Living Things at Home Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Basic Science and Technology

BASIC SCIENCE

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FIRST TERM

WEEK 2 

PRIMARY 1

THEME – LIVING AND LIVING THINGS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning of Living Things Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Basic Science and Technology

TOPIC – LIVING THINGS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Living Things

3. Identify other Living Things at Home

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. identify self as a living thing.

2. identify other living things at home.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can identify living things like human, animals and plants.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Charts and pictures of animals and plants.

2. people in the classroom at home.

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  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Living things are things that are alive.

Living things can breathe. They need air, food and water to survive.

Examples of living things in our home are – 

1. Dog

2. Flies

3. Chicken

4.Cockroach

5. Rat

6. insect, etc.

LESSON 2 – REPEAT THE ACTIVITIES IN LESSON 1 

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. Displays chart showing domestic and wild animals.

3. Lets pupils identify each of the animals and where they can be found.

4. Based on the pupils responses, tell them that animals like goat, chicken, etc. are animals at home.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify each animal on the chart and where they can be found.

4. Guides pupils to explore outside school surroundings and identifying living things.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify other things as living things.

5. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Copy as the teacher instructed.

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

Meaning of Non Living Things in the School Primary 1 (Basic 1) – Basic Science and Technology

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to state 5 living things at home.