Source of Dangers – Eating Contaminated Foods (Primary 1)

SECURITY EDUCATION 

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

THIRD TERM  

WEEK 5

PRIMARY 1

THEME – ELEMENTS OF SECURITY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Source of Dangers – Relationship with Strangers (Primary 1)

TOPIC – SOURCE OF DANGERS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introductory Activities

2. Meaning of Contaminated Food

3. Effects of Eating Contaminated Food

 

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. identify and explain contaminated food.

2. state the causes of eating contaminated food.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Safety and precautions

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Pupils’ textbooks.

2. Chart showing contaminated food.

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  

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES 

IDENTIFICATION OF CONTAMINATED FOOD 

Pupil’s Activities – Examine the bread and discuss the effects of eating the bread.

 

Pupil’s response – This is a spoil bread and it is not safe for eating.

Teacher’s remarks – CORRECT. The bread is not safe for eating and it can be harmful to our body system.

 

MEANING OF CONTAMINATED FOOD 

Contaminated foods are foods that are not good for consumption.

EXAMPLES OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES 

1. Stale food

2. Poorly cooked food

3. Rotten food

4. Infested food

5. Expired food

6. Expired drugs

7. Unripe fruits

8. Impure water.

 

EFFECTS OF EATING CONTAMINATED FOOD 

1. Running stomach

2. Vomiting

3. Weaken body

4. Contact diseases

5. Sickness

6. Stooling

 

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. Leads the pupils in discussion to discover contaminated foods when taken into human body.

Pupil’s Activities – Discover contaminated foods when taken into human body.

3. Asks pupils to give examples of contaminated foods.

Pupil’s Activities – Give examples of contaminated foods.

 

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 – Source of Dangers – Fake Drug Intake (Primary 1)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of contaminated foods.

2. give two examples of contaminated foods.

3. identify and 5 effects of eating contaminated foods.