LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE IV

I. OBJECTIVES

Content Standard

The learners demonstrate understanding of how the major internal organs such as the brain,
heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intestines, kidneys, bones and muscles keep the body healthy.

Performance Standard
The learners should be able to construct a prototype model of an organism that has body
parts which can survive in a given environment.

Learning Competency
The learners should be able to describe the main function of the major organ (brain)
S4LT-IIa-b-1

Learning Objectives
Identify the different function of the brain.
Perform activities to show the function of the brain.

II.CONTENT
IDENTIFYING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN

III.LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
Curriculum Guide
Department of Education (2016). Curriculum Guide in Science 4, page 50. Author

Teacher’s Guide Pages

Department of Education (2015). Teacher’s Guide in Science 4, pages 93-95. pages 93-
95.Author

Learner’s Materials pages

Department of Education (2015). Teacher’s Guide in Science 4, pages 93-95. pages 92-95.
Author

B. Other Learning Resources

Source:
Brain. Retrieved August 12, 2018 from https://www.youtube.com/results?
search_query=human+brain%3A+animated
Materials:
The teacher should assigned every group to prepare the following materials the day before its
execution.
words (Mother, Table, Food, Shoes, Pillow, Teacher, Eyes, Dress, Bird, Water) (Group I)
copy of the situation (Group II)
 ruler, pencil, stone, coin (Group III)
shoe box, cologne, mango, alcohol, shampoo, soap, pencil, sandpaper, spoon, comb, leaves
(Group IV)
activity sheets

IV. PROCEDURE

ENGAGEMENT 1
A. Reviewing previous lesson or presenting the new lesson.
Pupils will be given 5-item test.

Directions: Identify the common heart ailments describe by the following statements.
____1. It is the sudden rise of blood pressure.
____2. It occurs when there is an increase in WBC count.
____3. It occurs when there is blood clot that blocks the passage of the blood to the heart.
____4. It is a complication of a throat infection.
____5. It is characterize by the blood’s inability to produce enough hemoglobin.

Pupil’s Answer
1. High blood pressure, 2. Leukemia, 3. Heart Attack, 4. Rheumatic Fever, 5. Anemia

ENGAGEMENT 2
B. Establishing a purpose for the lesson
Five illusions will be presented to the pupils. They will identify the two pictures seen in
each illusions.

ENGAGEMENT 3
C. Presenting Examples/instances of a new lesson
What are the images that you see in the illusion?
(a woman and a flower, a dog and a bird, a girl’s face and a pea cock)

What do you think helps you to identify the picture in the given illusion?
(Our brain helps us to identify the picture in the given illusion)

EXPLORE 1
D. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skills #1
ACTIVITY #1 TWO PICS ONE WORD
Guess the word that will be word by the two pictures given.

Batman Hotdog Earring Lipstick Carpet

What are the words formed?

(batman, hotdog, earring, lipstick, carpet))

What did you do to form the word?

(I combined the name of the two pictures)

What do you think is the organ that helps you to form the word?
(Our brain helps us to form the word)

EXPLORE 2
E. Discussing new concepts and practicing new skills #2
Set the Standards
What are the rules that we should follow below doing the activity?
(Work together, Follow instructions, Minimize noise, Finish your work on time, Maintain
Cleanliness in our work area)

Ask the group to have their Leader, Time Keeper and a Resource Manager
Discuss the Rubric for their Assessment

Activity 2: Identifying the Function of the Brain

Group I: What Can I Remember?
Group II: Lights, Camera, Action
Group III: How Do You React?
Group IV: Name Me

. GROUP I: WHAT CAN I REMEMBER?

I. Materials:
Copy of the words
II. Procedures:
1. Read the words given to you by the teacher.
2. Memorize it.
 3. List down the words you remember from the activity.

III. Guide Questions

1. Were you able to remember the words?

2. How many words have you remembered?
3. Is there a word that you forgotten?
4. What are those words?
5. What organ helps you to recall the words?
6. What is the function of the brain?

GROUP II- LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

I. Material:
PROBLEM
Your mother is out of town. Your father is attending on a business meeting for two days
and will not be able to look after you and your youngest brother. As the eldest, they ask you to
do the house chores and look after your brother.

One day, you got busy on chatting with your friends and forgot to look after your brother.
You found out that your brother is not inside the house nor in the backyard. You look for him in
every corner of the house and still you were not able to find your brother. What are you going to
do?

II. Procedures:
1. Read the problem.
2. Think of a possible solution that you can do the problem.
3. Present your output to the class through a role-playing.

III. Guided Questions:

1. What is your solution to the given problem?
2. How did you arrived at the solution?
3. What organ helps you in thinking the solution to solve the problem?
4. What is the function of the brain?

GROUP 3- HOW DO YOU REACT?

I. Materials:
Ruler, pencil, stone, coin

II. Procedures
1. Look for a partner
2. Ask your partner to drop an object while you will catch it immediately before it reaches the
floor.
3. Notice your observations.
 III. Questions:
1. What is the reaction of your partner when you dropped an object?
2. How fast did your partner catch the object?
3. What made your partner respond to your action of dropping the object?
4. What organ dictates your body to do that response?
5. What is the function of the brain?

GROUP 4- NAME ME

I. Materials
Shoe box, Cologne, Mango, Alcohol, Shampoo, Soap, Pencil, Sandpaper, Spoon, Comb,
leaves

II. Procedures
1. Get the materials from your teacher.
2. Blindfolded one of your group mates.
3. Bring the object near to his/her nose and let him/her guess what the objects are.
4. Have another member from the group to be blindfolded.
5. Let him touch the objects and guess what they are.

III. Guided Questions

1. Were you able to name all the objects inside the box?
2. How many objects have you named?
3. Is there any object you were not able to name?
4. What are those?
5. Your nose and hands help you to identify the objects inside the box. What is the other
organ that is responsible for you to decide?

EXPLAIN
F. Developing mastery (leads to Formative Assessment)
Each group will present their outputs in the activity.
Processing:
1. What is the task assigned to your group?
(Memorizing the words, giving of solution to the problem, reacting on the given situation,
guessing the Objects in the Box)
2. Were you able to do the tasks?
(Yes)
3. What helps you in performing the tasks?
(Our brain helps us to do the task assigned to us)
4. Based in your activity, what are the functions of the brain?
(Our brain controls our activities like thinking, memorizing and problem solving. It also
coordinates our muscular movement)

ELABORATION 1
G. Finding Practical Applications of Concepts and Skills in Daily Living
Imagine that your house is on fire, what will you do?
(Answers may vary)

ELABORATION 2
H.Making generalizations and abstractions about the lesson
Activity # 3: VIEWING ACTIVITY
The pupils will watch a video.
Our brain has several functions. It coordinates our activities like thinking, memorizing and
decision making. It also coordinates out muscular movement and makes sure that our heart and
breathing never stops.

EVALUATION
I. Evaluating Learning

Directions:
Draw a smiling face if the given statement describes the function of the brain and sad face if not.
______1. It protects our internal organs
______2. It controls our activities like thinking, memorizing and problem solving.
______3. It maintains our sense of balance.
______4. It makes sure that our heart and breathing never stop
______5. It breaks down the food we eat in smaller pieces.

EXTEND
J. Additional activities for application or remediation
Our brain is important to us so we must take good care of it. What are the activities that we
can do to sharpen our mind? List down three.