Quality of Water (Primary 2)
BASIC SCIENCE
BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SECOND TERM
WEEK 6
PRIMARY 2
THEME – LEARNING ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT
PREVIOUS LESSON – USES OF WATER
TOPIC – QUALITY OF WATER
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 say the qualities of a good water.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR
Clean and dirty water
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:
- Clean water
- Dirty 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
- Scheme of Work
- 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
- Course Book
- All Relevant Material
- Online Information
CONTENT OF THE LESSON
ACTIVITIES 1 – IDENTIFY WATER SAFE DRINKING
Get water of these categories –
- Clean and odourless water
- Clean and smelling water
- Dirty and odourless water
- Dirty and smelling water
Let the pupils compare the colour and odour. Ask them which of the water is safe for drinking, cooking, bathing, swimming, etc.
ACTIVITIES 2 – STATE THE QUALITY OF WATER
- Pure
- Tasteless
- Colourless
- transparent
- Safe for drinking, cooking, bathing, swimming, etc.
PRESENTATION
- To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:
- To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;
- Guides pupils to observe water clean and dirty water.
- Pupil’s Activities – Observe the water display.
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 – Objects that Float on Water
LESSON EVALUATION
Pupils to m mention 2 qualities of good water.