Integrated Teaching Plan for Chapter 2 – Looking at Living Things
FEATURES
Section
Chapter
opening &
Snapshots
(pp.70-72)
2.1
Characteristics
of living things
(pp.73-79)
IN THE
TEXTBOOK
Acty = Activity
Expt = Experiment
No.
(Enrich) = (Enrichment) (Demo) =
of
Demonstration
Periods
Workbook
Side Features
Answer Book
Class Revision
Materials
0.5
2
Acty 2.1A
Finding out the common
characteristics of animals
(pp.73-75)
Let’s Try 2.1
An experiment on dried
yeast (p.77)
Acty 2.1B
Finding out the common
characteristics of plants
(pp.75-76)
2.2
Observing living
things
(pp.80-82)
2
2.3
Diversity of
living things
(pp.83-92)
2
Acty 2.2 (Enrich)
Observing a tree (p.82)
Expt 2.2
Observing an animal
(pp.80-81)
Sc Insight 2.2
Observing wild animals
(p.82)
Key Point
(p.76)
Checkpoint 2.1
(p.77)
Key Point
(p.82)
Sectional
Acty 2.1A
Exercise 2.1
Acty 2.1B
Checkpoint 2.1
Sectional
Expt 2.2
Exercise 2.2
Skill Development 2.2
Measuring the length of
an animal (p.82)
Acty 2.3A
Studying habitats
(pp.86-87)
Sc Insight 2.3A
Key Point
Diversity of living things in (p.87)
different areas (p.83)
(p.91)
Acty 2.3B (Enrich)
Wide variety of insects
(p.87)
Let’s Search 2.3
Variety of some living
things (p.85)
Acty 2.3C
Observing variations
among humans
(pp.89-91)
Sc Insight 2.3B
Factors leading to
variations (p.88)
Checkpoint 2.3
(p.92)
Sectional
Acty 2.3A
Exercise 2.3
Acty 2.3C
Checkpoint 2.3
Sc Insight 2.3C
Variations and survival
(p.91)
Skill Development 2.3
Analysing data from a
graph (p.91)
2.4
Sorting things
into groups
(pp.92-103)
4.5
Acty 2.4A
Classifying some animals
(pp.93-94)
Acty 2.4B
Vertebrates and
invertebrates (p.95)
Acty 2.4C
Characteristics of
different groups of
vertebrates (p.96)
Acty 2.4D
Classifying some plants
(pp.98-99)
Acty 2.4E
Identifying birds (p.100)
Acty 2.4F
Making a key for four
kinds of antelopes
(p.102)
Note: Extension parts in the syllabus are shown in grey.
Let’s Think 2.4A
Key Point
Other examples of sorting (p.93)
things into groups (p.93) (p.95)
(p.97)
Sc Insight 2.4
(p.99)
Reproduction of fern
(p.100)
(p.98)
(p.102)
Let’s Think 2.4B
Checkpoint 2.4
Constructing a suitable
key
(p.103)
(p.102)
Sectional
Acty 2.4A
Exercise 2.4
Acty 2.4B
Acty 2.4C
Acty 2.4D
Acty 2.4E
Acty 2.4F
Checkpoint 2.4
Activity Book
Let’s Try 2.1
An experiment on dried
yeast
Lesson Worksheets/
Revision Guide
Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide 2.1
Teacher’s DVD/
Teacher’s E-book
Game 2.1
The seven
characteristics of living
things
Question Bank
Q&A for Section 2.1
Video 2.1
Amazing animal album
PPT 2.1
E-Book 2.1
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Acty 2.2 (Enrich)
Observing a tree
Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide 2.2
Simulation 2.2
Observing ants
Q&A for Section 2.2
PPT 2.2
E-Book 2.2
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Lab Prep Form Expt
2.2
Acty 2.3B (Enrich)
Wide variety of insects
Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide 2.3
Game 2.3
What are their habitats?
Q&A for Section 2.3
Animation 2.3
Variation within the
same species
PPT 2.3
E-Book 2.3
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Add Activity 2.1
Making a key
Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide 2.4
Animation 2.4a
Classification of living
things
Simulation 2.4
Working with a key
Animation 2.4b
How do you make a
key?
PPT 2.4
E-Book 2.4
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Q&A for Section 2.4
Other Supporting
Resources
Web Support
‘Teaching & learning’
materials:
• Teaching Resources
Pack
• Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide
• Lab Skills & Scientific
Investigation Handbook
• Student’s E-book
Web Support
(http://is.ilongman.com)
Continuously updated
materials for students:
• Multimedia aids
- Videos (Doc & Expt)
- Animations
- Simulations &
Games
‘Bridging’ materials:
- e-dictionary
• Bridging from Primary
- Bridging Programme
Science
(pronunciation)
• Bridging Programme for
• Useful resources
NSS Biology
- News Plus
• Bridging Programme for
- More to read
NSS Chemistry
- Useful websites
• Bridging Programme for
• Online Assessment
NSS Physics
Centre
‘MOI’ materials:
• Vocabulary Handbook Continuously updated
• Basic Classroom
materials for teachers:
English
• Multimedia Aids
• Basic Laboratory
- PowerPoint slides
English
- Videos (Doc & Expt)
• Skills in Answering
- Animations
Questions
- Simulations &
• MOI Teaching Plans
Games
- Image Bank
‘Interest’ materials:
• Teaching references
• Science Playground
(editable WORD files)
• Science Comics
- Vocabulary lists
• STSE Worksheets
(bilingual)
‘Consolidation and
- Useful information
Assessment’ materials:
and resources
• Practical Assessment
- Lab preparation
• High-order Thinking
forms
Exercise
- Textbook and
• Exam Papers Pack
Workbook solutions
- Integrated teaching
(Updating of the
plans
materials will be done as
- Textbook summaries
appropriate.)
