Meaning and Types of Information (Primary 4)

 

COMPUTER STUDIES (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

 

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 ONE – 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

 

 

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

Pupils to:

state the meaning and types of information.