DAILY LESSON PLAN YEAR 3 - SCIENCE

Date : 16 July 2008

Class : Year 3 Makmur
Enrolment : 39 Students
Time : 0750-0850
Theme : Learning About the World around Us
Topic : Absorption
Learning Objectives:

1. Pupils should learn the use of the materials to absorb water

Learning Outcomes:
1. Pupils can conclude that different material can absorb different amount of water.

Science Process Skills / Manipulative Skills and Thinking Skills

- Observing
- Classifying
- Making inferences
- Generating ideas
- Communicating

Scientific Attitudes and Values

- Having an interest and curiosity towards the environment
- Realizing that science is a mean to understand nature
- Being systematic being cooperative
- Appreciating and practicing clean and healthy living

Teaching and Learning Resources:

- Sponge - Newspaper
- Biker - Tissue paper

Steps / Contents Teaching & Learning Objectives Remarks

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Phase

Orientation Recall back the concept of the 1. Teacher asking student about SPS:
absorption materials that can absorb water Observing
(0750- and do not absorb water based on
0755) the previous experiment before TS: Analyzing,
Relating
5 Minutes Question:

a) What materials that absorb

water?

Answer: cotton wall, cloths,

mops, tissue paper, towel

b) What materials that do not

absorb water?

Answer: coin, plasticine, ping

pong ball, chalk, aluminium can

2. Teacher introduces THE USES OF

ABILITY OF MATERIALS TO ABSORB
WATER.

Eliciting Instruct the student to take a basket 1. Teacher divides the student in 6 SPS:
Idea that containing the materials for groups. Every group is given a observations
experiment basket that containing biker, tissue
(0755- paper, sponge and newspaper TS:
0815) comparing,
2. Teacher remind the student to relating,
20 Minutes always keep clean when do an making
experiment and do not drop a water decision
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into the table

3. Instruct the student to reading the

water level on the biker before
experiment and record it into the
table given.

4. Allow student to try by themselves

every materials given to absorb the
water in the biker given.

5. Instruct the student to record the

water level after the experiment
into the table.

6. Teacher ask student a question

Question.

a) Which bikes have less amount of

water?

b) Which bikers have more amount

of water?

Restructuri The materials that can absorb water 1. Teacher asks the students. Sps:
ng Idea observation
c) Which materials that absorb
(0815- more water than others? Ts: comparing,
0835) labeling,
d) Which materials that absorb less identifying
20 minutes water than others?
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2. Student conclude that:

a. _____________ absorb more water

than______________

b. _____________absorb more water

than ______________ and
______________

c. ______________ is the most

absorbent because it absorbed
the most amount of water.

Application Some of the materials can absorb water 1. Teacher show a video from year 3 Values: being
and some of them cannot absorb water courseware. honest and
(0835- accurate in
0845) 2. Teacher led discussion with student recording and
regarding the video validating
10 Minutes
data, being
cooperative

Reflection / Recall the material that absorb water Teacher summarizes today’s lesson. Values:
Closure Teacher asks further question to stimulate
students thinking Having critical
(0845- and analytical
0850) Question: thinking,
thinking
1. Why absorptions important in our rationally.
daily life?
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