Meaning of Air Pollution | Things that Pollute the Air Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

PREVOCATIONAL STUDIES

SECOND TERM

WEEK 11

PRIMARY 1

THEME – BASIC CONCEPT IN AGRICULTURE 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – Uses of Air Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Agriculture

TOPIC – AIR 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Air Pollution

3. Things that Pollute the Air

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

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 what is air pollution.

2. mention things that pollute the air.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can differentiate between a fresh air and polluted air.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Fresh and decay food.

2. Death animal like rat, if available.

3. Good and polluted water.

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

WRITING INSTRUCTION 

Copy as I write or draw as I write. This instruction should be given when you need the pupils to write or draw.

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS 

Teacher’s Activities – Instructional materials with set of instructions.

• Put fresh and decay inside separate containers with covers.

• Do the same with good and smelling water.

• Group the pupils and give each group a container.

• Ask the groups (one after the other) to cover the container.

• Watch the reactions of some group.

Pupil’s Activities – Active participation and describe the smell from the container if it is pleasant or not.

Teacher’s remark – The bad smell smell is known as air pollution. Using appropriate charts and instances to ask the pupils, what are other things that can pollute air.

THINGS THAT POLLUTE THE AIR

Things that pollute the air are –

1. Decay foods.

2. Death and rotten animals.

3. Smell from burst toilet pipes.

4. Refuse

5. Kitchen waste

6. Smoke from engines like bad cars, bad generator, etc.

7. Smoke from over frying oil.

8. Passing out of gas from the cylinder.

9. Smoke from burning refuse.

10. Smell from gutter and canal.

LESSON 2 – AIR POLLUTION 

Teacher’s/Pupil’s Activities – Based on the previous class assignment, ask the pupils, what is air pollution? Listen and support their definition. Write the meaning on the board.

MEANING OF AIR POLLUTION

Air pollution is when things with bad smell or odor get to the air and make it unclean.

 

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. Guides pupils to state things that pollute the air.

Pupil’s Activities – State things that pollute the air.

3. Leads pupils to explain air pollution.

Pupil’s Activities – Explain air pollution.

4. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher writes.

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

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

1. explain air pollution.

2. mention 5 things that pollute the air.

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. _______________ is when things with bad smell or odor get to the air and make it unclean.

A. Air pollution

B. Water pollution

C. Land pollution

Mention 4 things that pollute the air. 

2. _______________

 

3. _______________

 

4. _______________

 

5. _______________