Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Changes in plants and animals + Moving of our body parts + Output devices

Term: 1st Term

Week: 2

Class: Primary 4

Age: 9 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic:-       Changes in plants and animals

  • Moving of our body parts
  • Output devices

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

  1. Describe changes in plants in the environment
  2. Explain the reasons for changes in plants
  3. Conditions for changes that occur in plants
  4. List the basic locomotor movements
  5. Explain output devices
  6. Outline the various output devices
  7. Demonstrate the various movement patterns
  8. 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, computer system, projector, sound system

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Changes

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPIL’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on changes and its types

 

Pupils pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

The teacher highlights some noticeable changes in plants

1. Broad leaves

2. Seeds become seedlings

3. Increase in height of the plants

4. Flowers changes into fruits

5. Increase in the size of fruits

6. changes in the colour of fruits

7. Leaves withers and falls

Pupils pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She further highlights the reasons and conditions necessary for the change in plants

Plants need five things in order to grow:

1. sunlight

2. proper temperature

3. moisture

4. air

5. nutrients.

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

 

Changes in plants

  1. Broad leaves
  2. Seeds become seedlings
  3. Increase in height of the plants
  4. Flowers changes into fruits
  5. Increase in the size of fruits
  6. changes in the colour of fruits
  7. Leaves withers and falls

 

Conditions necessary for the change in plants

Plants need five things in order to grow:

  1. sunlight
  2. proper temperature
  3. moisture
  4. air
  5. nutrients.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Outline some of the noticeable changes in plants

  1. Discuss four reasons and conditions necessary for the change in plants

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

 

PERIOD 2 and 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 output devices and lists examples of output devices

 

An output device allows data to be transmitted by the computer in a human-friendly form

 

 

Examples of output devices

  • Monitor.
  • Printer.
  • Headphones.
  • Computer Speakers.
  • Projector.
  • GPS.
  • Sound Card.
  • Video Card 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

 

An output device allows data to be transmitted by the computer in a human-friendly form

 

Examples of output devices

  • Monitor.
  • Printer.
  • Headphones.
  • Computer Speakers.
  • Projector.
  • GPS.
  • Sound Card.
  • Video Card etc

 

EVALUATION:    1. What is movement?

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