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Exploring your environment + Personalizing my computer

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Term: 3rd Term

Week: 8

Class: Primary 1

Age: 6 years

Duration: 40 minutes

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

TOPIC:-     Exploring your environment

          -        Personalizing my computer

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

  1. Observe and identify things in the classroom and at home
  2. Experiment the various ways of personalizing the desktop using available theme, wallpaper etc

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, playway method,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: tables, chairs, desks, boards, books, soil, plant, chart showing things around the home and school, computer system

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE

PERIOD 1 and 2: Exploring your environment

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

STEP 1

Introduction

The teacher revisits the previous lesson on technology in transportation

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

Explanation

She lists the objects found in the home

1. chairs

2. tables

3. shelves

4. couch

5. television

6. Home theatre system

7. Air conditioners

8. fans

9. beds

10. tank

11. Refrigerator

12. Freezer

13. Wardrobes etc

Pupils pay attention

STEP 3

Demonstration

She asks the pupils to list the objects they can see in the classroom

1. tables

2. white boards

3. chairs

4. markers

5. Television

6. Speakers

7. Projector screen

8. Fans

9. Air conditioner

10. Pictures

11. decorations etc

The pupils participate

STEP 4

Note taking

The teacher writes a short note on the board

The pupils copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

Objects found in the home

  1. chairs
  2. tables
  3. shelves
  4. couch
  5. television
  6. Home theatre system
  7. Air conditioners
  8. fans
  9. beds
  10. tank
  11. Refrigerator
  12. Freezer
  13. Wardrobes etc

 

Objects that can be found in the classroom

  1. tables
  2. white boards
  3. chairs
  4. markers
  5. Television
  6. Speakers
  7. Projector screen
  8. Fans
  9. Air conditioner
  10. Pictures
  11. decorations etc

EVALUATION:    1. Enumerate 5 objects found in the home

  1. Enumerate 5 objects found in the classroom

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils, in small groups, walk around the school and identify things found in the environment

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

 

PERIOD 3: Personalizing my desktop

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

Introduction of the topic

The teacher revises the previous lesson on booting

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

Explanation

She highlights the procedures for changing desktop wallpaper

1. Click the Windows “Start” button and click “Control Panel.”

 

2. Click “Appearance and Personalization” and click “Personalization.”

 

3. Click “Desktop Background.”

 

 4. Click the “Picture Location” pull-down menu and select the location of the background image you want to use. Options include Windows Wallpapers, Pictures, Sample Pictures, Public Pictures and Solid Colors. Double-click the image you want to use as your background. To use one of your own pictures, click the “Browse” button, navigate to the location on your computer where your picture is saved and double-click it.

 

5. Click the desired positioning of your wallpaper from the list of options under the How Should the Picture Be Positioned heading. Your wallpaper can be centered, tiled or set to fill the entire screen.

 

6. Click “OK” to apply your new desktop wallpaper.

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 3

Demonstration

She also highlights the procedures for personalizing desktop gadgets

1.   Right-click anywhere on your desktop and click “Gadgets” from the context menu that appears.

2.   Click the arrow buttons on the Gadgets panel to scroll through your available gadgets. Double-click a gadget to add it to your desktop.

3.   Drag and drop your gadget to your desired location on your desktop.

4.   Right-click a gadget and click “Options” to change any settings associated with that gadget.

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

She writes a short note on the board

The pupils copy the notes in their books

 

NOTE

Procedures for changing desktop wallpaper

  1. Click the Windows “Start” button and click “Control Panel.”

 

  1. Click “Appearance and Personalization” and click “Personalization.”

 

  1. Click “Desktop Background.”

 

  1. Click the “Picture Location” pull-down menu and select the location of the background image you want to use. Options include Windows Wallpapers, Pictures, Sample Pictures, Public Pictures and Solid Colors. Double-click the image you want to use as your background. To use one of your own pictures, click the “Browse” button, navigate to the location on your computer where your picture is saved and double-click it.

 

  1. Click the desired positioning of your wallpaper from the list of options under the How Should the Picture Be Positioned heading. Your wallpaper can be centered, tiled or set to fill the entire screen.

 

  1. Click “OK” to apply your new desktop wallpaper.

 

Procedures for personalizing desktop gadgets

  1. Right-click anywhere on your desktop and click “Gadgets” from the context menu that appears.
  2. Click the arrow buttons on the Gadgets panel to scroll through your available gadgets. Double-click a gadget to add it to your desktop.
  3. Drag and drop your gadget to your desired location on your desktop.
  4. Right-click a gadget and click “Options” to change any settings associated with that gadget.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Outline the procedures for changing the desktop wallpaper

  1. Outline the procedures for personalizing the desktop gadgets

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups, change the wallpaper of the desktop and personalize the desktop gadgets.

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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