Teaching Manual

LESSON PLAN

Preliminary Details
Name of the Teacher	Reshma Raj	STD: IX, Div.C
Name of the School	Govt. H.S.S, Kalanjoor	Strength: 38/44
Subject	Social Science	Duration: 25 Minutes
Unit	The Ocean and Man	Date: 18.09.2015
Lesson	Oceans	Period .6
§              Learning Outcomes                After learning this topic, the studies will be able to, ·                    Define the oceans ·                    Understand the names of various oceans ·                    Compare the different oceans ·                    Explain the salient features of different oceans ·                    Identify the importance of oceans in human life ·                    Understand the characteristics  of oceans ·                    Explain the details of various oceans
§              Content Overview                Oceans- Features of oceans- The pacific ocean- The Atlantic ocean- The Indian ocean- Bay and Gulf

·        Content Analysis Terms: World ocean, Bay, Gulf, Pangea, Panthalassa, Coral reefs Place:  Lakshadweep, Maldives, Myanmar, Australia, Andaman- Nicobar Islands, Madagascar, Sri lanka Facts:     §  71 % of the earth’s surface is surrounded by oceans §  The inter connected body of water on the earth’s surface is world ocean §  Bay is the wide segment of an ocean extending into land §  Gulf is a narrow portion of an ocean extending into land §  The pacific ocean has the greatest number of islands §  The feature of the Atlantic ocean is the mid-Atlantic Ridge §  The number of islands in the Indian ocean is comparatively small §  Madagaskar, Sri lanka are examples of continental Islands. §  Coral Islands are formed by coral reefs §  Maldives in the Indian ocean are examples of coral Islands      Concepts: world ocean, bay, Gulf, Pangea, Panthalassa, Coral reefs.

Pre- requisites Students have  previous knowledge about the oceans, different oceans and its features

Teaching Learning Resources or Support System §             Chart (Salient Features of oceans) and other teaching materials
§              Introduction of the Lesson           Teacher enter into the classroom with a beautiful smile.  Teacher checking all the facilities in the classroom.  Then, teacher asking, ‘ What   is the climatic situation in Kerala in the months of June and July?  Students were answering “rainy season”.  Then teacher asking, if the rain does not stop, what will be the after effect?.  Most of the students answering “flood”. With the help of the answer of students, teacher telling due to continuous rainfall for thousands of years the water bodies were formed.  Then teacher moving on to the topic.
Development of the lesson
Content	Classroom- Interaction Procedure	Pupil’s Response
Oceans	Teacher telling, do you know that the earth is called the ‘ blue planet?.  Then, teacher asking, why the earth  is called ‘blue planet’?.  Teacher telling, there are different oceans were seen in the earth.  Today, we are discussing about the oceans and its features.  Then teacher moving on to the topic.	Yes – Students replying Students answering –because of the presence of water

Salient features of different oceans	Teacher asking ‘ which are the major oceans in the earth?.  Teacher- do you know the major difference among the oceans.  Then teacher shows a chart which containing the salient features of oceans.  Teacher explaining all the points in the chart very effectively Oceans Area Average  depth The deepest trench The pacific ocean 165.2lakh sq.k.m 4270m The challenger 11033 m The Atlantic ocean 82.4 lakh sq.km 3700m The Puerto ricco trench 8618 m The Indian ocean 73.4 lakh Sq.km 3960m The whestern trench    7725 m	Students answering Indian, Pacific & Atlantic Students- No Students listening

Bay and Gulf	Teacher telling,do you ever Seen the narrow portion of sea in any beach?  Then teacher telling’ that is known as Gulf.  After the description about Gulf Teacher telling about the Bay also	Some students answering ‘Yes’
Consolidation of the lesson  Teacher give a small description about the oceans and its salient features Teacher telling, ‘oceans are the life giving agents in the earth.  Earth is called the blue planet, because of the large water content in it.  Human beings are depending oceans in various ways.  So, it is our duty to save the water and save the water  and save the oceans also , we must to know the characteristics of different areas.
Review of Questions After giving a physical drill, teacher asking the following questions 1. What your mean by ‘world ocean’? 2. What is the first continent ? 3. Which is the first ocean?

4. Compare the Bay and Gulf? 5. Which is the smallest ocean in earth’s surface? 6. How the coral reefs are formed? 7. Which are the coral Islands in Indian ocean? 8. Which are the salient features of Atlantic Ocean?

Post –lesson activities 1. Analyze the table 41 and find out the facts you can     associate with their oceans and prepare notes. 2. Analyse the tale 4.1 and make ten questions and it’s      answers 3. Make a seminar on the topic of ‘Indian Ocean’