Friday, April 1, 2011

Week 12

Daily Plan 2011 : March

Week : 12

Date: 21.3.2011 Monday

Class : 5S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper.

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K8

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper.

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K5

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper.

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Date: 22.3.2011 Tuesday

Class : 5K8

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper – Section B Qn 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 4S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper.

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 


 

Class : 4S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

Evaluating the effects of genetic research on human life

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • list the contributions of genetic research in various fields,

Activities

Using the teaching courseware, collect information on genetic research and discuss the following:

a) genetic research in the field of medicine, such as the discovery of various types of hereditary diseases and the latest techniques for treating specific diseases, and Human Genome Project.

b) genetic research in the field of agriculture such as genetically- modified food (GMF), cloning, selective breeding in plants such as paddy, oil palm, papaya, durian, chilli, and livestock such as dairy cow and chicken.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Class : 4K3

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Activities

Correction and discussion of Test paper.

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 


 

Date: 23.3.2011 Wednesday

Class : 5S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Balance and Management of the Environment

Learning Area

Preservation and Conservation of the Environment

Learning Objectives

1.1 Analysing balance in nature

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • describe what balance in nature is,
  • state the natural cycles that help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how these natural cycles help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how food webs help to maintain balance in nature,


     

Activities

  1. View videos or computer simulations and discuss:

(a) the meaning of balance in nature,

(b) the roles of the three natural cycles in maintaining balance in nature i.e. nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle and water cycle.

  1. Visit a garden and carry out the following activities:

(a) list the organisms,

(b) draw a food web,

(c) discuss the role of food webs in maintaining balance in nature.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 


 

Class : 4K3

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

Evaluating the effects of genetic research on human life

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • list the contributions of genetic research in various fields,

Activities

Using the teaching courseware, collect information on genetic research and discuss the following:

a) genetic research in the field of medicine, such as the discovery of various types of hereditary diseases and the latest techniques for treating specific diseases, and Human Genome Project.

b) genetic research in the field of agriculture such as genetically- modified food (GMF), cloning, selective breeding in plants such as paddy, oil palm, papaya, durian, chilli, and livestock such as dairy cow and chicken.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 


 

Class : 5K5

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Balance and Management of the Environment

Learning Area

Preservation and Conservation of the Environment

Learning Objectives

1.1 Analysing balance in nature

Activities

A student is able to:

  • describe what balance in nature is,
  • state the natural cycles that help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how these natural cycles help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how food webs help to maintain balance in nature,


     

Teaching aids / ICT

  1. View videos or computer simulations and discuss:

(a) the meaning of balance in nature,

(b) the roles of the three natural cycles in maintaining balance in nature i.e. nitrogen

cycle, carbon cycle and water cycle.

  1. Visit a garden and carry out the following activities:

(a) list the organisms,

(b) draw a food web,

(c) discuss the role of food webs in maintaining balance in nature.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Date: 24.3.2011 Thursday

Class : 4S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

Evaluating the effects of genetic research on human life

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain selective breeding in plants and livestock,
  • state the importance of selective breeding in plants and livestock,
  • describe the technology used for selective breeding,
  • present arguments for and against genetic research.

Activities

1 Discuss the following:

a) selective breeding in plants and livestock,

b) the importance of selective breeding in plants and livestock,

2. View videos or computer simulations on the technology used for selective breeding.

3. Debate on genetic research and its effects.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Class : 5S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

Balance and Management of the Environment

Learning Area

Preservation and Conservation of the Environment

Learning Objectives

1.1 Analysing balance in nature

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain with examples the effects of natural disasters on balance in nature,
  • suggest ways to maintain balance in nature.

Activities

  1. Gather information from Internet on natural disasters.
  2. Present and discuss:

(a) the effects of natural disasters on balance in nature,

(b) ways to maintain the balance in nature.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K5

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Balance and Management of the Environment

Learning Area

Preservation and Conservation of the Environment

Learning Objectives

1.1 Analysing balance in nature

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain with examples the effects of natural disasters on balance in nature,
  • suggest ways to maintain balance in nature.

Activities

  1. Gather information from Internet on natural disasters.
  2. Present and discuss:

(a) the effects of natural disasters on balance in nature,

(b) ways to maintain the balance in nature.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 


 

Date: 25.3.2011 Friday

Class : 5K8

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Balance and Management of the Environment

Learning Area

Preservation and Conservation of the Environment

Learning Objectives

1.1 Analysing balance in nature

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • describe what balance in nature is,
  • state the natural cycles that help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how these natural cycles help to maintain balance in nature,
  • explain how food webs help to maintain balance in nature,


     

Activities

  1. View videos or computer simulations and discuss:

(a) the meaning of balance in nature,

(b) the roles of the three natural cycles in maintaining balance in nature i.e. nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle and water cycle.

  1. Visit a garden and carry out the following activities:

(a) list the organisms,

(b) draw a food web,

(c) discuss the role of food webs in maintaining balance in nature.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 


 

Class : 4K3

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

Evaluating the effects of genetic research on human life

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain selective breeding in plants and livestock,
  • state the importance of selective breeding in plants and livestock,
  • describe the technology used for selective breeding,
  • present arguments for and against genetic research.

Activities

1 Discuss the following:

a) selective breeding in plants and livestock,

b) the importance of selective breeding in plants and livestock,

2. View videos or computer simulations on the technology used for selective breeding.

3. Debate on genetic research and its effects.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Monday, March 14, 2011

Week 10

Daily Plan 2011 : March

Week : 10

Date: 7.3.2011 Monday

Class : 5S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

1.3 Analysing nitrogen cycle and its importance

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • describe nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the processes involved in nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the importance of nitrogen cycle.

Activities

  1. View charts, videos or computer simulations on nitrogen cycle and discuss the following:

(a) the nitrogen cycle,

(b) the processes involved in the nitrogen cycle,

(c) the importance of the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Draw a labelled diagram of nitrogen cycle.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K8

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

1.3 Analysing nitrogen cycle and its importance

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • describe nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the processes involved in nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the importance of nitrogen cycle.

Activities

  1. View charts, videos or computer simulations on nitrogen cycle and discuss the following:

(a) the nitrogen cycle,

(b) the processes involved in the nitrogen cycle,

(c) the importance of the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Draw a labelled diagram of nitrogen cycle.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K5

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

1.3 Analysing nitrogen cycle and its importance

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • describe nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the processes involved in nitrogen cycle,
  • explain the importance of nitrogen cycle.

Activities

  1. View charts, videos or computer simulations on nitrogen cycle and discuss the following:

(a) the nitrogen cycle,

(b) the processes involved in the nitrogen cycle,

(c) the importance of the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Draw a labelled diagram of nitrogen cycle.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Date: 8.3.2011 Tuesday

Class : 5K8

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

1.4 Appreciating the importance of having good nutrition

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • practice healthy eating habits,
  • plan how to manage food resources to avoid wastage,
  • describe the benefits of having healthy eating habits.

Activities

  1. Gather information from books, magazines or Internet on guides to healthy diets and healthy eating habits.
  2. Plan and practice taking healthy daily meals.
  3. Propose ideas on how to manage food resources to avoid wastage. Make a plan based on the proposed ideas.

Teaching aids / ICT

Teaching courseware CD2

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 4S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 1

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

2.2 Understanding the principles and mechanism of inheritance

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • illustrate the mechanism of inheritance of traits using a schematic diagram,
  • predict the genotype and phenotype ratios of a monohybrid cross.

Activities

  1. Use schematic diagrams to illustrate monohybrid crosses and predict the following using Mendel's law:

    a) genotype ratio of the 'first filial' or F1 generation and the 'second filial' or F2

generation,

b) phenotype ratio of the 'first filial' or F1 generation and the'second filial' or F2

generation.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 


 

Class : 4K3

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

2.3 Understanding sex determination and the occurrence of twins in human beings

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain what sex chromosomes are,
  • explain how sex is determined,

Activities

  1. View computer simulations, videos or charts and discuss the following:

a) sex chromosomes,

b) determination of sex,

  1. Use schematic diagrams to illustrate the following :

a) how sex is determined,

b) how identical and non-identical twins are formed.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Date: 9.3.2011 Wednesday

Class : 5S4

No of period: 2

Activities: Mid semester test


 


 

Class : 4K3

No of period: 1

Activities: Mid semester test


 


 

Class : 5K5

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

Revision and summary

Activities

  1. Revision exercise , SPS pg 38-42

Teaching aids / ICT

-

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Date: 10.3.2011 Thursday

Class : 4S4

No of period: 2

Activities: Mid semester test


 

Class : 5S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

Maintenance and Continuity of Life

Learning Area

Nutrition and Food Production

Learning Objectives

Revision and summary

Activities

  1. Revision exercise , SPS pg 38-42

Teaching aids / ICT

-

Reflection

Objectives achieved


 

Class : 5K5

No of period: 2

Activities: Mid semester test


 


 

Date: 11.3.2011 Friday

Class : 5K8

No of period: 2

Activities: Mid semester test


 


 

Class : 4S4

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

2.3 Understanding sex determination and the occurrence of twins in human beings

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain what sex chromosomes are,
  • explain how sex is determined,
  • explain the formation of identical and non-identical twins,
  • compare and contrast identical with non-identical twins,
  • explain what siamese twins are.

Activities

  1. View computer simulations, videos or charts and discuss the following:

a) sex chromosomes,

b) determination of sex,

c) the occurrence of identical and non-identical twins,

d) the occurrence of siamese twins.

  1. Use schematic diagrams to illustrate the following :

a) how sex is determined,

b) how identical and non-identical twins are formed.

  1. Carry out an activity to compare and contrast identical twins with non-identical twins and illustrate the similarities and differences in a graphic organiser.
  2. Read and interpret data from books, articles, magazines or Internet on siamese twins.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved    


 

Class : 4K3

Subject : Science

No of period: 2

Theme

MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE

Learning Area

HEREDITY AND VARIATION (Chapter 3)

Learning Objectives

2.3 Understanding sex determination and the occurrence of twins in human beings

Learning Outcomes

A student is able to:

  • explain the formation of identical and non-identical twins,
  • compare and contrast identical with non-identical twins,
  • explain what siamese twins are.

Activities

  1. View computer simulations, videos or charts and discuss the following:

a) c) the occurrence of identical and non-identical twins,

b) the occurrence of siamese twins.

  1. Use schematic diagrams to illustrate the following :

a) how identical and non-identical twins are formed.

  1. Carry out an activity to compare and contrast identical twins with non-identical twins and illustrate the similarities and differences in a graphic organiser.
  2. Read and interpret data from books, articles, magazines or Internet on siamese twins.

Teaching aids / ICT

Form 4 Science Teaching courseware CD 3

Reflection

Objectives achieved