Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Junior Secondary School 1

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 5

Class: Junior Secondary School 1

Age: 12 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:    Social Studies

Topic:-      Environmental problems: causes, effects and solutions

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Explain the meaning of environmental problems
2. Discuss the types of environmental problems
3. Outline the causes and effects of environmental problems on the society
4. Enumerate the solutions to the environmental problems

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The teacher revises the previous lesson on physical environment	Students pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	She introduces the new topic by explaining the meaning of environmental problems She further discusses the types of environmental problems	Students pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She outlines the causes and effects of environmental problems. She further enumerates the solutions to the environmental problems	Students pay attention and participate
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING	The teacher writes a summarized note on the board	The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

It can be defined as things and occurrences within our environment that are

harmful to our health and development as human beings

 

TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

1. Natural environmental problem: These are problems that occur naturally e.g earthquake, flood, drought, soil erosion and tsunami
2. Artificial or man-made environmental problems: these problems occur as a result of human’s daily activities e.g pollution, bush burning and deforestation

Causes of environmental problems

1. Increase in world population
2. poverty
3. increase in waste generation
4. land degradation
5. deforestation
6. wasteful use of resources

 

Effects of environmental problems

1. Global warming
2. polluted water
3. poor air quality
4. death of animals
5. poor agricultural produce
6. loss of lives and properties
7. degradation of the environment

 

Solutions to environmental problems

1. soil erosion control
2. flood control
3. pollution control
4. seed clouding- a technological way to induce the rain
5. irrigation
6. water and gas recycling
7. afforestation
8. education
9. legislation
10. research

EVALUATION:   1. Explain the meaning of environmental problems

2. Discuss the types of environmental problems
3. Outline the causes and effects of environmental problems
4. Enumerate the solutions to environmental problems

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively