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Philippine Normal University

The National Center for Teacher Education
Mindanao
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Integrated Science for Elementary 1

2S-MSE05

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN GRADE 3 SCIENCE

Prepared by:

RHEA MAE L. PABLEO

BMSEE Student

I. Objectives

A. Content Standard: The learners demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of living and non-
living things.
B. Performance Standard: The learners should be able to make a collage of living and non-living livings.
C. Learning Competency: The learners should be able to compare living with non-living things.
D. Learning Objectives: In this lesson, the students will:
a. discuss the characteristics of living things
b. describe the characteristics of non-living things
c. group the things that are living and non-living
d. create a collage of living and non-living things

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Characteristics of Living Things and Non-living Things

Materials: Laptops, Projectors, printed pictures, and checklist
References: https://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/living-nonliving-things.php
www.pbslearningmedia.org
http://classnotes123.com/class-3-living-things-and-nonliving-things-question-answers/

Approach: 4A’s

III. Procedures
A. Preparatory Activities
- Greetings
- Prayer – “Give Thanks” by Henry Smith
- Checking of Attendance
- Setting of Standards

B. Recall
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
Who can still recall our previous topic? Ma’am, our previous topic is about plants.

Correct! Who can tell me the parts of plants? The parts of plants are roots, leaves, stems, and
 flower

Very good pupils! I am so happy to hear your

answers. I guess you are all ready to learn a new
lesson.

C. Motivation
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
My dear pupils, look at this picture.
What are the things you see? Plants, human, and a stone.

Very good! What can you say about plants? Plants will grow.
How about humans? Humans breathe and grow too.
How about the stone? You always see stones when you come I see stones in the road. All of them did
to school, right? What have you observed about stones? not grow and did not move.

Very Good! Do you know where humans and plants belong? No ma’am!
How about stones? No ma’am!
Okay class, do you want to know where do they belong? Yes ma’am!
Wow! I love your energy.

D. Lesson Proper
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Today, we will discuss the characteristics of living things

and non-living things.

Please read our objectives for this lesson. In this lesson, the students will:
a. discuss the characteristics of living things
b. describe the characteristics of non-living things
c. group the things that are living and non-living
Activity d. create a collage of living and non-living things
( paste the table chart on the board and present it to the
class)

Okay class, listen to me. I will ask you questions from the
table and you will answer yes or no.
I’ll put check on the box ( / ) if your answer is YES and
( x ) if your answer is NO.
(start asking questions)

Objects Characteristics of Living Things Objects Characteristics of Living Things

Does Does Does it Does it Does Does Does it Does it
it it need breathe? reproduce? it it need breathe reproduce
grow? food? grow? food? ? ?

dog dog    
table table x x x x
tree tree    
teacher teacher    
pencil pencil x x x x

Questions:
What are the objects that can grow, can breathe, can Dog, tree, and a teacher.
reproduce, and need food?

What are the objects that cannot grow, cannot Table and pencil
reproduce, cannot breathe, and do not need food?

Very Good pupils!

Analysis
Do you enjoy the activity class? Yes ma’am!

What are the characteristics of living things? Grow, reproduce, breathe, and need food

What are the characteristics of non-living things? Cannot grow, cannot reproduce, cannot breathe, and
don’t need food

The teacher, tree, and dog, what are they? Living things Living Things!
or non-living things?

How about the pencil and the table? Non-living things!

Where do plants belong? Living things or non-living Living Things!

things?

Why? Because plants grow, reproduce, and need food.

Are the stones living things? No.

Why? Because stones do not grow, do not reproduce, do

not breathe, and do not eat food.

How about you? Are you living things or non-living Living things!
things?

Very good pupils!

Abstraction

My dear pupils, all things that surround us are either

living or non-living things. To determine whether the thing
is living or non-living, you have to carefully observe its
characteristics.

Characteristics of living things:

 Living things grow.
 Living things reproduce.
 Living things breathe
 Living things need food.
Examples are humans, plants, insects, and animals.

Pig

Butterfly

Flower

Teacher
Characteristics of non-living things:
 Non-living things do not grow.
 Non-living things do not reproduce.
 Non-living things do not breathe
 Non-living things do not need food.

Examples

Ball

Spoon

Paper

Application
Now this time, I want all of you to work as a team. Living things Non-living things

Look at the board. There are two colors of cartolina

paper. Using a scotch tape, you will paste the pictures of
living things in the blue cartolina paper and the pictures
of non-living things in the green cartolina paper.

Here are the printed pictures. You can form a circle to

exchange ideas. I want everyone to cooperate. I will give
you 8 minutes to do the activity.
IV. Assessment
Write big letter l ( L ) if the object is a living thing and NL if it is a non-living thing.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

V. Assignment
List 3 living things and 3 non-living things you see in your home.

Living Things Non-living Things

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.