Ways by which Diseases are Spread (Primary 4)
Last Updated on July 15, 2020 by Alabi M. S.
PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THIRD TERM
WEEK 7
PRIMARY 4
THEME: PATHOGENS, DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTION
PREVIOUS LESSON – SPREAD OF DISEASES (PRIMARY 4)
TOPIC – WAYS BY WHICH DISEASES ARE SPREAD
LEARNING AREA
1. Spread of Diseases
2. Ways by Which Diseases are Spread
3. Examples of Diseases Spread by Air, Food, Insect and Body Contact
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:
1. Explain spread of diseases.
2. List 4 ways by which diseases are spread.
3. State one example each of diseases spread by air, food, insect and body contact.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
Charts
Posters
Flip charts
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 – Fitness and Fun, A Physical and Health Education Course for Primary School 4
All Relevant Material
Online Information
Relevant links:
Scheme of Work Third Term Physical and Health Education Basic 4
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION
The spread of disease are the ways through which disease goes from one person to another.
WAYS THROUGH WHICH DISEASES ARE SPREAD
Diseases are spread through the following ways:
1. Air
Examples of diseases that can be got through air are –
1. Tuberculosis
2. Whooping cough.
2. Food
Examples of diseases that can be got through food are –
1. Dysentery
2. Typhoid
3. Cholera
4. Diarrhoea
5. Guinea worm.
3. Body Contact
Examples of diseases that can be got through body contact are –
1. Scabies
2. Ringworm
3. Chicken pox
4. Conjunctivitis (Apollo)
5. HIV/AIDS
4. Insects
Insects like:
1. Mosquitoes
2. Houseflies
3. Tsetse flies
4. Sand flies, and
5. Cockroaches carry germs in their body,
5. Water
Examples of diseases that can be got through water are –
1. Cholera
2. Typhoid
3. Guinea worm
LESSON TWO – REVISION AND WEEK 7 ASSESSMENT (TEST)
As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation.
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. Explains spread of diseases;
Pupil’s Activities – Explain what is spreading of diseases.
3. Discusses ways diseases are spread and gives specific examples;
Pupil’s Activities – Participate in class discussion on ways diseases are spread and gives specific examples.
4. Questions and answers;
Pupil’s Activities – Listen, ask and answer questions.
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 – Diseases – Preventive Measures (Primary 4)
LESSON EVALUATION
Pupils to:
1. Explain transmission of diseases.
2. List 4 ways by which diseases are spread.
3. Give one example each from ways diseases are spread.