Republic of the Philippines

BULACAN AGRICULTURAL STATE COLLEGE

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES
Pinaod, San Ildefonso, Bulacan

Detailed Lesson Plan in Grade 7

Topic : Scientific Method
Time Frame: 40 minutes
I. Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

1. define scientific method

2. identify the different steps of a scientific process of inquiry
3. distinguish a scientific statement from a non-scientific one
4. judge the roles of scientific investigation in the society
5. design a scientific investigation

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Scientific Method
B. Subtopic: Steps of a Scientific Method
C. References:
C.1. K to 12 Science Links
by: Valdoz, Meliza P., et al ©2013
pp. 8-12
C.2. Discover Science
by: Allas, Ian Mark F., et al ©2013
pp. 3-11
C.3. Integrated Science
by: Magleo, Lucy A., et al ©2011
pp. 18-24

D. Materials
D.1. For Teacher: Laptop, Projector, Visual aids
D.2. For Students: pen, notebook, manila paper, marker, tape and scissors

E. Teaching Strategies: Discovery Learning and Integrative Teaching

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 III. Procedure
A. Daily Routine

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Class let us pray first. (One student will lead the prayer)

Good morning class. Good morning Sir!

Kindly pick up those pieces of paper around Students will pick up those pieces of paper and
and arrange your chairs properly. arrange their chair properly.

You may now take your seat.

Is there any absent today? None Sir. All are present.

Great! It seems that all of you are all excited

and willing to learn for no one is absent.

Kindly exchange your notebook to your (Students will check the assignment)

seatmates and we will check your assignments

yesterday.

B. Motivation
Let’s proceed in our motivation. Count 1-4 that
will serve as your group in the activity later on. (Students will count 1-4)

Now, move in your respective places. (Students will move in their respected groups.)

This is entitled “What’s that”.

I will show you set of pictures that are (Students will be given pictures)

connected to the present topic. And you should

spell the word through your body. Be creative.
C. Review of the Previous Lesson
It seems that you are all energetic. Great, class!
Before we proceed in our lesson proper, let us
first have flashback of our previous lesson
yesterday.

Sir it is about Science, Technology and

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What is our previous lesson? Society.

That’s right! Science is knowledge gained by

What is science? experimentation and analysis.

Good. Science leads to innovations and inventions.

How is Science related and important to Thus, technology is improved by Science.
technology? Without science, technology will be stagnant
and unimproved.

Absolutely! Because of science and technology, the society

What does it brought to the society? became improved, advanced and modern.

D. Lesson Proper
Great. It seems that you really understood our
lesson yesterday. Now we will move to next
lesson which has connection in our topic.
Pre-Activity
I will show you a video clip about the ways
(Students will watch the video)
how our ancestors lived in the past. You are to
compare these practices to the present belief of
our generation.
(https://www.youtube.com/results?
search_query=superstition+vs+science+)
Activity
“The Case of the Sea Lions”
I will give you the activity sheets and you are Yes Sir.
to solve the problem in our activity. Do you
understand?
(See the attached sheet)
Post Activity We are all done Sir.

Are you done with your activity?

Sir we use a process of answering the problem.
Let’s us now proceed with our discussion.
And we used basis in concluding.
What do you do to solve the case about the sea
lions?
That process is scientific method.
Good!

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And what is that process?

Exactly. Scientific method is a process or a series of

What is a scientific method? steps that allows a person to arrive at a tested
and proven answer.

Very good. Scientific method leads to a concrete and

Why do we need to employ scientific method? factual answer to our problem.

Scientific method helped us distinguish

How scientific method affected the way of superstition from a scientific phenomenon.
living of the people on the past and nowadays?

Exactly!
I will say some instances and tell me if its
superstition or scientific phenomenon.
Distinguish the differences between the two.

First, you saw someone with four-leaf clover

That’s a superstition because there is no
before a contest.
evidence that if you have four- leaf clover you
What is that?
will win the contest.

That is a scientific.

Secondly, a fisherman who is putting salt to the

fishes he caught for preservation purposes.
Because the salt which is NaCl is a
preservative that hinder bacterial and
How do you say so?
microorganisms to build up on the fishes.

That’s a good point.

Salt is really used in ancient time to preserve
foods because there is no refrigerator that time.
Basically, our ancestors put a large amount of
salt to the food and put a hole on the ground
preserve it.
Now let us move to the steps of scientific First, we should make observation and
method. identification of the problem.

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What do you think is the first step?

Sir that is the time we should formulate our

Excellent! hypothesis.
Second step?

Hypothesis is an intelligent and calculated

Awesome. possible answer to the given problem.
By the way, what is a hypothesis?

That is the time we should test our hypothesis.

That’s great.
The next step is what?
We should identify the independent and
Good. dependent variables and employ fair test.
How we can test our hypothesis?

For example, you want to determine which of

Precisely. the two dynamic carts you have coast down an
Kindly give an example. inclined plane faster.

The fourth step of scientific method is the

That is a concrete example. collection, analysis and interpretation of data
What is the fourth step? gathered.

Sir the reason why we do that is for us to come

Very good. up with the correct conclusion.
Why we should carefully collect, analyze and
interpret the data?
The stating of our conclusion. This is our
Nice idea. answer to the problem stated.
And in that note, what is the fifth and last step
of scientific method?
Through the use of scientific method we are
Great. being careful and problem solvers that our
How can you value the importance of scientific solution to the problem has basis and factual.
method?

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Absolutely.
We are now to proceed in our generalization
and later on to the assessment tasks.

IV. Generalization
Scientific method is a process or series of steps that allows us to arrive at a tested and
proven answer. The sequence of steps also allows the conclusion or answer to be double-
checking or validated by others. The following are the steps of the scientific method: (1)
observation and identification of the problem, (2) formulation of hypothesis, (3) testing
the hypothesis, (4) collection, analysis and interpretation of data, and (5) stating the
conclusion.

V. Valuing and Application

An investigation would not be credible, meaningful and thorough if it doesn’t follow

step by step procedures using scientific method. This makes scientific investigation a
scientific process that seeks an answer to a specific problem which if solved can
improve life. One of the traits of a scientific literate person is the conduct of a
scientific study.

VI. Formative Assessment

The students will be grouped and each will be consisted of four members. Each group
will conduct a scientific method of inquiry regarding a problem in their barangay.
They will present it in the class.
(Attached here is the sheet and guidelines for this assessment as well as the checklist
for scoring guide)

VII. Assignment
What are the ways to present data in a scientific method and cite examples.
Reference:
Discover Science
by: Allas, Ian Mark F., et al ©2013
pp. 24-25

Prepared by:

KARL NICKO G. DELA CRUZ