Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

Term: 1^st Term

Week: 1

Class: Primary 5

Age: 10 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic:-       Environmental Quality

-        Creativity rhythmic

-        Exploration of files from system

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

1. Tell what environmental quality is
2. Differentiate between a healthy and a degraded environment
3. State the disadvantages of a degraded environment
4. Describe the factors which degrade environment
5. Explain rhythmic activities
6. Mention types of rhythmic activities
7. Identify the different forms of files and where they are saved
8. Experiment the process of copying files from one directory to another

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: dustbin, broom, dustpan, rake, scrubbing brush, shovel, pictures of a well beautified environment

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Environmental Quality

NOTE

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Environmental Quality is a set of properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or local, as they impinge on human beings and other organisms. It is a measure of the condition of an environment relative to the requirements of one or more species, any human need or purpose

Meaning of degraded environment and healthy environment

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife

Healthy environment refer to a human environment that would pose few risks for disease or health hazards

Disadvantages of a degraded environment

1. Increased poverty
2. Overcrowding
3. Famine
4. Weather extremes
5. Species loss
6. Acute and chronic medical illnesses
7. War and human rights abuses
8. An increasingly unstable global situation that portends chaos and disaster.

Factors that affect the environmental quality

1. Economic growth
2. Population growth,
3. Urbanization
4. Intensification of agriculture
5. Rising energy use
6. Transportation.

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the concept of environmental quality

2. Differentiate between healthy and degraded environment
3. Enumerate four disadvantages of a degraded environment
4. State four factors that affect environmental quality

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

PERIOD 2 AND 3: Rhythmic activities. Copying files from one directory to another

NOTE

Rhythmic activities are combinations of physical movements with sounds,

beats, or music.

Examples of rhythmic activities

1. hopping
2. singing
3. dancing
4. marching
5. skipping
6. galloping
7. sliding
8. leaping
9. jumping etc

Forms of files and where they should be saved

1. Portable document format (PDF) A PDF file is a common file type in many work environments. PDF files should be saved in Adobe Acrobat and Reader
2. Word document (DOC and DOCX) should be saved in Microsoft Word
3. Hypertext markup language (HTML and HTM) should be saved in the notepad
4. Microsoft excel spreadsheet file (XLS and XLSX) should be saved in Microsoft excel
5. Text file (TXT) should be saved in Microsoft Word

How to copy a file from one directory to another

1. Select the file you want to copy by clicking on it once.
2. Right-click and pick Copy, or press Ctrl + C .
3. Navigate to another folder, where you want to put the copy of the file.
4. Click the menu button and pick Paste to finish copying the file, or press Ctrl + V

EVALUATION:    1. Define rhythmic activities

2. State five examples of rhythmic activities
3. List the five forms of files and state where they can be saved
4. How can you copy files from one directory to another?

CLASS ACTIVITY: Pupils as individuals copy files from one directory to another

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively