Various Colours Around Us | Components of Colour | Types of Colour | Production of Colours Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 2 Week 6 Basic Science and Technology

BASIC TECHNOLOGY 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM

WEEK 6

PRIMARY 6

THEME: COMPONENTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT 

PREVIOUS LESSON – The Solar System – The Natural Body in Our Solar System | The Sun and The Nine Planets | Gravity and Weightlessness Primary 6 (Basic 6) Term 2 Week 5 Basic Science and Technology

TOPIC: COMPONENTS OF COLOUR 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Introduction

2. Various Colours Around Us

3. The Component of Light (Rainbow)

4. Primary and Secondary Colours

5. Mixing of Colours

7. Materials that Produces Colours

8. 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. separate white light into the component colours;

2. identify and name the colours of light (rainbow);

3. name objects that have characteristics of natural colours;

4. collect and list materials that produce colours;

5. sort primary and secondary colours from a collection of coloured plates;

6. identify characteristics of colour shades;

7. mix primary and secondary colours and identify the shades of colours produced.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils can identify and state some of the colours around.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

• Glass prism

• White screen or wall

• A colour chart

• Coloured plates or discs

• Flowers

• Leaves

• Clay soil

• Water

• Mortar and pestle

• Cardboard papers

• Crayons

• Water colour

• Colour filter

• Various coloured objects

• Colour poster

• Colour discs.

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. MacMillan Basic Science and Technology Book 6

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

There are objects of different colours in our environment.

Some are red, black, blue, etc.

We all have the colour we like best.

One person may like blue colour, another may like red best and yet another may like green colour.

Each colour has somebody who likes it.

VARIOUS COLOURS AROUND US

There are various colours around us.

Some of them represent nature, symbols, business, even nation.

Some of them are – Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, etc. as in the

1. Sky –

2. Grass –

3. Flower –

4. Available animals around –

5. School’s uniform –

6. National flag, etc.

COMPONENTS OF LIGHT (RAINBOW) 

Components of light are known as rainbow.

There are seven (7) colours in rainbow.

The colours are –

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Indigo

Violet

 

The colour of light are written as ROY G BIV for quick recall.

LESSON 2 – PRODUCING KNOWN COLOURS FROM PRIMARY COLOURS

1. state the colour of each pen and water colour.

2. Add RED and YELLOW =

3. Add RED and BLUE =

4. Add BLUE and YELLOW =

TYPES OF COLOURS

There are two (2) types of colours –

PRIMARY COLOURS

The primary colours are RED – BLUE – YELLOW

 

SECONDARY COLOURS

Secondary colours – Colours that are obtained by mixing other colours are called secondary colours, e.g. Purple – Green – Orange. That’s,

1. Add RED and GREEN = PURPLE

2. Add RED and BLUE = GREEN

3. Add GREEN and BLUE = ORANGE

ASSIGNMENT

Find out the colours of the following –

1. National flag

2. School’s uniform

3. Policeman uniform

4. Teacher’s shoes

LESSON 3 – COLOURS OF OBJECTS/LOGOs

1. Nigerian flag – Green White Green

2. School’s uniform –

3. Lagos State Commercial Bus – yellow and black, BRT – light and deep blue, lagbus – red

4. Nigerian Police – Black, green or camouflage

5. Classroom Board – white or black board

6. Teacher’s Shoe – black or brown

7. School’s Buildings –

MATERIALS THAT PRODUCE COLOURS 

1. Kolanuts

2. Acalypha leaves

3. Lali

4. Ground leaves

5. Yam leaves

6. Cassava leaves

7. Millet Leaves

8. Bitter leaf

9. Ugu leaves

10. Water leaf

11. Hibiscus flower

12. Clay Soil, etc.

Other Method – Various Colours Around Us | Components of Colour | Types of Colour | Production of Colours Primary 4 (Basic 4) and Primary 6 (Basic 6) – Basic Science and Technology ASEI PDSI METHOD

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. Takes takes the groups or pairs out for a walk within the school compound to make a list of 10 objects and their colours.

4. Teacher asks selected pupils to state their favourite colour(s) with reason(s).

5. Teacher state his/her own favourite colour(s) with concrete evidence.

Pupil’s Activities – Take part in the outdoor activities and state their favourite colour(s).

6. Teacher uses the above activities to introduce the lesson with appropriate chart.

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

7. Teacher guides pupils to separate white light into its components, using glass prism.

Pupil’s Activities – Separate white light and identify the colours of light, using glass prism and (ROYGBIV) to list the colours of light (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet).

8. Teacher provides samples of basic colours for each of the group or pair.

9. Teacher lets the groups or pairs to identify each of the basic colour and guides them to mix one basic colour to another, record their observations.

Pupil’s Activities – Record their observations from mixing colours.

10. Teacher uses the colour chart to help pupils identify and compare with the results from mixing colours.

11. Teacher provides pupils with coloured plates or discs and guides them to use it to blend the colours.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the colour mixing, identify and describe the colours.

12. Teacher displays samples of materials that produce natural colours.

13. Teacher lets the groups or pairs identity each material, guides them to demonstrate and identify the kind of colour produced by the materials.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and make a list of materials that produce colours, e.g. kolanuts, acalypha leaves, bitter leaf, water leaf, clay soil etc.

10. Provides pupils with colour filters, coloured discs or plates.

Pupil’s Activities – Make and spin their coloured wheels to obtain different shades of colours.

11. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate lessons 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. separate white light into the component colours;

2. identify and name the colours of light; (rainbow);

3. name at least two objects that have characteristics of natural colours;

4. collect and list at least three materials that produce colours;

5. sort primary and secondary colours from a collection of coloured plates;

6. identify characteristics of colour shades;

7. mix colours and identify the shades of colours produced.

WORKBOOK

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT (TEST)

As stated in ekoquiz.com – Various Colours Around Us