A Detailed Lesson Plan in Science in Grade IV

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard
- The learners demonstrate understanding of animals have body parts that make
them adapt to land or water

B. Performance Standard
- The learners should be able to construct a prototype model of organism that has
body parts which can survive in a given environment.

C. At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

a. identify the different stages of the life cycle of a butterfly;
b. arrange the stages of animals’ life cycles;
c. cite ways of how to properly care for animals.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic: Life Cycle of Animals: Butterfly
B. Time Allotment: 50 minutes
C. Materials: Text book, PPT, illustration of life cycle of butterfly
D. References: Fides P. Balatbat, et. al. Lesson 1: Life Cycle of Animals,
Science Links 4, pp. 194 - 198
III. LEARNING TASKS
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preparatory Activities

1. Prayer
Let us start our day with the presence of our
Lord. May I ask everyone to please stand and
let us pray.
Dione, please lead us the opening prayer.
Yes, teacher.

Classmates, are you ready to pray?

Yes, we are ready.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the

Holy Spirit. Amen.
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's
love commits me here, ever this day, be at my
side, to light and guard, rule and guide. Amen.

2. Greetings
Good morning, Class!
Good morning, teacher!
Before you take your seat, put the pieces of
paper under your armchair.
 You may now take your seat.
How’s everyone?
Thank you, teacher.
That’s good to hear!
We are good, teacher.
3. Checking of Attendance

Is there anybody absent in the class?

Very good!
No one is absent today, teacher.
4. Review

Let’s have a short review about our last

lesson.

Our last lesson was all about the animals that

live on land and in water, isn’t? Yes, teacher.

As a sort of review, I prepared a simple game

entitled "four pics, one word." In this game,
all you need to do is to observe or see what
the pictures have in common and arrange the We are ready, teacher.
jumbled letters. Are you ready?

What are these animals called based on where

they live?

(Nathan raised his hand.)

E TRRSETILRA
These animals live on land, teacher. These are
Go ahead, Nathan. terrestrial animals.

Excellent! How about these pictures?

(Abiel raised his hand.)

ABRALROE

Yes, Abiel. Go ahead and answer. These animals live in trees and they are called
arboreal animals.

Very good, Abiel! Let’s try to answer these

pictures.

(Nathalia raised her hand.)

AQTUIAC
 Yes, Nathalia. These animals live in water and they are called
aquatic animals.

Awesome, Nathalia!
Where do you think these animals live?

(Loraine raised her hand.)

DRSETE These animals live in the desert, teacher.

Very good, Loraine!

GASSANRLD (Robie raised his hand.)

These animals live in the grassland, teacher.

Marvelous, Robie!

(Lorence raised his hand.)

O FRSTE These animals live in the forest, teacher.

That’s great, Lorence!

B. Developmental Activities

1. Motivation
To start with, let’s play a game called
pictoword.
In Pictoword, the player will “read” two
pictures to form a word. The puzzles can be a
combination of the pictures
Are you ready? We are now ready, teacher.

All right! Let’s start!

Kindly, combine the two pictures to find out

what the word will be.
What is the mystery word? (Chloe raised her hand.)

The word formed when I combined the pictures

 is a butterfly, teacher.

Fabulous, Chloe!
Butterflies are beautiful, teacher.
Are butterflies beautiful?
Yes, teacher.
Do you want to see a real butterfly right now?

All right!
Yesterday, I caught a butterfly for you to see
and observe.
Its wings are colorful, teacher.
Can you describe the appearance of this
beautiful creature?
No, teacher.
Do you know how this beautiful creature
came from?

All right! So today, you will study how a

butterfly develops from an egg to a beautiful
flying creature.

2. Presentation of the lesson

Today we will discuss about some animals’
life cycle.
Get ready and fasten your seatbelt!

3. Presenting the objectives a. identify the different stages of the life cycle of
Who wants to read our learning goals? a butterfly;
b. arrange the stages of animals’ life cycles;
c. cite ways of how to properly care for animals.

4. Discussion

To start with, let’s unlock the word Yes, teacher.

reproduction. Are you familiar to this word?

Who wants do define reproduction by just

looking at this picture?

(John Jocef raised his hand.)

Yes, John Jocef. Kindly, define what is Reproduction is the ability of organisms to make
reproduction all about. more of their kind,

Do all animals resemble their parents when No, Teacher.

they're first born?

Based on these pictures, what do other

 animals look like when they are born?

Some animals are born alive as baby animals.

Other are hatched from eggs, Teacher.

Exactly!

There are animals also pass through different

stages of development before developing like
their parents.

What do you observe in the picture?

The butterfly changes in form, teacher.
What do you call to the change in form of an
animal especially in butterfly? Kindly, arrange
the jumbled letters.

SISOHPROMATEM The change in form and structure that occurs as

the young animals grow and develop into adult
animals is called metamorphosis, teacher.
Great job!

Do you think all animals undergo

metamorphosis?
No, teacher. Animals such as birds, fish, reptiles,
and mammals do not go through metamorphosis.
You’re right! They have very simple life
cycles: they are born and then grow up as adult
animals. .

In addition, some insects, fish, amphibians,

mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms,
and tunicates undergo metamorphosis.

What are two types of growth forms in

insects? The two types of growth forms in insect are
complete metamorphosis and incomplete
metamorphosis, teacher.

How many stages does complete

metamorphosis consist of?
Correct! Today, let us focus on complete Metamorphosis consists of four stages, teacher.
metamorphisis.

Can you arrange in order these four stages of

complete metamorphisis?

 Pupa Egg
 Egg
 Adult
 Larva Adult Larva
Very good!
Pupa
Butterflies are an example of an insect that
goes through all the stages of complete
metamorphosis.

Let us learn how a butterfly is formed.

Let us watch a short video about the life cyle

of a butterfly. Bring out your science
notebook and jot down the important
information from the video.
(The students are watching the video about the
What was the video all about? life cycle of a butterfly.)

What are the life cycle of a butterfly? It is all about the life cycle of a butterfly,
teacher.

The following are the life cycle of a butterfly:

egg, larva, pupa, and adult butterfly.

Vey good! Let us learn the following stages of

butterfly one-by-one.

MEDGRQGO

Based on the pictures, what is the first stage of

the life cycle of a butterfly?

The first stage of a butterfly's life cycle is a very

small cylindrical egg, teacher.
 The butterfly lays eggs on the leaves of a plant,
teacher.
Correct! Based from the video, where does the
butterfly lays their egg?
It all starts when a female butterfly lays her eggs,
Exactly! When does a butterfly's life begin? usually on leaves or stems of plants.

Very good!

LMAVRLVA

What is the second stage of a butterfly’s life?

Once ready, the caterpillar leaves its egg home

and enters the big outside world. Inside these
What does a larva always do? tiny eggs, caterpillars grow. The next stage of a
butterfly is a larva, teacher.

The larva eats all the time and grows quickly and
when the caterpillar reaches full size, they form
into a pupa, teacher.

PNUJPMA

What do you call to the next stage?

Once fully grown, the caterpillar forms itself into
a “pupa” (or chrysalis) – a kind of vessel in
Exactly! What do you think happen inside the which the caterpillar changes into a butterfly,
chrysalis? teacher.

Inside, they are undergoing a transformation or

metamorphosis, teacher.
B US T D T E Q R G F P L J Y

What do you call to the last stage of a

butterfly? After two or three weeks, the newly formed
butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. It is now an
adult.

In addition, once the butterfly is ready to

emerge, the case around the pupa splits open.
But it’s not time for takeoff just yet, as the wings
are at first wet, soft and wrinkled against its
body. The butterfly waits for its wings to dry,
and pumps a liquid called hemolymph into them
so that they become big and strong.

Very good!

That’s how a butterfly is formed. To end our

discussion for today, people also go through
what is called a life cycle.
 IV. EVALUATION
Make a model of the life cycle of a butterfly using a clay. After making the model, answer
the following questions: What does the life cycle of a butterfly teach us? How does a
caterpillar turn into a butterfly?

V. ASSIGNMENT
DIRECTIONS: Humans have life cycle stages too. Now, on the space provided,
arrange the following stages in the order in which they happen.

____________ ____________ ____________ _________

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Submitted by:

AEOLI B. IGNACIO
Practice Teacher
Submitted to:

Mrs. JEVELYN M. BURAC

Cooperating Teacher