Lesson Plan 5: Making an Electric Lamp Glow
Chapter 03: Electricity: Circuits and their Components
Teacher Action
• Write Learning Objectives on the board and explain them.
• Quick recap: 'If we connect a cell and a lamp using wires, will it always glow?'
• Encourage students to share their thoughts.
Student Action
• Read and understand learning objectives.
• Respond with predictions and reasons.
• Share initial ideas about what makes a circuit work or fail.
Teacher Action
Hands-on Group Investigation (Student-Led):
• Divide class into 5–6 groups for Activity 3.6.
• Provide Experiment Sheet (VIIC03LP05-RS01).
• Students pick correct materials, construct circuits.
• Record predictions before testing, then observations.
• Make 4 additional connections (2 working, 2 non-working).
Student Action
• Collect correct materials.
• Follow procedure on Experiment Sheet.
• Record predictions and observations.
• Colour lamp bulbs yellow where lamp glows.
• Discuss observations within group.
Teacher Action
Concept Discussion and Self-Evaluation:
• Discuss each circuit arrangement.
• Display correct connections and explain failures.
• Present conceptual explanation (VIIC03LP05-RS02) and water-flow analogy.
• Share marking scheme (VIIC03LP05-RS03) for self-evaluation.
Student Action
• Compare predictions with correct results.
• Read conceptual explanation.
• Self-evaluate using marking scheme.
• Write short conclusion.