Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Changes in nature + Moving of our body parts + Storage devices

Term: 1st Term

Week: 1

Class: Primary 4

Age: 9 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic:-       Changes in nature

  • Moving of our body parts
  • Storage devices

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

  1. Explain the concept of ‘change’
  2. Consider the effects of changes around them
  3. Give examples of temporary and permanent changes
  4. Differentiate between temporary and permanent changes
  5. List the basic locomotor movements
  6. Explain storage devices
  7. Outline the various storage devices
  8. Demonstrate the various movement patterns
  9. Describe the safety rules in carrying out movement patterns

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: mats, stopwatch, whistle, music, a poster showing changes occurring in the home and school surrounding, water, candle, matches, wood, pieces of paper, container, pieces of cloth, ice, balloon

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Changes

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher introduces the new topic by explaining the meaning of change

 

Change simply means to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher gives examples of temporary changes of permanent changes

 

Temporary changes

- Water changes into ice.

- Water and oil are mixed.

- Skin or hair is bleached.

- Iron rod is heated in flame.

- A substance is dissolved in water

 

Permanent change

- a piece of wood burnt

-  Yellowing of plant leaves

-  Decaying of plant and animal body

-  Growth in plant and animal body

-  Iron rust

-  Burning of substances, etc

 

 

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further highlights the differences between temporary and permanent changes

Temporary changes are changes that are reversible but permanent changes cannot be reverted.

 

In temporary changes, no new substance is formed. In permanent changes, new substances are formed

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

Change simply means to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution

The following are examples of temporary and permanent changes

Temporary changes

- Water changes into ice.

- Water and oil are mixed.

- Skin or hair is bleached.

- Iron rod is heated in flame.

- A substance is dissolved in water

 

Permanent change

- a piece of wood burnt

-  Yellowing of plant leaves

-  Decaying of plant and animal body

-  Growth in plant and animal body

-  Iron rust

-  Burning of substances, etc

 

Differences between temporary and permanent changes

Temporary changes are changes that are reversible but permanent changes cannot be reverted.

 

In temporary changes, no new substance is formed. In permanent

changes, new substances are formed

 

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the concept of ‘change’

  1. Describe three examples each of
  2. temporary changes
  3. permanent changes
  4. Differentiate between temporary and permanent changes

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

 

PERIOD 3: Locomotor Movement, storage devices

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revisits the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by explaining what movement and locomotor movement means- Movement is the act of changing place and position

 

Locomotor movement skills are those in which the body is moved in one direction, or a combination of directions, from one point to another.

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher enumerates locomotor movements

1. walking

2. jogging

3. moving forwards

4. backwards

5. side-shuffling

6. skipping

7. running

8. jumping

9. hopping

10. leaping

 

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further explains the meaning of storage devices and lists examples of storage devices

 

A storage device is any type of computing hardware that is used for storing, porting or extracting data files and objects. Storage devices can hold and store information both temporarily and permanently.

 

Examples of storage devices

  • Hard Drive Disks.
  • Floppy Disks.
  • Tapes.
  • Compact Discs (CDs)
  • DVD and Blu-ray Discs.
  • USB Flash Drives.
  • Secure Digital Cards (SD Card)s.
  • Solid-State Drives (SSDs) etc

 

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

Movement is the act of changing place and position

Locomotor movement skills are those in which the body is moved in one

direction, or a combination of directions, from one point to another

Examples of locomotor movements

  1. walking
  2. jogging
  3. moving forwards
  4. backwards
  5. side-shuffling
  6. skipping
  7. running
  8. jumping
  9. hopping
  10. leaping

 

Meaning of storage devices and examples of storage devices

A storage device is any type of computing hardware that is used for storing, porting or extracting data files and objects. Storage devices can hold and store information both temporarily and permanently.

 

Examples of storage devices

  • Hard Drive Disks.
  • Floppy Disks.
  • Tapes.
  • Compact Discs (CDs)
  • DVD and Blu-ray Discs.
  • USB Flash Drives.
  • Secure Digital Cards (SD Card)s.
  • Solid-State Drives (SSDs) etc

 

EVALUATION:    1. What is movement?

  1. What is Locomotor movement?
  2. Give six examples of Locomotor movement
  3. What are storage devices?
  4. Give four examples of storage devices

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in pairs, demonstrate different locomotor movement patterns in the playground

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively



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