Teaching Science in the Elementary Grades
SEMI DETAILED LESSON PLAN
I. Objectives:
1. Identify local materials that can be recycled.
2. Classify materials that can be reduce, reuse, recycle, repair and recover
3. Design a product out of local recyclable solid materials
II. A. Materials:
Plastic drinking bottle tissues
Juice wrappers paper towels
Old newspapers/magazines Styrofoam
Soft drinks cans plastic bags
Scrap papers pesticides
B. References:
Curriculum Guide Grade Five S5MT-Ih-i-4
https://ocrra.org
C. Process Skills: Observing, Identifying, Classifying, Investigating
D. Values Integration: Solid Waste Management
III. Learning Tasks:
A. Engagement:
1. Motivation/Review:
a. Collect solid wastes from the pupils into a corner of a room.
b. Seat the pupils around the pile of solid waste
c. Call 3 pupils to sort the materials from the pile of waste.
d. Which of these materials are still useful to us? Which of these are cannot be
reused?
e. How are you going to dispose these materials?
f. Why do we need to recycle?
g. What are some other things we can do apart from recycling?
2. Present the new lesson
Waste management is an important part of a wider goal to improve the way we
look after our environment.
For today’s lesson, you will think of some ways by which we can identify
materials and classify them if it can be reduce, reuse and recycle.
B. Exploration:
1. Split the class into 2 teams.
2. Prepare the materials needed for the activity.
3. Set standards to follow while doing the activity.
4. Provide each group the materials needed.
5. Remind the pupils on how to handle the materials properly.
6. Have each group perform Lesson 8: LM Activity 1-“How will you classify
materials that can be reduce, reuse and recycle?”
7. Go about the room and oversee the work of the pupils.
C. Explanation
1. When time is up, ask the pupils to answer the following guide questions:
How do you find the activity?
What materials did you use in the activity?
What did you do with the materials?
How did you sort the different items given?
What are their characteristics?
What are the properties of each kind of materials?
Which of the materials can be reduce? Reuse? Recycled?
What are the ways of disposing waste materials?
What did you learn in this activity?
D. Elaboration:
Background information for teachers:
Waste management is the precise name for collection, disposal or
recycling of wastes.
Proper segregation of waste materials should be observed.
Classifying materials is important to know whether the materials is to be
reduce, reuse or recycle in making useful products.
E. Evaluation:
Given are some of the waste materials in our surroundings.
Classify each material in their proper column.
Plastic bottle Tissue papers
Candy wrappers Plastic bags
Old magazines Styrofoam
Tin cans Paper plates
Card boards Insecticides
Aerosol sprays Glass bottle
Reduce Reuse Recycle
IV. Assignment:
Go to public market in your place. Identify some recyclable materials that can be
made into useful products.
