Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 4

I. TOPIC
PARTS AND FUNCTION OF PLANTS

II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the period, the students shall able to
a.) Identify the different parts of a plant.
b.) To describe how the different parts of a plant work.

III. MATERIALS/REFERENCES

Materials: Laptop, Projector, Real Plant, Bond Paper

References: https://byjus.com/biology/parts-of-plants/

IV. PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
 Opening prayer The students will stand up to the
pray and sits down after praying.
 Greetings
Good Morning my Dear Students! The students will greet back the
teacher.
 Checking of Attendance
Let us check first your attendance. Say present The students will say Present once
once I call your name. their name is called.
Is everybody called? The students says either Yes or No
Ma’am!
 Motivation
Let’s do an energizer first. The students will sing and perform
the song entitled “Green Green
Grass”.
 Review of the past lesson
Before we proceed to our next topic, let us have a brief
recap of things you remember way back in your Grade
3 lesson about plants.

So, I have something here. What

do you think is it called? Or Students expresses their answer.
what can you say about it?

Okay, then do you have plants Students will either say Yes or No,
in your home? Ma’am!
What are the plants that you
were able to talked about in your Students will speak out their
last discussion about plants? answer.

What have you observe with those plants? Students will answer.

B. LESSON PROPER
This time we will move on to our discussion for today.
We are going to talk about plants. Specifically, its parts
and function.
The students will either say Yes or
Are you ready to listen my students?! No, Ma’am!

Before anything, let’s define a plant first.

The students listens to the teacher.
PLANT- a living thing that grows in the ground,
usually has leaves or flowers, and needs sun and water
to survive.

Let’s go back to the plant a while ago.

The students will state an answer.

Can you name a part of a plant?

Very good class!

There are 4 parts of a plant. These are the roots,

stem, leaf, and flower.
I have here the name of the parts of a plant and a
picture of a plant. Who can put them in the picture
beside on their respective parts?
The students go to the board and
paste the names of plant beside the
respective part.

The students listens to the teacher.

Okay, let’s see if your answers are correct.

So class, what are the parts of a plant?

 Very good class!

Now that you know the parts of plant, let’s now

know what the functions of it are.

ROOTS
 Roots are the underground part of a plant.
 They are the major part that anchors the plant
firmly in the soil.
 They absorb water and minerals from the soil,
synthesize plant growth regulators, and store
reserve food material.

Plant Roots Tree Roots

STEM
 is the part of the plant above the ground.
 The stem provides support to the plant.
 They also protect the plant and help in vegetative
propagation.

Plant Stems

Trunks
• The stem of a tree is
called trunk and is
covered with bark.

LEAF/LEAVES
 Capture sunlight to make food for the plant.
 Leaves are the most important part of a plant.
 They contain chlorophyll that helps the plants to
prepare their food using sunlight, carbon dioxide
and water.
FLOWERS
 Flowers are the most beautiful and colorful part of
a plant.
 They are the reproductive part of a plant. A flower
has four major parts, namely,
Petals: It is the colorful part of a flower which attracts
insects and birds.
Sepals: Sepals are green
leafy parts present under
petals and protect the flower
buds from damage
Stamens: This is the male
part of the flower consisting
of anther and filament.
Pistil: This is the female part of the flower consisting
of stigma, style, and ovary.
FRUIT
• Fruits contain seeds
• Fruits are the main feature of a flowering plant.

The students answers.

The students will ask if they have
So, those are all the parts of a plant. questions if otherwise they will
Have you understood? remain silent or say No Ma’am.
Do you have questions or something to clarify?

C. POST ACTIVITY
Class, let’s have an activity to see if you really learned
about our topic.

GROUP ACTIVITY: “Show Me Where I Belong” The students will do the count off
from 1 to 4. They will go to their
Direction: Divide the class into 4 groups. Each group respective places and listens to the
will be given a set of pictures. For 10 minutes all group instruction. They will do the
must be able to classify the given set of picture activity for 10 minutes. Afterwards
according to its parts. After classifying, in their they will present their work.
respective group places 4 students must stand and hold
the pictures of a certain part.

V. EVALUATION

A. QUESTIONS The students get a piece of paper.

Direction: Circle the correct answer. They will write down their answers
1. It is a living thing that grows in the ground, usually for each number.
has leaves or flowers, and needs sun and water to When all is finished answering,
survive. they will exchange their papers and
a. Plant b. trunk do the checking.
 b. Stem d. roots

2. It is the main feature of a flowering plant?

a. Stem c. Fruits
b. Roots d. Leaves

3. What do the roots of a plant do?

a. Take in light and help make food for the
plan
b. The roots absorb water from the soil.

4. What is the function of the stem?

a. The stem helps to support the plant.
b. It absorbs water.

5. What do you call the stem of a tree?

a. Stem c. roots
b. Flower d. Trunk

B. ANSWER
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. a
5. d

VI. ASSIGNMENT
A. FOLLOW UP The students will do the activity in
In a long bond paper draw/cut/print a plant and their homes.
name it parts.

B. FOR THE NEXT TOPIC

What are the factors affecting Plant’s Growth?

Prepared by:

MS. SHIRLY ABARQUEZ