Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

WEEK: WEEK 7

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

TERM: 1^ST TERM

TOPIC: COLOURS

Units:

• Various colours around us
• Colour in the rainbow
• Primary and secondary Colours
• Producing new colours

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lesson, Pupils should be able to:

1. Identify different colours around us
2. List the colours of rainbow
3. Know the types of colours

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

• Whiteboard/Chalkboard
• Explanatory posters/pictures
• Explanatory videos

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
• Universal Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
• Lagos State Scheme of Work for Basic Science and Technology.
• Unified Schemes of Work for Lagos State Primary Schools (MIDDLE BASIC)
• Online Materials.
• Basic Science and Technology for Primary Schools.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: the students have been taught weather symbols and records.

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LESSON CONTENT

COMPONENTS OF WHITE LIGHT

Colours can give us in different emotion. It can make us to be happy, confuse, sad, angry,

The sun gives us natural light. The light is made up of seven colours. We also use ROYGBIV to remember and name the colours of light.

The colours of light using ROYGBIV

The colours of light can also be called the spectrum of white light or rainbow colours.

1. R = Red
2. O = Orange
3. Y = Yellow
4. G = Green
5. B = Blue
6. I = Indigo
7. V = Violet

CLASSIFICATION OF COLOUR

We have two types of colours, these are:

1. Primary colours or natural colours:�they are green, red and blue. Things with primary colours are biter leaf (green), pumpking leaf (green), clay soil (reddis brown), Kolanut (redish brown), rose flower (red), hibiscus flower (red).
2. Secondary colours:�it is gotten by mixing two primary colours. The process of producing secondary colour is called�Additive colour mixing. Examples of secondary colours are magenta, cyanm yellow and orange.

Other colours are Tertiary colour.

PRODUCTION OF COLOURS FROM PRIMARY COLOURS

Red + Green�� = Yellow

Blue + Green�� = Cyan

Red + Blue = Magenta

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INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE

• The Teacher revises the previous lesson�WEATHER SYMBOLS AND RECORDS).
• The Teacher introduces the lesson through question and answer (COLOURS).
• The Teacher explains the lessons.
• The Teacher write the note on the board.

LEARNERS ACTIVITIES

Learners participate in the class discussion

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher ask the learners to:

1. Identify three colours around us
2. List the colours of rainbow
3. Mention the types of colours.

CONCLUSION:�the teacher summarize the lesson.