LESSON PLAN

Name of the Student Teacher : Subject : Science

Name of the School : Unit : Living Systems
Standard and Section : Topic : Nervous System
Date : Time :

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

The pupil

1. acquires the knowledge of the structure of the human brain.

2. develops the understanding about functions of various parts of the human brain.

3. applies the knowledge to classify the functions of various parts of the nervous system.

4. develops the skills of drawing and labeling.

5. develops to appreciate tasks of the human brain.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

The Pupil

1. recalls the parts of the nervous system.

2. distinguishes CNS, PNS, and ANS.

3. locates the brain and its cover.

4. evaluates the weight of the brain.

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 5. enumerates the components of brain.

6. classifies the parts of the brain.

7. draws the cross section of the brain.

8. elucidates the forebrain.

9. explains the cerebrum.

10. observe the differences between cerebral cortex and cerebral medulla.

11. distinguishes the cerebral hemispheres.

12. grasps the olfactory lobes.

13. locates the place of diencephalon.

14. isolates the infundibulum in his picture.

15. located the place of midbrain.

16. realizes the importance of hindbrain.

LEARNING AIDS:
Model, Flash Cards, Charts, Colour chalk, etc.

1. MOTIVATION:

The teacher gives a brief description about computer and its tasks. Then he focuses on human brain. Then the teacher asks
the following question to arouse motivation among the students.

1. What are the specialties of human brain?

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 2. What are the parts involved in the
3. Among all, which one gives beauty to the plant?
4. How many types of flowers are present based on colour?
5. Have you ever thought of how these flowers are classified?

Then the teacher announces the aim of the lesson and writes title of the lesson on the blackboard as BRAIN.

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2. PRESENTATION

CONTENT SPECIFICATION LEARNING EXPERIENCE BLACKBOARD WORK EVALUATION

The teacher asks the students what are Parts of a Nervous System:
the parts of a nervous system. Few 1. Central Nervous System
(CNS) What are the
Parts of a students answer the teacher based on
parts of a
Nervous recalls what they know. The teacher asks other 2. Peripheral Nervous System Nervous
System students to write the answers on the (PNS) System?
Black board. The teacher collects all the 3. Autonomic Nervous System
answers and finally consolidates them. (ANS)
The teacher compares the three parts of
the nervous system and their Brain State the parts
components while students are CNS of the CNS.
distinguish its components and CNS connected
CNS, PNS & functions. Spinal Cord
distinguishes with what?
ANS Nerves from brain What is PNS?
PNS Differentiate
Spinal Cord CNS & PNS.
Visceral organs
The teacher locates the brain which
found inside the skull or cranium.
Which one
Inside the skull the brain is covered by Skull or Cranium
Brain locates covers the
meninges. While all the students are
brain?
carefully follow the teacher and they Cover – Meninges
locate the brain and its cover.

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 The teacher enumerates that, the brain
weighs around 1300 g or 3 pounds in
What is the
adults and in new born baby it is Adult - 1300 g / 3 pounds
weight of the
Weight of around 380 g. The weight of the brain is
estimates New born baby – 380 g brain in
Brain directly proportional to age. The
matured
growth of the brain may happen up to Up to age 20
human?
the age of 20. With this idea students
estimate the weight of the brain.
The teacher says that, the basic
component of the brain is nerve cells.
Which one is
The nerve cells also called neuron. The Nerve Cell – Neuron
Component enumerates the basic unit of
brain is made up of nearly 12,000 12,000 million
of Brain brain?
million neurons. Students enumerate
and spell out the neurons.
The teacher says to the students the 3 regions
brain is classified in to 3 regions 1. Forebrain,
Parts of the What are the
classifies namely, Forebrain, Midbrain and
Brain 2. Midbrain and parts of brain?
Hindbrain followed by the students
make them clear. 3. Hindbrain

The teacher draws diagram of brain

step by step with colour chalk and the Draw the
Cross-Section
draws students also draw the same gradually diagram of
of the brain
in their note book with the help of brain.
colour sketch or pencil.

