages Within the 5-E Inquiry Model

Engage

PowerPoint
10 min
Key Question:
What inside us?
What is the systems we have in our body?
How we able to move?
From what we have this shape?
Opening activity to surface student thinking:
First, will put the class rule and the learning objective on the board. Will ask some students to read it after
that teacher will ask them if they know it or no.
Opening activity to engage student interest and/or clarify context of the investigations:
Teacher will put the main tasks on the board to make the students care about the lesson and active.
Questions for whole group discussion:
Teacher
(teacher will put the students in group of 4 and will put
the question on the board)

What inside us?

Student

(students will discuss the answer and write it on

small pink card)
They will think and put some old knowledge on that

What is the systems we have in our body?

How we able to move?
From what we have this shape?

and need to spend on it 4 5 min after that they will

present what they wrote to the whole class.

Explore

Cut & pest work sheet

Song "video"
15 min
Activities (list)

Driving Question

Erosion Made Easy

Independent
1. Group of four students work.
2. Individual writing notes.

How the skeletal system look like?

Teacher
Teacher will put and go throw the activity instruction
on the board, chose the groups, and handout the
worksheet.
Teacher will give each students a white card and she
will ask them to write a note on it from the video that
she will play it for them.

Student

What are the functions of our skeleton?

Can you identify a name various parts of skeletal
system?

Students will set as their group and after the

instructions, they will start working in this
worksheets.
Students will listen, watch the video, and write some
note on the card.
The students will copy the missing information from
After the video, teacher will put the main
information that she want the students to write them the board and stick the card on their notebook.
on the board.
Student Communication Product
-

Oral discussion for the worksheet.

Working on the cut &paste activity.
Explain

Skeleton model
PowerPoint
10 min
Content Media: (skeleton model, technology)
Clarifying Questions for Whole/Small Group Discourse:
What we call this thing? (the skeleton model)
From your note, what the name of this parts?
Student Communication Product (assessment):

Oral discussion about the skeleton model.

Teacher
Teacher will put in each group one skeleton model and
she will ask the student examine it and discuss about
it.
Teacher will explain the main part of the skeletal
system that the student should know.

Student
Students will examine the skeleton model and talk
about it.
Students will listen to the teacher and her explanation.

Elaborate

Make a human skeleton

PowerPoint
10 min

Activities:
Content Media: (PowerPoint
presentation)
Extending/Application
Questions for Whole/Small
Group Discourse:
- Can you design a human
skeleton?
- Do you remember the
skeleton parts that we
learned?

Teacher

Student

Teacher will put the student ingroup of two.

She will give the instructions,
after that the materials.
She will show them a model that
she made.

Students will set as the teacher

say.
They will follow the instructions.

Student Communication
Product (assessment):
poster
Evaluate

Question jar
PowerPoint
5 min
Skill/Reasoning Learning Objectives

Communication

Assessment Instrument
-

Investigation questions
While they are making the human skeleton
and writing the parts of it

Knowledge Learning Objectives

Assessment Instrument

The parts of human skeleton (the new words)

When the teacher is explaining the new words using

the PowerPoint presentation.

Teacher
Teacher will give the instruction for the activity.

Student

She will pick the name stick and choose a student to

come and take a question from the jar to answer it.
She will give a happy face for the correct answer.

Students will come, take a question, and answer it.