Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

Term: 2^nd Term

Week: 3

Class: Primary 4

Age: 9 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic:-       Growing of plants

• Environmental health
• Formatting

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

1. Explain soil preparation
2. Write how crops are planted and nurtured
3. Define waste disposal
4. Mention and explain the two types of waste disposal
5. Load the saved composition and format it in Microsoft PowerPoint

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: school garden soil, hoes, cutlasses, rake, seeds, watering can, brooms, rakes, chart, hand gloves etc

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Soil

NOTE

Soil preparation

Soil preparation includes using a variety of equipment, such as a hoe,

plough, cultivator, and varied methods, such as ploughing, levelling, and

manuring, to prepare the soil for producing crops with higher yields and

quality.

How crops are planted

1. clear the land and stump it
2. After deciding what to grow, till the land by loosening the soil
3. Create ridges or make mounds depending on what you want to plant
4. mixing in fertilizers in the soil to make it nutrient rich.
5. then sow seeds or plant seedlings.

How to nurture the crops planted

1. After the crop has been planted, water it often
2. Weed it appropriately so it can grow healthily without hassles. Also control pests away from the planted crop.
3. Apply manure and fertilizers for healthy and quality growth
4. Use the appropriate tool when it is time to harvest the crops and harvest it immediately to keep it from becoming overripe or rotten.

EVALUATION:    1. What is soil preparation?

2. Outline how crops are planted
3. Describe how to nurture planted crops

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils in small groups, practice how to plant and nurture crops on the school farm with maize/beans

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

PERIOD 2 and 3: Waste disposal. Microsoft PowerPoint

NOTE

Waste disposal is the collection, processing, and recycling or deposition of the waste materials of human society.

Types of  waste

1. Refuse refers to any disposable materials, which includes both recyclable and non-Recyclable Materials.

Examples of refuse: empty cans, broken bottles, pieces of wood, plastic containers, papers, food containers, polythene bags, old clothes (rags), food items.

2. Sewage is waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories, which flows away through sewers.

Examples include greywater (from sinks, bathtubs, showers, dishwashers, and clothes washers) and blackwater (the water used to flush toilets, combined with the human waste that it flushes away)

Types of waste disposal

1. Recycling

Recycling is the process of separating waste into constituent materials and then reusing those materials. For example, a used plastic bottle can be remade into a new plastic bottle, thereby reducing the need for new materials, easing our consumption of raw materials and lowering the amount of waste that either goes to landfill. 

2. Composting

It is allowing organic waste to be reused to fertilise plants and crops.

3. Incineration

incineration heats waste to transform it into base components, assorted gases and, more often than not, ash. 

4. Sanitary Landfill

It involves dumping waste into a predetermined location designed for waste

disposal. Landfills contain a protective layer which prevents any chemicals

or contaminants from seeping into groundwater.

EVALUATION:    1. Describe waste disposal

2. Mention and explain the two types of waste
3. List and explain three waste disposal methods

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils as individuals, Load and format the composition about themselves in Microsoft Powerpoint

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively