Activities of Living Things | Associated Organs | Purpose/Importance of the Activities Basic 7 (JSS 1)

BASIC SCIENCE

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM  

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 

THEME – LIVING AN NON LIVING THINGS 

TOPIC – ACTIVITIES OF LIVING THINGS

LEARNING AREA

1. Meaning of Living Things

2. Activities/Characteristics of Living Things

3. Associated Organs

4. Purposes/Importance of the Activities

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to –

1. identify the various activities of living things.

2. mention the organs associated with the various activities.

3. explain the purposes for the various activities.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The students cna differentiate between living and non living things.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Video films

2. Charts

3. Posters

4. Live specimens of plants and animals.

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

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

FOCUS LESSON

A. LIVING THINGS 

Living things include many kinds of organisms – the plants, animals, fungi, etc. that can be readily seen in nature or with a microscope.

Living things can be found in every type of habitat on Earth – on land and in lakes, rivers, and oceans. Although all these organisms are very different from one another but have similar characteristics.

B. ACTIVITIES/CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS 

The activities of living things are –

1. Movement – Living things like man, dogs, goats, etc. move from one place to another on their own. Forms of movements include, walking, running, jumping, swimming, and flying. Plants also moved but not like man and animals. They move according to stimuli, move towards light and water.

2. Sensitivity/Irritation – Living things respond to conditions around them. For example, cold, heat, etc.

3. Respiration – All living things respire. Take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide. Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.

4. Nutrition – Living things feed on different nutritional foods for growth and development.

5. Growth – All living things grow in height, size and weight. Plants continue to grow throughout their life time while man and animals stop at a certain stage of life.

6. Reproduction – All living things have the ability to produce their young ones. Man and animals release waste in form of urine, carbon oxide, sweat, etc. While plants also do the same in form of water, gum, etc.

7. Excretion – This is the ability to remove waste from the body.

8. Death – When living things are unable to carry out all these activities, they are said to be death.

C. ASSOCIATED ORGANS 

1. Movement – Hands, Legs, Winds and Fins.

2. Sensitivity/Irritation – Eyes, nose, skin, tongue and ears.

3. Respiration – Nose, mouth, and skin.

4. Nutrition – Mouth

5. Growth – The whole body.

6. Reproduction – The reproductive organs.

7. Excretion – The productive organs, the anus and the skin.

D. PURPOSE/IMPORTANCE OF THE ACTIVITIES

The purpose/importance of activities are,

1. To reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles.

2. To immediate and long-term health benefits.

3. To improve your quality of life.

4. To improve your brain health.

5. To help manage weight.

6. To improve your ability to do everyday activities.

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 students some questions;

2. Takes students for nature walk to observe activities of living things.

Student’s Activities – Observe living things.

3. Initiates and guides discussions on activities of living things.

Student’s Activities – Participate in class discussion.

4. Shows films illustrating activities e.g. movement, feeding, reproduction, etc.

Student’s Activities – Watch films.

5. Teacher’s/Pupil’s Activities – Copy the summary on the board.

CONCLUSION

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

LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks students to:

1. list five activities of living things.

2. name the organs associated with these activities.

3. state the purpose of the activities.