A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE

GRADE 9
I. Learning Objectives
Cognitive: Explain how the parts of the heart function in pumping blood all
. throughout the body.
Psychomotor: Demonstrate how the heart pumps blood using the heart pump
model.
Affective: Propose suggestions on how to develop a healthy lifestyle to keep
the heart fit.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: The Human Heart
Competency: Investigate on how the human heart works.
References:
LMS Grade 9, Unit 1, Module 1, pp. 15- 17
TG Grade 9, Unit 1, Module 1, pp. 12- 14
sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/pulmonary.html
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/makeaheartpump.html
Resources Needed:

 visual aids  double- sided tape

 video clips  pictures
 laptop  activity sheets
 speaker
For the lab activity:
 1 beaker or wide  1 pair of scissors
mouthed jar  1 large pan or sink
 1 balloon  adhesive tape
 2 flexible drinking  water
straws

III. Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Learner’s Activity

A. Preparation
1. Prayer
(A learner leads the class for the prayer.
2. Greetings (The class responds.)
(The teacher greets the learners.)
3. Recall (A learner volunteers and recalls the
Ask a volunteer from the class to previous lesson.)
give a brief review of the previous
lesson.
(The learners pass their assignments.)
Then, ask them to pass their
assignments.

4. Motivation
The teacher pastes on the board ten
letters and asks the class to form two
words out of it. (The class is in disarray.)
What could the two words be?

Then, the teacher pastes a picture on

the board to give the class a clue.
Shown below is the picture:

(The learners look at the picture.)

After showing the picture to the

class, ask them again to guess what Maam, it spells the HUMAN HEART!
could be the two words that can be (The learners answer in chorus.)
formed based on the picture.

(Ten volunteers come to the board to arrange

Then, ask ten volunteers to arrange the letters.)
the letters in order to form the words
HUMAN HEART.
The HUMAN HEART!
Ask the class to read aloud the
formed words.

Then, explain to the class the

relevance of the formed words with
IV. Assessment
Answer the following questions by selecting either true or false:
1. The heart is a hollow muscular organ which is about the size of your fist. True
2. The heart divided into two chambers namely the atrium and the valve. False
3. The valves are like one- way doors that keep the blood moving in only one direction.
True
4. All of the muscle tissues of the heart do not contract at the same time. True
5. The ventricles are the receiving chambers of the heart, accepting blood from the
body. False
6. The atria are the pumping chambers, moving blood to the lungs and into the body.
False
7. When a chamber contracts, it becomes smaller and the blood inside gets squeezed or
pumped out. True
8. The valves prevent the blood from flowing backwards. True

V. Assignment
Answer the following questions in a one-half crosswise of paper.
1. List five healthy lifestyles that will help in taking good care of the heart.
2. Compare the parts and function of the human heart to other animals. (Choose only
one animal to compare the human heart with.)