Lesson Plan in Science 5

I. Objectives
After a 1 hour discussion with the aid of the worksheet, visual presentation and the mind map, 100%
of the Grade 5-St. Mathew pupils, will be able to:
1. Recognize and describe the characteristics of living organisms
2. Identify the importance of the 6 main characteristics of living things.
3. Answer the mind map about the 6 main characteristics of living things.
4. Grasp that living things have modifications according to their habits, need and habitat.
II. Subject Matter
Topic: Characteristics of Living Things
Materials: Mind Map, Visual Presentation, Worksheet and Video presentation
Reference: Science Links for Grade 5 pages 65-70
Values/s: Accuracy in identifying the main characteristics of living things
Patience in listening to their groupmates sharing
Skill/s: Identifying and learning what the characteristics are.
III. Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity
A. Preparation
 Prayer
o Before we start may I ask Jade to please lead the -“Angel of God my guardian dear……….”
prayer?
 Greetings
o Good morning my dear Grade 5 pupils -“Good morning Teacher Rev, Good
o Okay you may now take your seats morning classmates”
-“Thank you, Teacher Rev”
 Checking of Attendance
o Is anyone absent today? -“none Teacher”
 Motivation
o My dear pupils before we start with our lesson for -pupils sing along with the song in the
today let us first sing a song which is going to be video
all about our topic for today.
o Now I want you all to stand and sing along with
the video.
B. Presentation
 Pre-discussion -pupils sits down
o Impressive singing my dear pupils, now please
settle down now.
o Now let us proceed to our discussion -“Yes Teacher”
o Last meeting, I gave you an assignment. Am I
right? -pupils gets their assignments
o Okay, now I want you to get your assignments.
o I have here some examples of living things and -pupils will be sharing their answers.
non-living things. Now I want you to look at these
examples and tell me what are the differences of
these things based on your assignment.
o All of your answers are correct, give yourselves a
pat in the back for a job well done. -pupils goes to meet with their group
o Now, I will be dividing you into 5 groups. (starts
grouping the pupils.) Now go to your group. -Listens to the Teacher
o I want you to write in a 1 whole paper on what
you think are the 6 main characteristics of living
things based on what you saw and heard in the
video presentation. -pupils are collaborating with their group
o I will be giving you 10 minutes for you to finish to answer the activity.
your task. And your time starts now.
(After 10 minutes) -“yes teacher”
o Are you done now? -pupils choose their representative
o Ok now, I want you to choose a representative in
your group to share your answers in the class.
(After the sharing of group answers) -pupils now listens to the teacher
o Ok very good. I can see that you really listened to attentively.
the song earlier.
o Now, I have here flashcards. In these flashcards
are words or sentence that are related to the
characteristics of living things. -pupils participate/answer the question.
o But first I will be asking you. What are the 6 main
characteristics of a living thing? -pupils listen to the teacher attentively
o Excellent the 6 main characteristics of living things
are:
 Movement: living things move in order to
survive
 Respiration: living things need oxygen to
stay alive
 Sensitivity: living things react to stimuli
 Growth: living things grow
 Nutrition: living things feed to supply
themselves with energy
 Reproduction: living things reproduce
o So now, what you are going to do with the
flashcards is that you will be putting then in the
characteristics that you think the words belong to
in the mind map.
o Look here in the blackboard. You will be putting
the flashcards here if you think that the words
belong to what boxes.

