BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM WEEK 3

NURSERY 1 (AGE 3) 

THEME – DRUG USE AND ABUSE 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning of Drug and Drug Abuse Nursery 2 (Age 4) Term 2 Week 2 Basic Science and Technology

 

TOPIC – DRUG ABUSE 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning and Examples of Drug

2. Using Drugs Correctly

3. Who Can Give Drugs?

4. Why We Take Drugs?

5. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

 

BEHAVIOUR OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the children should to,

1. explain the meaning of drug.

2. give some examples of different types of drugs.

3. understand and appreciate the importance of using drugs.

4. identify who can administer drugs.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR 

The children can identify and describe the importance of drug.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart showing different form of drugs.

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

1. Recommended textbook

2. National Curriculum

3. All relevant materials

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF DRUG

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF DRUG?

Drugs are the medicines we take when we are sick to get well. Apart from the food we eat, drugs also help us to feel better. 

Drugs come in different forms such as liquids, tablets and inhalers.

1. Liquid drugs are syrups that look like water. Most of syrups are sweet while others are bitter. Syrups are mostly used for children and older people.

2. Tablet drugs strong and soft medicines that we swallow. They are in small, round or in oval shape. Tablets are mostly used by adults.

3. Injections are liquid drugs given through a tiny needle. Only doctors or nurses can give injections.

4. Inhalers are medicines that we take through the nose or mouth allow us to breathe properly.

 

WHO CAN GIVE MEDICINE? 

Not all types of drugs can be given at home or by someone without special training. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers are trained to give us drugs or medicines safely.

Don’t take drugs or any forms of medicines by yourself or from anyone who is not a doctor or nurse.

Our parents can also give us drugs or medicines if they are doctors or nurses. If they are not, they can still give us just the ways the doctors or nurses have tell them. But our parents cannot give us injections except they are doctors or nurses.

 

WHY DO WE TAKE DRUGS? 

We take drugs when we are sick or not feeling too well. When our parents notice that we are unwell, they take us to the hospital for the doctors or nurses to examine us and give us drugs that can make us get better.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

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

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson based on what he/she taught or what the children have learned.

2. Teacher displays sample/chart showing different kinds of drugs such as liquids, tablets and inhalers.

3. Teacher lets the children examine and identify each of the drug.

children’s Activities – The children identify and describe the uses of drugs.

4. Teacher uses the chart and the children’s relevant responses to introduce the lesson and explain the meaning and forms of drug.

children’s Activities – The children pay attention to the lesson introduction and understand the meaning and types of drug.

5. Teacher uses the chart showing the parent, doctor and nurse given drug to the children to explain who can give drugs and the importance of taking drugs.

children’s Activities – The children understand and appreciate the importance of the doctors and nurses to administer drugs.

6. Teacher summarizes the lesson in a very simple sentence, asks the children questions based on the lesson taught and gives the children work to do at home.

Children’s Activities – The children participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding to the questions and do their homework at home.

 

LESSON EVALUATION/HOMEWORK

Teacher leads the children to answer the following questions correctly.

1. Drugs are the ____ we take when we are sick to get well.

2. Drugs help us to feel better. Yes/No

3. Syrups are mostly used for ____.

4. Tablets are mostly used by ____.

5. Inhalers are medicines that we take through the ____ allow us to breathe properly. Nose/Mouth

6. Injections are liquid drugs given through tiny ____. Needle/Pipe

7. Who can give injection? doctors, nurses, dad, mother and stranger.

8. Only the doctors or nurses can tell how to use drugs. Yes/No

9. Taking drugs by ourselves is drug abuse. Yes/No

10. Taking drugs given to us by our parents from the doctors or nurses are not drug abuse. Yes/No