BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM WEEK 4

NURSERY 1 (AGE 3)

THEME – PLANTS 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Types and Importance of Fruit Nursery 1 (Age 3) Term 2 Week 3 Basic Science and Technology

 

TOPIC – VEGETABLES 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning and Examples of Vegetables

2. Importance of Eating Vegetables Everyday

3. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment

 

BEHAVIOUR OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the children should to –

1. understand the meaning and examples of vegetables.

2. appreciate the importance of eating vegetables daily.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR 

The children can identify the some of the vegetables such as onions, tomatoes, waterleaf, bitter leaf, okra, etc.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS 

The teacher will the lesson with the aid of sample/chart showing different types of vegetables.

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

1. Recommended textbook

2. National Curriculum

3. All relevant materials

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

MEANING AND EXAMPLES OF VEGETABLES

WHAT IS VEGETABLES? 

Vegetables are the leaves, stems and roots that we eat as food.

 

EXAMPLES OF VEGETABLE

1. Onion

2. Tomato

3. Okra

4. Pepper

5. Carrot

6. Melon (Egusi)

7. Ewedu (Jute leaf)

8. Okra

9. African Spinach (Efo Tete)

10. Ugwu Leaves

11. Waterleaf

 

IDENTIFICATION OF VEGETABLES AND THEIR COLOURS

Teacher guides the children to identify vegetables with colours.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF EATING VEGETABLES DAILY

WHY EATING VEGETABLES ARE IMPORTANT?

Eating vegetables every day is important for health because,

1. Eating vegetables make us strong.

2. Eating vegetables gives us strength to play, run and jump.

3. Eating vegetables help us grow healthy.

4. Eating vegetables us from getting sick.

5. Eating vegetables provide essential vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.

1. Vegetables lower blood pressure.

2. Vegetables reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

To deliver this lesson, the teacher reviews the previous lesson based on what he/she has taught or what the children have learnt and adopts the following steps:

1. Teacher displays samples/chart showing different types of vegetables.

2. Teacher points to the chart and lets the children identify and describe each type of vegetable identified.

3. Teacher uses the chart and the children relevant responses to introduce the lesson and leads a class discussion on the meaning/examples and importance of vegetable.

Children’s Activities – The children understand the meaning of vegetables and appreciate the importance of vegetable.

4. Teacher uses colours to identify the children to identify and match fruits and colours together.

Children’s Activities – The children match fruits with their colours and call the fruit and colour. For example, red or green tomatoes.

5. Teacher summarizes the lesson by asking 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.

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

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LESSON EVALUATION/HOMEWORK 

Teacher asks children the following questions,

1. Vegetables are the leaves, stems and roots that we eat as _____.

A. Food

B. Fruit

 

2. Vegetables are part of a certain _____.

A. plants

B. fruits

 

3. Tomatoes have _____ colour.

A. red

B. blue

 

4. Ugwu Leaves are _____.

A. green

B. red

 

YES/NO QUESTIONS

5. vegetables make us grow healthy.

6. Vegetables protect us against diseases.

7. Vegetables make us grow and develop well.

8. Vegetables make our immune system strong.

9. Vegetables help fight illnesses.

10. Vegetables are important plants.