Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

Form of technology III + Operating system + Athletics- sprint races

Class: Primary 3

Term: 1st Term

Week: 8

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic: Form of technology III

  • Operating system
  • Athletics- sprint races

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

  1. Identify the general uses of technology
  2. Explain operating system
  3. Explain and mention examples of sprint races
  4. Describe the skills, techniques and safety rules for sprint races

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: pictures of harvesters, tractors, airplanes, express trains, electronic appliances etc, starting block, whistle, hurdle stand, spike shoe, track, stones, etc

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: General uses of technology

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson on developed and underdeveloped technology

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher further explains general uses of technology today

1. Robotics, automation and future factories e.g ATM machines, space explorations etc

2. Office automation e.g digital attendance, video conferencing

3. Record keeping and retrieval e.g DBMS, digital organizers etc

4. Communication technologies e.g airpods, Bluetooth mouse/keyboard, mobile phones, remote keys etc

5. Cloud computing

6. Conversational systems e.g chatbots and personal assistants

7. Information security e.g blockchain, machine learning etc

 

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

Using live examples, the teacher demonstrates the modern uses of technology

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a short note on the board

The pupils copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

General uses of technology today

  1. Robotics, automation and future factories e.g ATM machines, space explorations etc
  2. Office automation e.g digital attendance, video conferencing
  3. Record keeping and retrieval e.g DBMS, digital organizers etc
  4. Communication technologies e.g airpods, Bluetooth mouse/keyboard, mobile phones, remote keys etc
  5. Cloud computing
  6. Conversational systems e.g chatbots and personal assistants
  7. Information security e.g blockchain, machine learning etc

EVALUATION:    1. Describe four modern uses of technology

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups, discuss the modern uses of technology as it relates to them

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

 

PERIOD 2 and 3: Sprint races. Operating system

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by explaining Operating system

Operating system (or OS) is the name for a group of computer programs, device drivers, kernel, and other things that let a user work with a computer

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher enumerates the examples of operating system

1. Microsoft windows

2. Google’s Android OS

3. Apple’s iOS

4. Linux OS

 

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She demonstrates the functions of the Operating system

 

Pupils pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a short note on the board

The pupils copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

Operating system (or OS) is the name for a group of computer programs, device drivers, kernel, and other things that let a user work with a computer

 

Examples of operating system

  1. Microsoft windows
  2. Google’s Android OS
  3. Apple’s iOS
  4. Linux OS

EVALUATION:    1. What is an Operating system?

  1. Give three examples of Operating System

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small pairs, discuss the functions of the operating system

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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