Form: 5 Neptune

Date: 16th June 2015

Level: Intermediate

Time: 2.30pm 3.40pm

Theme: Physiology of living things

Topic: Chapter 1: Transport
Subtopic: 1.7 Transport of substances in plants.
Objective: Understanding the transport of substances in Plants.
Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
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2.
3.
4.

State the necessity for transport of substances in plants.

Identify the vascular tissue in stem, root and leaf.
State the role of vascular tissue in the transport of substances.
Describe the structure of vascular tissue.

Moral values:
1. Students will be able to feel devoted to God by understanding a mechanism that works
automatically and systemically in Plants.
2. The cooperation during the teaching and learning process.
3. Students will be able to be more grateful and appreciate the God creatures surrounding them.

Educational emphasis:
Thinking skills: Analysing the information, compare and contrast between xylem and phloem.
Science process skills: Observation, identifying and communicating
Instructional aids: Diagram of xylem and phloem, textbook, hand-out, marker pens, crossword puzzle.
Previous knowledge: In chapter of Nutrition in form 4, generally students have learnt that plants need
carbon dioxide, water and minerals for living process.

Reference: Teh , L.H , Lee , C. , Wong .T . W. , Chain , S.K.(2006). Biology Form 5. Petaling Jaya.

Teaching procedure:
Stage
Set induction
(5 minutes)

Development
(15 minutes)

Instructional activity
1. Teacher greets the
students
2. Teacher starts class
with action below:
- Teacher drinks
water in front of
the class
- teacher shows student
several items that
related to the previous
action
(straw, water, plant)
3. Teacher then asks the
students several
question related to
the items as below:
- How do plants
consume water?
- What is the
function of the
straw?
4. Teacher then explain
and relate all the
things and
information that have
been discuss
previously with the
lesson that going to
be learn.
1. Teacher starts to
explain about the
necessity for
transport of
substances in plants
by written on
whiteboard.
2. Teacher then will
explain about the
vascular tissue in
stem, root and leaf.
- By using hand-out
teacher will focus
on the structure of
vascular tissue in
stem, root and

Learning activity
1. Students greet
teacher back.
2. Students pay
attention and
observe what
teacher is doing.
3. Students respond
to the teachers
questions.
4. Students listen to
teachers
explanation.

1. Students listen to
teachers
explanation.
2. Students look at
the diagram and
analyses it.
3. Students listen to
explanation and
taking notes from
it.

leaf.
3. Teacher also explains
the role of vascular
tissue in the transport
of substances by
using a prepared
diagram of plants
- Xylem functions as
a continuous tube
system to
transport water
and minerals.
- Phloem functions
as a continuous
tube system to
transport organic
substances.
Activity
(5minutes)

Conclusion
(5 minutes)

1. Teacher distributes a
crossword puzzle.
2. Teacher ask student
to complete the
crossword puzzle
given.
3. Teacher discusses the
correct answer with
the students after all
the students done
with the crossword
puzzle.
1. Teacher summarizes
and concludes the
whole lesson.

1. Students complete
the crossword
puzzle.
2. Students cooperate
with teacher while
discussing the
correct answers of
the crossword
puzzle.

2. Students listen to
teachers
conclusion.

Follow-up activity: Teacher instructs students to draw the structure of vascular tissue and bring it in
during next class.

Self-evaluation:

Supervisors comments: