Types of Diseases – Concept of Communicable and Non Communicable Diseases | Examples of Communicable and Non Communicable Diseases Primary 5 and Primary 6 Term 3 Week 10 Physical and Health Education

PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

THIRD TERM

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 5

THEME: PATHOGENS, DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTION

PREVIOUS LESSON – Concept of Diseases | Signs and Symptoms of Diseases | Different between Sickness and Illness Primary 5 and Primary 6  Term 3 Week 9 Physical and Health Education

TOPIC – PATHOGENS AND DISEASES 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Concept and Examples of Communicable Diseases

3. Meaning and Types of Non Communicable Diseases

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. differentiate between communicable and non communicable diseases.

2. state the examples of communicable diseases.

3. mention the types of non communicable diseases.

ENTRY BEHAVIOURS

The pupils can state the symptoms of diseases.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Pictures

2. Posters

3. Flip charts

4. Video clips

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

• Relevant link – Pathogens and Diseases

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Disease is a failure of the body to function well as a result of the activities of germs or pathogens.

TYPES OF DISEASES 

1. Communicable Diseases

2. Non Communicable Diseases

1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

Communicable diseases are diseases that can be spread from one person to another and cause a large number of people to get sick.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

Communicable diseases are spread through,

• Air

• Food

• Water

• Sex

• Animals like mosquitoes, flies, lice, and tsetse flies, etc.

EXAMPLES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

Examples of communicable diseases are as follows:

• COVID 19 virus

• Cholera

• HIV/AIDS

• Gonorrhoea

• Cough

• Tuberculosis

• Dysentery

• Chickenpox, etc.

2. NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

Non communicable diseases are diseases that cannot be spread through such contact or any other means.

EXAMPLES OF NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 

Examples of non communicable diseases are as follows:

• Epileptic fits

• Obesity

• Ulcer

• Acne

• Diabetes

• Sickle cell

LESSON 2 – REVISION OF WEEK 8

LESSON 3 – REVISION OF WEEK 9 AND 10.

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. Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher asks the groups or pairs, what is COVID 19?

Pupil’s Activities – Describe Covid 19 virus and the efforts of the government and its citizens to prevent the virus.

4. Teacher uses the pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of the lesson.

5. Teacher leads a discussion on the meaning of communicable and non communicable with appropriate examples.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the class discussion.

6. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the lesson evaluation and write as instructed.

 

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 

Teacher asks pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of pathogen.

2. state 4 types of pathogen.

3. describe the following:

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Worm

• Protozoa

4. explain the meaning of disease.

5. mention 2 types of diseases.

6. differentiate between the following:

• pathogen and disease

• communicable and non communicable diseases.

7. state 5 examples of communicable diseases.

8. give 5 examples of non communicable diseases.

9. State 4 symptoms of pathogen diseases.

10. Mention 5 preventive measures of these diseases.

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

1. _______ is an infectious disease that causes illness or makes people sick.

A. Pathogen

B. Disease

C. Pandemic

2. Infectious diseases are diseases that are _______.

A. communicable

B. non communicable

C. A and B

3. Pathogen are tiny _______ that caused illness to the body.

A. living organisms

B. death organisms

C. life organisms

4. Pathogen is an infectious disease that causes illness or makes people _______.

A. well

B. sick

C. fine

5. _______ is an infectious agent that can reproduce itself within the host organism.

A. Insect

B. Worm

C. Virus

6. _______ are living organism can be found everywhere.

7. _______ are inside and outside the human body, hot water, ice, death, etc.

A. Fungi

B. Worn

C. Bacteria

8. Some of the bacteria are _______ for you, while others can make you _______.

A. good, sick

B. good, sad

C. good, happy

9. _______ is a living organism that lives in or on plants, animals or decaying materials.

A. Fungi

B. Worn

C. Bacteria

10. _______ is a simple organism or parasitic that feed off the human body.

A. Insect

B. Worm

C. Virus

11. Worm enters the body through _______ foods, drinks, and soil to causes many symptoms in the body.

A. communicable

B. contaminated

C. non contaminated

12. _______ are very small organisms which often live inside larger animals.

A. Diseases

B. Pathogen

C. Protozoa

13. _______ are diseases that can be spread from one person to another and cause a large number of people to get sick.

A. Non communicable diseases

B. Communicable diseases

C. COVID 19 disease

 

14. _______ are diseases that cannot be spread through such contact or any other means.

A. Non communicable diseases

B. Communicable diseases

C. COVID 19 diseases

15. _______ means a global epidemic like COVID 19 virus.

A. Disease

B. Pathogen

C. Pandemic