Lesson Plan of Classification of Organisms

 

Lesson Planning of Classification of Organisms

Subject General Science

Grade 5th

Students` Learning Outcomes

• After studying this lesson, students will be able to:
• Define classification.
• Explain the need and importance of classification.

Science Processing Skills

Observing, Classifying, Communicating, Inferring, Predicting

Information for Teachers

• Classification means grouping of things which are similar.
  
• By classification, the study becomes easy, systematic and organized.
• Living things are divided into two main groups i.e. plants and animals. They can be further classified into different groups according to their “Characteristics” such as eating habits, structure, movements and habitat etc.
  
• On the basis of these characteristics, we can make groups of like or similar things. We can know the basic characteristics of all members of a group by examining only one member.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk / marker, duster, animals flashcards

Introduction

• Introduce the topic by asking the students to recall what they have learnt in Class-IV. Show them the pictures of different animals and ask them what they know about their eating habits and on that what groups of animals can be made.

Development

Activity 1

• Involve students to identify the characteristics of animals and plants which are helpful for classification. Draw a table on the board and write down those characteristics of animals and plants in the respective columns. Such as;

1. What they eat?
2. Where they live?
   
3. 

No.	Animals	Plants
1
2
3
4

Activity 2

• Classification on the basis of habitat:
• Show pictures of different animals to students such as given below and ask them to identify their living places (habitat) such as land or water or both and ask them to fill the table given below:
• Then ask them to list the animals group wise.

No.	Animals	Where it lives?
1	Lion
2	Sparrow
3	Monkey
4	Dolphin
5	Frog
6	Crocodile
7	Parrot
8	Tiger
9	Whale
10	Star Fish

Activity 3

• Classification on the basis of movement:
• Show them pictures of some birds and animals that can fly, crawl or walk. Ask them to fill the following table:

No.	Characteristics	Name of the animals
1	Animals than can fly
2	Animals that can crawl
3	Animals that can walk

Sum up / Conclusion

• Classification means grouping of things which are similar:
• By classification, the study becomes easy, systematic and organized
• We can know the basic characteristics of all members of a group by examining only one member.

Assessment

1.     What do you mean by classification?

2.     How do you arrange the materials given to you?

3.     Is there any benefit for grouping / classification?

4.  Write the names of some animals on the board or show their pictures and ask the students to arrange them into different groups and ask them the reason for putting them together.

5.  Use the above activities but with different set of pictures and ask students to fill in the table below: