First Aid – Meaning and Contents of First Aid Box (Primary 3)

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THIRD TERM  

WEEK 5/6

PRIMARY 3

THEME – HEALTH EDUCATION 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Pollution III – Meaning and How to Prevent Chemicals Pollution (Primary 3)

TOPIC – FIRST AID 

LEARNING AREA

1.bMeaning of First Aid

2. Contents of First Aid Box

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 the meaning of first aid.

2. identify the contents of first aid box.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Iodine, scissors, spirit, etc.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

First Aid Box.

Chart or 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

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

WEEK 5

INTRODUCTION 

Many lives are saved through first aid, given before the emergency services arrived.

MEANING OF FIRST AID 

First aid is the immediate care and support give to someone who is injured or sicked.

WEEK 6

CONTENTS FIRST AID BOX 

There are the various items found in the first aid box or kit. A basic first aid kit may contain –

1. First aid books

2. Bondages

3. Scissors

4. Cotton wool

5. Iodine

6. Plaster of different sizes

7. Safety pins

8. Hand towel

9. Antiseptic (Dettol)

10. Cleansing agent/soap

11. Splint, 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. Explain the meaning of first aid.

Pupil’s Activities – Explain the meaning of first aid.

3. Presents a first aid box with its content and guides pupils to identify and state the uses the contents.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and state the uses of content of first aid box.

4. Teacher’s/Pupil’s Activities – Making First Aid Box

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 – First Aider – Duties and Qualities of First Aider (Primary 3)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of first aid.

2. list, at least, three contents of a first aid box.

3. state the uses of each content of a first mentioned in question 1.

4. demonstrate how to use first box.

5. making first box.