Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 5

Term: 2^nd Term

Week: 8

Class: Primary 5

Age: 10 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 3 periods

Date:

Subject: Basic Science and Technology

Topic:-       Maintenance and Materials

          -        Recreation

          -        Hypertext Markup Language document

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

1. Identify materials used in technology
2. State types uses of wood, metals and plastic in technology
3. Examine the uses of materials in technology
4. Define recreation
5. Identify two components of recreation
6. Analyze between indoor and outdoor recreation
7. Define HTML and explain its functionalities

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

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: wood, metal, plastic, yoga mat, bench dip, charts, pictures, computer set, projector, sound system,

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1: Materials and maintenance

NOTE

Materials used in technology

They include wood, plastic and metals

Types of wood

1. softwoods- pine, fir, spruce, larch and cedar
2. hardwoods- Examples of hardwood include iroko, ash, beech, alder, teak, birch, mahogany, maple, oak, balsa and walnut.
3. engineered wood- plywood, particleboard, laminated timber, finger joints, cross-laminated timber, etc

Types of plastic

1. thermoplastics- polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS) acrylics, fluoropolymers, polyesters, polyimides and nylons
2. thermosets- Epoxy resin, Melamine formaldehyde, Polyester resin, Urea formaldehyde, Polyurethane, Phenol formaldehyde resin.

Types of metals

1. ferrous metals are those which contain iron- steel, cast iron and wrought iron.
2. non-ferrous metals that are those which contain no iron.- aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, titanium and zinc, as well as copper alloys like brass and bronze

Uses of materials in technology

1. They are used for building bridges, industries, houses, schools, hospitals, etc.
2. They are used for making machines such as generators, car, etc.
3. They are used for lifting heavy objects.
4. They are used decoration and beautification
5. They are used for design.
6. They are used for making toys.
7. They are used to make kitchen utensils and equipments

EVALUATION:    1. List the three materials used in technology

2. State the types of
3. wood
4. metals
5. plastic
6. Give two examples of each type of
7. wood
8. metals
9. plastic
10. State four uses of materials in technology

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively

PERIOD 2 AND 3: Recreation. Hypertext Markup Language document

NOTE

Recreation, components of recreation and examples of indoor and outdoor recreational activities

Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time

Components of Recreation

1. Indoor recreational activities.

Examples include

1. Playing chess, playing board games and cards.
2. Table Tennis, Snooker, Bowling
3. Playing Video Games
4. Dancing and Listening to Music
5. Yoga, Floor Exercises, Planks, Weight Lifting
6. Playing squash
7. Arm Wrestling
8. Watching T.V (Sports, Movies, Music Videos, etc)
9. Outdoor recreational activities.

Examples include

1. Biking.
2. Camping.
3. Fishing.
4. Hunting.
5. Hiking.
6. Rafting.
7. Birding.
8. Photography.

HTML and its functionalities

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content.

Functionalities of HTML

1. Structuring web pages. With tags and elements, we can define the headings, paragraphs, and other contents of a web page.
2. Navigating the internet.
3. Embedding images and videos.
4. Improving client-side data storage and offline capabilities.
5. Game development.
6. Interacting with native APIs.

EVALUATION:    1. Explain the meaning of recreation

2. Outline the components of recreation and give five examples of each component
3. Describe HTML
4. Outline four functionalities of HTML

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the pupils positively