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Australian International School, Dhaka

Term 3: Week DAILY LESSON PLAN

YEAR /GRADE LEVEL: 7 SUBJECT: SCIENCE TEACHER: Irtifa Tazkia

Topic: Earth in space

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SundayLearning outcome: At the end of this lesson students will be able to explain why day and night occurs. They will also be able to explain how to calculate a year and why we have a leap year after four years.

40 mins

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Opening Activity: (10 minutes)Ask students to think about why day and night occurs and then write them down on a paper. Students discuss their ideas with each other.

Learning experience: (25 minutes)Use a globe and a torch to explain day and night. Show a poster on how day and night occurs.

Ask the students how much time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution (one complete orbit). Explain how to calculate a year and why do we have leap year after four years.

Students will write down the important points in their journals.

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Teacher will show a work example on the white board.

Closing Activity: (5 minutes)Agenda: Research how Al Battani calculated the length of the year in the tenth century.

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Mon/Tues Learning outcome: At the end of the lesson students will have a clear concept on climate and the reasons behind the change of seasons.

40 mins

Opening Activity: (10 minutes)Students will solve the following problem in their journals.

Calculate whether the following years are/were leap years or not.a) 1896 b) 1900 c) 2225 d) 2400

Discuss the responses and review the previous lesson.

Learning Experience: (25 minutes)Show them the globe and ask them what they think about the weather of north and south pole and the weather of the regions around the equator. Explain the climate by showing the images of different regions of Earth.

Use a poster to explain how the seasons change.

Students will draw the picture in their journals.

Student Book

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Closing Activity: (5 minutes)Teacher asks for feedback from the students and answers to their critical questions.

Day & Date Lesson Outline Time Resources ReflectionWednesday Learning outcome:

At the end of the lesson students will be able to create short stories by applying the knowledge that they gained from the previous classes.

Opening Activity: (5 minutes)Teacher takes a quiz on the topics covered in the previous classes.

Learning Experience: (30 minutes)Science fiction and horror authors have long been fascinated by the idea of endless days and endless nights. Imagine a planet that doesn’t spin. On it, forms of life have evolved very differently from those found on Earth. Think of what may live on the dark side and light side of the planet. Think of forms of life that couldn’t possibly exist. Create a short story for a blockbuster movie about: a) A creature from one side travelling into the other (light to dark or dark to light) b) A human landing on the planet and exploring both sides.

Closing Activity: ( 5 minutes)Teacher asks the students to share their stories.

40 mins

Student Book

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