Focused T & L Process

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY 2009 3 SUCCESS 10.45 – 11.45

SCIENCE Theme: Learning About Living Things Learning Area:1. Animals Learning Objective: 1.2 Pupils should learn that animals can be grouped according to external features Learning Outcomes: Pupils; • explain similarities and differences between animals based on the table. • group animals according to similarities in external features Activities: 1. Set induction: Can a cow and a cat be put in the same group? Why do you say so ? 2. Pupils discuss and construct a table based on the list of the external features. 3. Pupils record the external features of animals in a table. 4. Pupils discuss which animals have the same external features. 5. Pupils discuss the similarities and differences between animals and record their findings in a graphic organizer. 6. Pupils group animals according to similarities in external features. Example: Differences

Similarities Horse 1. Both animals have four legs

1.A horse has a mane but a cow does not have a mane.

2. Both animals have hair covering their bodies

2.A cow has horns but a horse does not have horns.

3 Both animals have hooves on their feet 4. Both animals have tails.

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Cow

Reinforcement: 1. State some external features of animals.( Beak ,fur, feathers, fins hair, scales ,wings, claws ,horns 1 and legs ) 2.What are external features of animals?( The parts of animals that we can