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 The teacher makes clear that the
forebrain is made up of 3 region, they 3 regions
1. cerebrum, What are the
are cerebrum, two olfactory lobes and
The Forebrain elucidates parts of
diencephalon. Now the students 2. two olfactory lobes forebrain?
elucidate about the parts of the 3. diencephalon
forebrain.
The teacher explains that, cerebrum is
the major part of the forebrain which is
divided into two hemispheres. The two Cerebrum:
hemispheres are connected by a sheet of Two hemispheres Which one
nerve fibres called corpus collosum at Connection - Corpus collosum connects the
Cerebrum explains the base. The outer surface of cerebrum
Outer - Cerebral cortex two
is called cerebral cortex. The inner
Inner - Cerebral medulla hemispheres?
region is called cerebral medulla. The
central cortex has sulci and gyri. The Central cortex - Sulci & gyri
students grasp enlighten explanation of
the teacher.

Cerebral
The teacher shows the model and Cerebral cortex
medulla
Cerebral differentiates cerebral cortex and Differentiate
Outer surface of Inner region of
cortex and observe the cerebral medulla based on location, Cerebral cortex
cerebrum cerebrum
Cerebral differences colour, etc. The students observe the and Cerebral
Grey in colour White in colour
medulla differences and follow the same and medulla.
Also called grey Also called
note it.
matter white matter

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 The teacher shows the picture and
Four lobes: How many
distinguishes the four different lobes of
1. frontal, lobes present in
Cerebral the cerebral hemispheres. They are
distinguishes 2. parietal, cerebral
Hemispheres frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital
3. temporal and hemispheres?
lobes. Now the students distinguish the
4. occipital What are they?
different lobes.
The teacher shows the model and says
that olfactory lobes are two small
From where are
Olfactory projections formed from the frontal lobe Two small projections
grasps the olfactory
Lobes of the cerebrum and these are not Not noticeable in man
lobes formed?
noticeable in man. The students grasp
and make a note.
The teacher explains about that, the Where
diencephalon in found deep inside of Diencephalon : deep inside of the diencephalon is
the cerebrum which consists of two cerebrum found?
Diencephalon locates regions namely thalamus and
1. Thalamus What are the
hypothalamus. The student locates the
diencephalon in the picture that he 2. Hypothalamus regions of
draws. diencephalon?

The teacher explain that, the

hypothalamus bears an infundibulum,
having the most important Pituitary
Where is
gland at its tip and ask the students to Infundibulum
Infundibulum isolates pituitary gland
isolate the pituitary gland with different Pituitary gland
found?
colour while all the students isolate the
pituitary gland with different colour
that he draws.

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 The teacher explains that, the midbrain Forebrain
Where is
is found in the middle of the forebrain
The Midbrain locates Midbrain midbrain
and the hindbrain. Students locate the
Hindbrain found?
midbrain in the picture.
The teacher explains the hindbrain that,
this is the posterior part of the brain.
Hindbrain - posterior part
This is made up of pons virolii, medulla
oblongata and cerebellum. It is an Pons virolii How is the
The realizes the
enlarge portion of the spinal cord. The Medulla oblongata hindbrain made
Hindbrain importance
nerves of ANS are associated with this Cerebellum. of?
region. The students are carefully Nerves of ANS.
followed the teacher and realizes the
importance of hindbrain.

3. REVIEW / RECAPITULATION
1. List out the parts of the brain.
2. Briefly explain the structure of the brain?
3. Differentiate: cerebral cortex and cerebral medulla.
4. What are the parts of diencephalon?

4. HOME ASSIGNMENT
1. Draw the diagram of a coloured human brain and label it.
2. Collect and preserve the various pictures of human brain.

Signature of the Mentor Signature of the Student Teacher