o But before you do the activity, I will be giving you

some pointers or clues or we may call it a
criterion, for you to be guided on doing the
activity.
o Let’s now take up each characteristic:
 Movement:
 Why do living things move?
 How do insects, birds, fishes, etc. move?
 Do plants also move?
 Why do they move?
 Respiration:
 What is respiration?
 Do plants also respire/how do plants
breathe?
 How do they breathe?
 How do animals breathe? (Land, water,
worms and insects)
 Sensitivity:
 What do you understand by sensitivity?
 When you prick your hand what do you do?
 When you see some insect near your eye
what do you do?
 What happens when you feel very cold?
 What are the different sense organs?
 Do you think plants are also sensitive?
 Growth:
  What is growth?
 Do all living things grow?
 How do plants grow?
 Do animals show growth?
 Reproduction:
 What is reproduction?
 Why do living things reproduce?
 How do plants reproduce?
 Where are seeds produced?
 How do animals reproduce?
 Nutrition:
 What is nutrition?
 Why do living thing need food?
 How do animals produce food?
 How do plants produce food?
 Why are leaves green?
o So, in short, a living thing must have all these
characteristics. Before you consider a thing a non-
living or living go through these criteria and then
decide whether that thing is living or not.
o This time you may now discuss with your group so
that you will have ideas on how to answer the
activity.
o I will give you 3 minutes and the time starts now. -pupils discuss with their respective
o Time’s up. Now for you to not be messy in pasting groups
your flashcards on the board there will only be 1
person each flashcard to go to the board and -“Yes teacher”
paste it. Am I understood?
o Ok you may now start pasting your flashcards in -pupils starts to paste their answers in
the mind map. the mind map.
 Lesson Proper
(After the activity)
o Please settle down now.
o Ok, you did a great job in this activity. But before -pupils are settling down
we check your answers let us first proceed to our
lesson proper.
(The teacher now discussing about the topic)
(Please refer to page 5-6 for the lesson sheet) -pupils listens to the lesson attentively
C. Processing and answers when asked
o Now that you have learned deeper about our
topic do you think that all of your answers in the -pupils responds
mind map are correct?
o Well now, I will give you a chance to change your
answers. I will be giving you 5 minutes to do that.
o The timer starts now. -pupils starts to correct their answers in
the mind map.

(After 5 minutes)
o Ok, settle down now and go back to your proper
seats. -pupils goes back to their respective
o Ok, excellent job my dear pupils. All of your seats
answers are now correct.
o Now to sum up our lesson.
 o For a thing to be classified as a living thing it must -pupils listen attentively to the teacher
carry out these characteristics
 M – Movement
 R – Respiration (chemical process in cells
which releases energy)
 S – Sensitivity (sensing the environment)
 G – Growth
 R – Reproduction
 N – Nutrition (taking in of nutrients)
o To decide if something is living or non-living, run
through each of the six criteria of MRS GRN. If the
answer is no to any of them, then the object is
non-living.

IV. Evaluation
I. What are the similarities and differences between plants and animals in all the aspects in the Characteristics
of Living things?

II. Answer the following questions briefly.

1. What are the six characteristic of living things?
2. How do green plants make their food?
3. Where are seeds produced?
4. what is nutrition?
5. How do plants breathe?
6. What is the difference between the growth of plants and animals?
V. Assignment
1. Draw 2 pictures of each of each of the following.
Natural things
Man made things
Non-living things

2. Write the names of two items in your house that were:

Living
Once living but now dead
Never Living

Prepared by:
Regina Vera L. Oracion
 Characteristics of living things

1. MOVEMENT
 Most living things move. Living things move in order to survive. Plants move
but do not move their position. They are able to move parts of themselves.
 Plants move their roots towards water and towards the center of the
earth. They move their stems and leaves towards light.
 Animals move to keep themselves safe and to look for food. Some animals
move on land, air and water.

2. RESPIRATION
 All living things need oxygen to stay alive. They use oxygen to turn food into energy.
 To obtain oxygen from the air, animals and plants exchange gases between
themselves and their surroundings.
 Green plants exchange gases with their surroundings through holes in the under-
surface of their leaves. These holes are called stomata.
 Animals have different organs of breathing depending in the habitat they stay.

3. SENSITIVITY
 All living things react to stimuli. This means they are sensitive to changes
in their surroundings and react to them.
 All animals are sensitive to what is happening around them. Example we
shiver when it is cold. We withdraw our hand when we touch a hot thing.
Some animals have complicated nervous systems and brains. They have
a sense of taste, sight, hearing, touch and smell.
 Plants also respond to stimuli, but in a different way to animals. Some
plants turn towards the sunlight. Their roots sense and move towards
water. The sun flower turns its face towards the sun, during the day
and droop when the sun has set.
4. GROWTH
 All living things grow. This means they increase their size. They can grow taller. They can grow wider.
5. REPRODUCTION
 All living things reproduce, this means that they make copies of themselves before they die.

 Plants which have flowers reproduce from seeds. The new seedlings then grow into plants. Other plants
grow from spores and cuttings.

6. NUTRITION
 All living things feed. They feed to supply themselves with energy.

 Most green plants make their own food. They make their food from the
simple raw materials carbon dioxide and water. The green color
(chlorophyll) in the leaves together with sunlight allows carbon dioxide
and water to be combined. This process is called photosynthesis.