Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 4

I. Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

a. link the energy use of living objects to the sun

b. cite the benefits of the sun to living things
c. infer the effect of sun to plant growth

II. Learning Content

A. Topic: The importance of the Sun
B. Materials: Day and Night Model, ppt, picture
C. Reference: Science 4

III. Learning Experience

Teachers Activity Pupils Activity

A. Preliminary Activities
a. Prayer
Let us all stand for the prayer.
b. Checking of Attendance
c. Checking of Assignments

B. Review
Last topic we discussed about the Sun. where It is located at the center of the solar system.
does the sun located in the Solar System?

Very Good!

What is the source that we can get from the Heat and light
sun?

C. Drill
Identify what part of the sun located each item.

Flare
Convection zone

Photosphere Sunspot

Core Prominence

D. Motivation

I have here a model of a globe where you can see

the sun and moon. What will happened if half of
the Earth facing to the sun?
 There is light!
Very Good!

Is the sun important to us?

Very Good! The sun is important to all living Yes!

things on earth.

This afternoon we are going to discuss about the

importance of the sun.

E. Lesson Proper
How does the sun affect activities of living
things?

1. Telling time
Before watches and clocks were
invented, people depend on sunlight to
tell time and this is called Sundial
Time.
2. Physical and outdoor Activities
Peoples outdoor activities are
influenced by the sun.
Which outdoor activities do you like
the most?
Playing Kites!

3. Animal Adaptation and Response

Animals have different behavior. They

behave in response in their
environment. A stimulus is a change in
the environment to which organism
respond in many ways.

How does the cat react to the ray of

light? the cat hide in under the car away from the sun
rays.
In this case, the heat from the sun
become stimulus. The cats movement
is the response. Heat makes animals
move to cold places.

4. Energy
Lets use plant as an example.
Do plants live without sun?
No
Plants need energy from the sun to
manufacture their own food
(photosynthesis) the energy in the food
you eat also comes from the sun.

F. Abstraction
1. How does the sun affect activities of
living things?
a. Time
b. Physical and outdoor activities a. Time
c. Animal adaptation and response b. Physical and outdoor activities
d. Energy c. Animal adaptation and response
 2. What do we call when we use the sun d. Energy
as a time? Sundial Time
3. Does the plants live without sun?
No
G. Evaluation

1. It depends on the sunlight to tell time.

2. What do the plants need from the sun? 1.Sundial Time
3. It is a change in the environment to 2. energy
which organism respond in different 3. stimulus
ways. 4. playing kite
Number 4 and 5 : what activities you can 5.swimming
do during daytime?

H. Assignment

Answer Self Check in your book page 429