- Textbook exercises
• Additional worksheets
(editable WORD files)
- STSE worksheets
- Scientific
investigation
projects
- Science playground
- Additional activities
• Assessment and
Question Bank
(editable WORD files)
- Exam papers
- Practical
assessments
- Question Bank
• Teachers’ activities
(newsletters, seminars,
workshops, etc.)
• Online Assessment
Centre
(For most updated
materials, please refer to
the Interactive Science
(2nd Ed.) website.)
Integrated Teaching Plan for Chapter 2 – Looking at Living Things (continued)
FEATURES
Section
2.5
Endangered
species
(pp.104-117)
IN THE
3
Acty 2.5A (STSE)
Studying an endangered
animal (p.106)
Acty 2.5B
Why do some living
things become
endangered?
(pp.107-108)
Acty 2.5C (STSE)
Do living things depend
on each other? (p.111)
Acty 2.5D
What can we do to
protect our environment?
(p.114)
Acty 2.5E (Enrich)
(STSE)
The conflict between
conservation and
economic development
(pp.116-117)
Workbook
TEXTBOOK
Acty = Activity
Expt = Experiment
No.
(Enrich) = (Enrichment) (Demo) =
of
Demonstration
Periods
Side Features
Sc Insight 2.5
Giant Pandas (p.104)
Let’s Search 2.5A
Endangered species in
Hong Kong (p.105)
Let’s Go 2.5
Endangered Species
Resource Centre of the
Agriculture, Fisheries and
Conservation Department
(p.105)
Answer Book
Class Revision
Materials
Key Point
(p.104)
(p.111)
(p.117)
Sectional
Exercise
2.5
Acty 2.5A
Acty 2.5B
Acty 2.5C
Acty 2.5D
Checkpoint 2.5
(p.117)
Checkpoint 2.5
Skill Development 2.5A
Writing about endangered
species (p.108)
Everyday Sc 2.5
Romer’s tree frogs (p.109)
Let’s Think 2.5A
Other reasons why some
living things become
endangered (p.111)
Skill Development 2.5B
Protection of the
environment (p.113)
Let’s Search 2.5B
Organizations that help
protect wildlife (p.113)
Let’s Think 2.5B
Examples of daily actions
for ‘4Rs’ principles (p.115)
Global & China
Control of trade in
endangered species
(p.115)
Chapter
Review
(pp.118120)
---
Self-assessment (p.121)
---
Chapter
Exercise and
Skill
Development
(pp.122124)
---
Integrated
Exercise
Project
Site visit
(p.125)
0.5
Little
Einstein’s
Corner
Time to
share
The
Microscopic
World of
Living Things
(p.126)
Suggested
Reading
(p.127)
0.5
STSE
Article
Reading
---
Note: Extension parts in the syllabus are shown in grey.
Quick
Review
Chapter
Exercise
Activity Book
Acty 2.5E (Enrich)
(STSE)
The conflict between
conservation and
economic development
Lesson Worksheets/
Revision Guide
Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide 2.5
Teacher’s DVD/
Teacher’s E-book
Question Bank
Simulation 2.5
Q&A for Section 2.5
Studying the
interdependence of living
things
PPT 2.5
E-Book 2.5
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Chapter Summary
Workbook Solutions
Textbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Practical Assessments
Project
Site visit
Video Project
Diversity of plants in a
mangrove
Workbook Solutions
Workbook Solutions
Integrated Q&A
Other Supporting
Resources
Web Support
‘Teaching & learning’
materials:
• Teaching Resources
Pack
• Lesson Worksheets /
Revision Guide
• Lab Skills & Scientific
Investigation Handbook
• Student’s E-book
Web Support
(http://is.ilongman.com)
Continuously updated
materials for students:
• Multimedia aids
- Videos (Doc & Expt)
- Animations
- Simulations &
Games
‘Bridging’ materials:
e-dictionary
• Bridging from Primary
- Bridging Programme
Science
(pronunciation)
• Bridging Programme for
• Useful resources
NSS Biology
- News Plus
• Bridging Programme for
- More to read
NSS Chemistry
- Useful websites
• Bridging Programme for
• Online Assessment
NSS Physics
Centre
‘MOI’ materials:
• Vocabulary Handbook Continuously updated
• Basic Classroom
materials for teachers:
English
• Multimedia Aids
• Basic Laboratory
- PowerPoint slides
English
- Videos (Doc & Expt)
• Skills in Answering
- Animations
Questions
- Simulations &
• MOI Teaching Plans
Games
- Image Bank
‘Interest’ materials:
• Teaching references
• Science Playground
(editable WORD files)
• Science Comics
- Vocabulary lists
• STSE Worksheets
(bilingual)
‘Consolidation and
- Useful information
Assessment’ materials:
and resources
• Practical Assessment
- Lab preparation
• High-order Thinking
forms
Exercise
- Textbook and
• Exam Papers Pack
Workbook solutions
- Integrated teaching
(Updating of the
plans
materials will be done as
- Textbook summaries
appropriate.)
- Textbook exercises
• Additional worksheets
(editable WORD files)
- STSE worksheets
- Scientific
investigation
projects
- Science playground
- Additional activities
• Assessment and
Question Bank
(editable WORD files)
- Exam papers
- Practical
assessments
- Question Bank
• Teachers’ activities
(newsletters, seminars,
workshops, etc.)
• Online Assessment
Centre
(For most updated
materials, please refer to
the Interactive Science
(2nd Ed.) website.)