1. Daily Lesson Plan 1
 Date :13.10.2011
 Time : 12.45 pm – 1.25pm(40min.)
 Year :3
 Pupils : 9 pupils
 Subject : Science
 Theme : Learning about living things
 Topic : Animals

2.  Sub Topic : Observe and recognize external
features of animals.
 Pupils : 9 pupils
 Subject : Science
 Theme : Learning about living things
 Topic : Animals
 Sub Topic : Observe and recognize external
features of animals

3.  Learning outcomes :
By end of the lesson students will be able to:
 Identify external features of 3 animals.
 Record the external features of animals in a table.
 Prior knowledge : Pupils know some parts of
animals such as ears, eyes,
legs and nose.
 Misconcept : Pupils think that claw and
hoof is same.

4.  Sub Topic
Observe and recognize external features of
animals.
 Learning objectives
1) Identify external features of an animal.
2) Record the external features of animals in a
table

5.  Teaching Method
Inquiry and enquiry based learning
 Science process skill & Thinking Skill
Classifying, relating, visualising
 Assessment Instrument
Mix and Match ,Scrap Book

6. DAILY LESSON

7. ORIENTATION (5 MIN)
 Teacher puts on the blackboard a picture of a cow.
 Teacher asks pupils.
 What is this?
 Pupils answer.
 This is a cow.
 Teacher asks again by pointing to the cow’s tail, horn and
leg.
 What would you call this?

8.  Pupils answer one by one.
 Pupil A - It is a tail.
 Pupil B - It is a horn
 Pupil C - It is a leg.
 Teacher uses flash cards to name the external
features.
 Teacher explains about external features

9. ELICITING IDEAS
(12 MIN)
 Teachers shows the external features of some
 other animals. (wing, beak, horn, tail, scale, fin,
hoof.....)
 Pupils read them loudly.
 Teacher asks pupils to read the given flash cards.
 Teacher gives each pupils to match the flash cards
 to the given picture of an animal.(fish, hen and
 cow together with their external features).
 Pupils match them correctly. Read again loudly
 infront of the class.

10. RESTRUCTUNING
 Students are instructed to sit in groups of 3.
 Teacher provides Majong paper to each group
which contain with 3 animals pictures.
 Teacher asks pupils to write correct external
features in the blank provides.
 Students present their work infront of the class.

11.  Activity 1
 Student required to do exercise. Pupils colour the
external features that they learnt.
horn bag leg pen head
scale teacher tail fin beak
wing ruler fur hoof pencil
•Teacher discusses the answers with students

12. Activity 2
B) Tick ( ∕ ) the correct external features
wing beak tail horns fin Scales leg head
Hen
Fish
Cow
goat
duck
snake

13. closure
 Teacher asks few students to explain what they
learn today.
 (Expected answer: today we learnt about
external features of animals such as beak, hoof,
wing, horns, fin....)
o Teacher will do conclusion for today’s lesson
by asking pupils to spell the given words
(external features) that they learnt today.

14.  Home work - Scrap Book (3 in a group}
 Title – External features of animalas
 ( fish, bird, cow, goat, hen, tiger and
elephant)
 Teacher shows an exampel and explains
how to do the scrap book.

15. Teaching aids

16. THE EXTERNAL FEATURES OF AN EAGLE

17. THE EXTERNAL FEATURES RHINOCEROS

18. THE EXTERNAL FEATURE OF A FISH

19. FLASH CARDS
tail horn beak
hoof fin head
scales leg wing