BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM WEEK 2

NURSERY 1 (AGE 3) 

THEME – DRUG USE AND ABUSE 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning and Examples of Dangerous Liquids | The Effects of Dangerous Liquids on the Body Nursery 2 (Age 4) Term 2 Week 1 Basic Science and Technology

TOPIC – DRUG ABUSE 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning and Examples of Drug

2. Importance of Drug

3. Meaning of Drug Abuse

4. 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 the meaning of drug abuse.

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

WHAT IS DRUG ABUSE? 

Apart from the food we eat, drugs also help us to feel better but when taking wrongly is bad for health and it is called drug abuse.

You can’t take drugs by yourself. It can only be given to you by your parents according to the doctor’s prescriptions.

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 of drug.

5. Teacher uses the chart showing the parent, doctor and nurse given drug to the children to explain the meaning of drug abuse.

children’s Activities – The children understand the reason why they should stay from drug unless it is administered by their parents, doctors and nurses.

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