Topic: Animal with backbones – Fish

The Set up

Unit goal:

To understand the characteristics of fish (animal with backbones).

Learning objective:

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

i)  classify 5 fresh water fishes and 5 sea water fishes;

ii) examine and identify the characteristics of fish;

iii) explore different function of fish;

iv) construct and label the parts of the fish correctly; and

v)  develop their interest of the colour and the beauty of fishes.

Materials for the lesson:

i)   to introduce the lesson, teacher use a song that describe the characteristics of fish using laptop and speaker;

ii)  to teach habitat, characteristics and functions of the part of a fish, teacher use laptop, media projector (PowerPoint) and video about fish;

iii)to allow pupils to get extra information about fishes, teacher use internet access, video and handouts containing trivia questions; and

iv)  to enable enjoyable learning environment, teacher use a 3-by-3 board, pictures, questions cards and whiteboard marker and speakers;

The Lesson

The Hook:

Teacher uses song and video to attract students’ attention and PowerPoint to stimulate the pupil’s interest rather than just using the textbook itself during explanation. The PowerPoint includes explanation of habitat, characteristics and functions of the part of a fish for the pupils to learn and understand. Then, pupils are allowed to use internet access to broaden their knowledge about fish. The main focus of this lesson is to expose the pupils about fish and thus widen their understanding. Furthermore, in the middle of the lesson, the teacher will conduct a tic-tac-toe game using 3 by 3 board so that it allows pupils participation in the class.

Exploration and Practice:

First, the teacher let the pupils investigate and find out everything about fish such as the characteristics of fish by observing the real fish and using internet resources. It is then followed by game to test whether the pupils understand what they have learned. Pupils can also ask questions if they are in doubt about the lesson. The teacher will then re-teach certain part of the lesson, which includes explanations until the pupils understand. This is to make sure that the lesson objective will be achieved. After that teacher shows video to the students and teacher will also give handouts and worksheets as homework to the pupils to ensure that they really understand the lesson of the day.

Summary:

Teacher and pupils review the topic of the day. Teacher gives homework to pupils.

For PowerPoint presentation please refer this link http://www.sendspace.com/file/omjpng

For lesson plan, internet access activity, tic-tac-toe and homework worksheet, please refer this link http://www.sendspace.com/file/2e7ozj

For video please refer this link http://www.sendspace.com/file/yxqjo5