ICT & Science

Final draft of the lesson plan on the topic of Life Cycle i.e. frog & butterfly
Done by :Nur Ridzwannah, Kartika & Hamizah

The LP contains some online resources e.g. video, games & activities.

LESSON PLAN

Day:
Date:
Primary: 5
Pupils: 20 pupils.
School: Sekolah Rendah Cemerlang
Teachers: Nur Ridzwannah Moktar (06B0418)
Kartika Puasa (06B0421)
Hamizah Haji Mahali (06B0422)
Time:
Duration: One session (1 hour)
Topic: Cycles.
Sub-topic: Life cycles of a butterfly

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:-
• Investigate the main stages in the life cycle of a butterfly and a frog which include the egg, larva and adult stages.
• To sequence and label the life stages of the butterfly and frog.
• Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures: egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa, and adult.

Title: Life cycles of a butterfly and frog
Set induction:
1. Teacher asks the pupils if they have seen butterflies and frog.
2. Ask them to describe how the butterflies look like and where do they found the butterflies.
3. Then invite the pupils into a story telling session by using a Big Book about butterfly and frog. Through telling story, pupils may able to see the pictures of the life stages of a butterfly and frog.

Stage 1
• When the story telling session is done, teacher should explain to the pupils each stage of grow of a butterfly and frog. With the aids of pictures. Some pupils may need some concrete materials so that they can relate their existing knowledge. Teacher will able to find out how to relate when the pupils are able to answer correctly the worksheet given.
• Butterflies have four main stages in their life cycles, and they are in the following order:
1. Egg stage – First an adult butterfly lays oval eggs on specific kinds of leaves.
2. Caterpillar stage – After the butterfly lays eggs, little caterpillars emerge from them. They eat a lot and grow big on the host plant.
3.Chrysalis (Cocoon) Stage – The caterpillars shed their skins (this process is called molting) a few times, and finally grow a hard covering and lie inactive. This is the cocoon or chrysalis stage.
4. Adult Stage – Finally from the cocoon, emerges a fully grown butterfly, that resembles its parents.

• Teacher shows a video of the life cycle of a butterfly
Life cycle of a butterfly
Video 1
Video 2

Stage 2
• The life stages of a frog
1. Egg stage: Female frogs lay a large number of eggs which look like a mass of jelly.
2. Tadpole Stage: The eggs hatch and out of them come little frogs or little toads that look like fishes. They are called tadpoles (or pollywogs). They have tails and they swim and breath like a fish in water using their gills.
3. Adult Stage: Gradually the tadpole loses its tail and forms front and hind legs. It no longer can breathe in water and becomes an adult frog or an adult toad.
• Teacher shows a video of a life cycle of a frog

The Life and Times of Froggy J. Wiggle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymGNNSZXiiQ
CB Frog Life Cycle Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GGuEr-MQf4

Stage 3
• Teacher divide the pupils into 4 groups that is 5 person in a group
• Each of the group will be named: Butterfly 1, Butterfly 2, Frog 1 and Frog 2.
• For the butterfly groups, they will be doing a small research on a life cycle of a butterfly
• Whereas, the frog groups will be doing a small research on the life cycle of a frog
• Each group will be ask to find pictures of each stage of the life cycles and explore the sites to get the information of each stages.
• Then each group will be presenting what they have found.

Stage 4
• For this stage, it is where the pupils will do the online activities.
• Here is the link:
http://www.primarygames.com/science/butterflies/games.htm

Stage 5
• Here are for the hand written worksheet.
• The pupils will label the stages, correctly sequence the life stages of butterfly and frog and draw the symmetrical of the butterfly.
• Refer to appendices for the worksheet.

Closure
• Teacher show again the PowerPoint presentation of the butterfly and frog life stages.
• Verbally ask the pupils some questions about butterfly and frog.
• How many stages are there in the life cycle of butterfly and frog?
• What is another name for chrysalis?
• How do tadpole breath?
Teacher concludes the lesson by showing a story about a frog through a video.

Evaluation: