Year : 5

Theme : Investigating Living Things – Unit 1: Microorganisms

General objective : 1.1 To understand different types of and the
characteristic microorganism that they have
as living things
1.2 To learn about how we use some
microorganisms our daily life and in their food
industry
Title of lesson : Lesson 1 – The Unseen life
Lesson 2 – Friends or foes
Time : 90 minutes
Method / Mode : Experiment, observing and discussion
Scientific skills : Observing; making inference; classifying;
communicating
Thinking skills : Attributing; visualizing; sequencing; relating
Scientific Attitude &
Noble values : Being diligent and persevering; being systematic
and cooperative; appreciating and practicing clean
and healthy living
Prior knowledge : Pupils have learnt about the characteristics of plants
and animals, the life processes and some examples
of diseases they undergo in Year 4
Behavioral objective: (i) Stating the type of microorganisms (eg. Yeast),
breath, grow and move
(ii) Conclude that microorganisms are living things
and most of them cannot be seen by the naked eye
(iii) Stating the examples uses of microorganisms
 (iv) To talk about the harmful effect, diseases can
spread from one person to another and the ways to
prevent diseases caused
Teaching- Learning
Resources : Text on bacteria, virus protozoa and fungi; pictures
of various types microorganisms, flour, sugar, dry
yeast, warm water, measuring cylinder; different
resources to find microorganisms and diseases,
pictures of diseases, sample of tempeh and tapai

Teaching-learning
Phase / Time Content Note
Actiities
Types of Pupils are asked Get pupils to
Set Induction microorganisms what had seen describe what the
(10 minutes) through slide picture represents
show and discuss and give their
Orientation Pupils make a the questions answers.
qualitative 1. …..
Elicitation of comparison between 2…….
Ideas the size of 3……..
microorganisms and
that of human and
conclude that
microorganism is very
tiny
Restructuring Experiment 1 Teacher uses the
of ideas State the yeast is an following recipe to
(45 minutes) example of make dough
microorganisms
Ingredients:
State that -1 cup of flour
microorganism -Half cup of warm
breathes and grows. water
-1 tablespoon of
Observing – the effect sugar
of yeast on dough 1. Pupils are -1 tablespoon of
and infer that grouped into dried yeast
microorganism group
breathes and causes Method :
the dough to rise 2. Pupils will 1. Mix all
provide ingredients
Pupils will find that The ingredients except flour
the microorganism for each group 2. Use a dropper
can see that to put few
microorganisms 3. Pupils will drops of
move (living things) follow the mixtures on the
instructions given glass slide
by teacher 3. Then, mix with
the flour
4. Pupils use 4. Cover the
microscope to mixtures with a
observe the damp cloth
mixture 5. Leave it for 20
minutes
5. Be careful
when handling
easily broken Ensure pupils use
glass slide cover microscopes or
Pupils carry out magnifying
 the experiment glass/hand lens
following paper by follow
task A given demonstration
(Appendix) given by teacher
to observe the
drops which had
collected during
experiment

Experiment 2
Testing how mould
grow on the bread
Instructions:
Compare and see the 1. Take a slice of
changes these two bread
slices of bread on 2. Put a few drops
next week’s lesson of water on the
slice of bread
Pupils should find 3. Put the slice of
that when the bread 1. Pupils are bread into the
is left for few days, asked to make plastic bag
white patches predictions as the 4. Another one
(mould) appear on it experiment had put into
as it grows done by teacher different bag
in front of class without the
Among the factors drops
that influence the 5. Observe the
grow of mould are: condition in
 1. air coming lesson
2. water 2. Predict the
3. food possible changes
of those bread by Outcome of pupils
drawing in the experiment
exercise book. recorded in task A

3. Pupils carry out

the experiment
following paper
task B given
(Appendix)
Application of Teacher will explain Pupils prepare a Teacher will
Ideas that on the harmful list of the “do’s” present slide
(30 minutes) effects of and the “don’ts” show
microorganism: on how to prevent
1. causing illness diseases from Pupils make a
2. food poisoning spreading. Pupils discussion in pair/
3. food turn bad could present the group
4. tooth decay list in the form of
a poster. This Pupils will given
Teacher mention the situation involves the clues -Task C
common diseases the integration of to find out the
such as AIDS, HIV, science and skill harmful effects
flu, cough, mumps, of arts. (Appendix)
tooth decay and etc
Discuss that
diseases caused
by
 microorganisms
can spread from Pupils can give
one person to different
another suggestions.

Hints: Discuss on how

- by washing hands diseases caused
- boiling water by
- covering mouth microorganisms
when sneezing/ can be prevented
coughing from spreading
- quarantine the
patients (chicken pox,
conjunctives/ mumps)
- covering wounds

Reflection Spirit of co-operation 1. What values Give motivation to

(5 minutes) is required to ensure should be pupils to further
success in group practiced when develop their
work. carrying out the creativity
experiment?

Appendix
Task A (Experiment 1)

20 minutes

20 min.

20 min?
Task B (Experiment 2)

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Task C