Meaning and Types of Information (Primary 4)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THIRD TERM

WEEK 6

PRIMARY 4

THEME – BASIC COMPUTER OPERATIONS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning and Types of Data (Primary 4)

TOPIC: INFORMATION 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning of Information

2. Types of Information

3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to state the meaning and types of information.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Radio

2. Television

3. Newspaper/magazine

4. Computer System

5. Charts/Pictures.

METHOD OF TEACHING 

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

Relevant link – Third Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Note Computer Studies (Information Technology) Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6 Links

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

MEANING OF INFORMATION

Information is data processed and organized facts into meaningful and useful information.

TYPES OF INFORMATION

1. Oral/unwritten

2. Written

3. Images

4. Signs/symbols

5. Electronic

LESSON 2 – TYPES OF INFORMATION 

1. ORAL INFORMATION

Oral information is the transfer of information from an individual to another by means of verbal aid which could be through discussions, speeches or presentations. Oral information could be conveyed to another person through words, facial expressions, and body language.

2. WRITTEN INFORMATION

Written information are exchanges of information that involve written messages, either digitally or on paper.

3. IMAGE INFORMATION

An image is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture.

4. SYMBOLIC INFORMATION 

Symbols and signs are the most effective form of delivering extremely vital information with minimal or no use of supporting text. For example, traffic signs.

5. ELECTRONIC INFORMATION 

Electronic information means any information accessed, processed, stored or transmitted in an electronic format such as emails, text messages, etc.

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Brings some information devices to the classroom and plays/shows them to the pupils.

3. Pupil’s Activities – Observe and make use of information devices.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

Next Lesson – Sources of Information (Primary 4)

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks pupils to:

state the meaning and types of information.