Form: Level:

407 Intermediate

Date: 19/9/2013 (Thursday) Time: 9.15 a.m.-10.25a.m. (1h10m)

Subject: Biology Theme: Investigating the physiology of living things Topic: 6.0 Nutrition

Objective: Synthesising factors affecting photosynthesis Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: Design an experiment to investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis Moral values: Being cooperative, being honest and accurate in recording and validating data. Educational Emphasis: Science process skills- Observation, Communicating, Experimenting, Measuring and using numbers, interpreting data Manipulative skill- using and handling science apparatus and materials properly Instructional Aids/ materials: laptop, liquid-crystal display (LCD) projector, a few springs of Hydrilla sp., 1% sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, distilled water, 60 w bulb, 500 ml beakers, a boiling tube, stopwatch, thermometer, metre ruler, sharp razor, picture, drawing about procedure, whiteboard, marker pen, tables label, graph papers. Previous Knowledge: 1. Students have basic knowledge about the components needed for photosynthesis process. 2. Students have basic knowledge about the factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis

References: Azmah Rajion, Gan, W.Y. & Manoharan a/l Subramaniam (2005). Biology form 4. Selangor: Bakaprep Sdn. Bhd. Azmah Rajion, Gan, W.Y. & Manoharan a/l Subramaniam (2005). Biology practical book form 4. Selangor: Bakaprep Sdn. Bhd. Form 4 Bio-score module Teaching Procedures: Stage Set induction ( 5 minutes) 2) Teacher shows a picture about people queuing for ordering food at a food counter. 3) Teacher asks students with these questions: -what can you observe from the picture? -who will get the opportunity to order food first? -why the person in the front of the line can get the food first? -what can you conclude from the situation about the relationship between distance of people from the counter and the time taken for a person to order food and get food? 4) Teacher explains about the picture and its relationship with the todays lesson. 5) Teacher intensity explains on the that rate today of 5) Students teachers lesson. listen to experiment is about the effect of light photosynthesis. explanation 4) Students listen to 3) Students respond to teachers questions. Instructional Activities 1) Teacher greets the students Learning Activities 1) Students greet teacher. 2) Students picture. see the

the

teachers explanation.

and prepare on the

Activity 1 (30 minutes)

1. Teacher asks students to divide themselves into five groups.

1. Students themselves groups.

divide into five

2. Teacher checks students proposal.

2. Students proposal.

let

the

teacher to check their

3. Teacher asks students to see, read and understand the drawing about the procedure that has been prepared on each table.

3. Students

see,

read

and understand about the procedure that has been prepared on each table.

4. Teacher asks each group to make sure they have all the apparatus and materials needed on their desk.

4. Each

group

makes and

sure they have all the apparatus their desk. materials needed on 5. Students respond to teachers question.

5. Teacher asks students with these questions: -what we are going to observe today? -what does the number of bubbles released within the five minutes represent? -what does the distance between the light source and the plant represent? 6. Teacher asks students to set up the apparatus based on their understanding on the drawing. -table 1: 50 cm -table 2: 40 cm -table 3: 30 cm -table 4: 20 cm -table 5: 10 cm

6. Students set up the apparatus.

7. Students

let

the

7. Teacher monitors and facilitates each group.

teacher to monitor and facilitate them. 8. Students start to carry

8. Teacher asks students to start carry out the experiment. 9. Teacher asks students to record their observation in their proposals table and the table written on the whiteboard. 10. Teacher asks students to clean-up their tables after experiment is completed. Activity 2 and development (30 minutes) 11. Teacher asks students to get back into their groups and discuss to calculate the rate of photosynthesis at different light intensities.

out the experiment. 9. Students record their observation in their proposals table and the table written on the whiteboard. 10. Students their tables experiment completed. 11. Students get back into their groups and discuss to calculate the rate of photosynthesis at different light intensities. clean-up after is

12. Teacher teaches students on how to plot the graph of the number of gas bubbles released in five minutes against the distance from the light source.

12. Students learn on how to plot the graph of the number of gas bubbles released in five minutes against the distance from the light source.

13. Teacher asks each student to plot their graph on the graph paper. 14. Teacher guide the students.

13. Students plot their graph. 14. Students seek for teachers guidance.

15. Teacher asks students with this

15. Students respond to

question: -Based on the graph, what inference can you make about the effect of light intensity and the rate of photosynthesis? 16. Teacher asks each groups

teachers questions.

16. Students respond teachers questions.

conclusion whether the hypothesis is accepted or not based on the result. Conclusion ( 5 minutes) 1) Teacher picks a student randomly to summarize the lesson. 2) Teacher concludes the lesson.

1) The summarizes lesson.

student the

2) Students listen to the teachers conclusion.

Follow-up activity: Teacher asks each student to complete the report about the experiment and asks them to hand on the report for marking on the next lesson. Self-evaluation:

Supervisors comments: