Lesson Plan of Major Groups of Invertebrates (Worms & Insects)

                          Lesson Plan of Major Groups of Invertebrates (Worms & Insects)

                                                            Science Grade V

                                                      Students’ Learning Outcomes

                                     Identify key characteristics of worms and insects

                                                      Information for Teachers

·         There is a great diversity among invertebrates. Worms and insects are the two major invertebrates groups.

·         The insects are characterized by three body parts (head, thorax and abdomen) and jointed legs. Most of the insects also have wings that help them to fly.

·         Worms have round and elongated soft bodies. The bodies of some worms have segments, like compartments of train.

                                                 Material / Resources

                                           Pictures of worms and insects, textbook

                                                  Worm up Activity

·         Ask them do they know about the “Animals under our feet”

·         Discuss “Animals under our feet” are worms and insects and they have no backbone.

·         Ask them what types of insects they observe at their homes.

                                                    Development

   Activity 1

·         Show some pictures of worms and insects and ask the students to classify them on the basis of their body shapes.

·         Write students’ response on board.

 Activity 2

·         Show the pictures of insects and worms and tell them that these are different groups and have different characteristics.

·         Explain by writing on board the main characteristics of insects and worms: insects (jointed legs, wings); worms (elongated soft body, no legs etc.)

                                       Sum up / Conclusion

·         Worms and insects are the two major invertebrates groups.

·         The insects have three body parts i. e. head, thorax and abdomen. They have jointed legs and most of them also have wings.

·         Worms have round and elongated soft bodies. The bodies of some worms have segments.

                                                   Assessment

 Activity 1

·         Ask the students to complete the following activity.

Sara is a science student and her teacher has asked to collect the worms and insects for collection of animals in laboratory. Help Sara by putting a tick on the animal.

·         On the basis of the results, make groups of invertebrates as worms and insects.

Activity 2

·         Ask the students draw an earthworm and an ant in their notebooks, and write about their structures and their habitats.

·          Draw a table on the board and ask them to copy it on their notebooks and then ask them to fill.

	EARTHWORM		ANT
	Drawing	Actual	Drawing	Actual
Number of body parts
Number of legs
Antenna Present/ Absent

 Activity 3

·         Ask the students to write the names of those insects, they observe in their daily lives.

Activity 4: finger print Ant(fun activity)

·         Ask the students to take an impression of their thumb using any ink or stamp pad and make an ant as shown below

·         Involve the students in solving the questions given at the end of chapter/ unit of textbook.

                                                      Follow up

·         Ask the students to find the picture of any insect from newspaper or net. Ask them to paste the picture on their notebooks and write at least two characteristics.

·         Ask students to collect an insect from nearby and bring it in the classroom and draw its diagram.

·         Have students create an imaginary creature. Instruct them to draw a picture of the creature and create a fact sheet for their creature. After all students have created their imaginary creatures, let the class classify the creatures. First into vertebrates and invertebrates, next into sub-groups as:

           ---Classify Vertebrates into fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

          ---Classify invertebrates ito worms and insects