5572 Chante Mitchell TNT ASS 3 39182 351930453
5572 Chante Mitchell TNT ASS 3 39182 351930453
5572 Chante Mitchell TNT ASS 3 39182 351930453
INTERMEDIATE PHASE
LESSON PLAN TPIP200
Date: 28/03/2021
Technology
Understand that plants need light, water, warmth, and air to grow,
learners will have the opportunity to discuss and investigate some of
these properties to further enhance their understanding.
Students will complete activity 2 (two) in their textbooks. (Natural Science and
Technology learners book grade 4 Platinum CAPS page 2) They will be
assessed on their knowledge of what plants need to survive and what effects
over watering or under watering can have on a plant.
4. Lesson phases
4.1 Introduction
Students will read the notes in their textbooks (page 24-25 CAPS Natural
Science and Technology Platinum.) They would have been prepared for the
lesson in previous lessons and should have brought the materials for their
experiment.
They would have brought.
A plastic container
A few beans seeds.
Some cotton wool
Students will proceed to plant their bean seeds
Students will discuss what they need to provide their newly planted seeds
with, for them to germinate. They complete the activity in their textbooks and
complete the corrections.
1. Knowledge:
2. Comprehension:
Explain why a bean seed which gets watered regularly but is planted in the
shade will die.
3. Application:
Suggest why you think a bean seed which is planted in the sun will die.
4. Analysis:
5. Synthesis:
6. Evaluation:
The second part of the experiment would contribute to the extension activity,
students will write a short report about how the plant changed when it was kept
in a dark place compared to when it was kept in a well-lit place.
Learners will be given more time during class to complete the work.
8. Homework
9. Reflective Self-assessment
Solution
I will have a few extra seeds, plastic containers, and cotton wool in case
they do not bring their own.
Solution
To avoid this from disrupting the lesson I will take my laptop and my
personal router so I can divide students into groups and let them watch the
video on my laptop.
Challenges/Limitations and reasons
Solution
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10. Resources)
CAPS Document
YouTube
11.
References
Rational
I have chosen to incorporate science investigation into my lesson, since the topic I
will be teaching is focused on showing students that plants need resources such as
water, light, and air to thrive in their habitats.
For my lesson learners will complete a two-part experiment. The first part will involve
the learners planting their own plants and monitoring the growth of their plants. The
second part of the experiment will require them to prove that plants can not survive
without light and water.
To do this Students will plant their own seeds giving them the necessary resources
for survival. Students will record the growth of their plants (Department of Basic
Education. 2011. 17). If I have a total number of 20 (twenty) students and if each
student plants one bean plant, there should be a total twenty (20) bean plants in
total.
For the second part of the experiment learners will then deprive half the plants (10
total plants) of water and observe the changes the plant will experience, they will
deprive the other half of the plants of light and observe how the plant changes.
Students should take a photo of the plant before the start of the second part of the
experiment and every day after that while they are conducting the experiment. These
photos will be used to help the students observe colour change, students will
continue to measure the growth of their plants. The purpose of this experiment is to
help the students understand that without necessities such as light and water a plant
cannot survive. If this experiment is successful students should also have a deeper
understanding of what a plant is and how it functions and that plants rely on water
and light for survival.
REFERENCES
CAPS Document
Department of Basic Education. South Africa.
2011. Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS): Intermediate Phase.
Grades 4-7 Natural Science and Technology.
Pretoria: Government Printing Works
Barman, C. R. et al. 2006. ‘Students’ Ideas About Plants & Plant Growth’, American
Biology Teacher (National Association of Biology Teachers). 68(2): 73–79.