Class: Primary 3

Term: 3^rd Term

Week: 3

Class: Primary 3

Age: 8 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic: Features of plants

Swimming

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

Identify the features of plants in their locality
Carry out swimming

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: specimen of plants in the school compound and premises, pictures of plants and its parts swimming pool, floater, tube/rubber, swimming trunk, swimming cap, swimming goggle, life jack

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Features of plants

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The revisits the previous lesson on the classes and characteristics of plants based on their life span and introduces the new topic by explaining what features mean- Feature means something that is noticeable about someone or something	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	The teacher then explains the various features of plants 1. Shape of the leaves e.g broad/narrow, thick/thin etc 2. Size- small, average or medium 3. Colour of fruits, stems, leaves- red, yellow, purple, green etc 4. Texture/feel- soft/hard, thick/thin, etc	Pupils pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She explains and demonstrates the features of the plants based on the points stated above as the pupils observe	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

Feature means something that is noticeable about someone or something

Features of plants

Shape of the leaves e.g broad/narrow, thick/thin etc
Size- small, average or medium
Colour of fruits, stems, leaves- red, yellow, purple, green etc
Texture/feel- soft/hard, thick/thin, etc

EVALUATION: 1. What does the word ‘feature’ mean?

What are the basic features every plant must have?

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups analyse the features f different plants picked from the school garden

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

PERIOD 2 and 3: Swimming

PRESENTATION	TEACHER’S ACTIVITY	PUPIL’S ACTIVITY
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION	The teacher revisits the previous lesson on the meaning of swimming, basic skills of swimming, safety rules and health benefits of swimming	Pupils pay attention
STEP 2 EXPLANATION	The teacher then takes the pupils to the swimming are and displays all the tools and equipments for swimming	Pupils pay attention and participates
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION	She explains and demonstrates how to swim and guides the pupils to do the same	Pupils pay attention and participate

CONCLUSION: After the swimming exercise, the teacher commends the pupils positively

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