Water

SOCIAL STUDIES

SECOND TERM 

WEEK 11

PRIMARY 5

THEME: 

TOPIC: Water 

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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 sources of water supply.
2. state uses of water.

ENTRY BEHAVIOR

The pupils are required to already know uses of water.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE – land transportation.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart of different sources of 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

1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
3. Course Book
4. All Relevant Material
5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

WATER 

Water is a necessities of life. Humans, plants and animals depend on water for survival. Water is a natural liquid that comes from rain, rivers, stream, lakes and seas, etc. Water is a common natural liquid.

SOURCES OF WATER 

• Natural sources of water

1. Rain
2. Stream
3. Rivers
4. Lakes
5. Seas 

• Man – made

1. Tap
2. Well
3. Borehole

USES OF WATER 

• Domestic Purposes

1. cooking
2. drinking
3. bathing
4. washing

• Agricultural Purposes

1. farming
2. gardening
3. fisheries

• Industrial Purposes – manufacturing

• Recreation

1. swimming
2. rafting
3. boating 

• Hydro – power generation

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. Guides the pupils to identify different sources of water.
3. Pupil’s Activities – Identify different sources of water.
4. Guides the pupils to state the uses of water.
5. Pupil’s Activities – State different uses of water. 

CONCLUSION

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

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupils to answer the following questions. 

SECTION A – as stated in the performance objectives. 

SECTION B

1. Water is ________________________.

(a) a necessities of life

(b) not necessities of life

(c) nothing

2. ________________________  are natural sources of water.

(a) Taps, wells and boreholes

(b) Rivers, stream and taps

(c) Seas, rivers and streams 

3. ________________________  are man – made sources of water.

(a) Taps, wells and boreholes

(b) Rivers, stream and taps

(c) Seas, rivers and streams

List 3 domestic uses of water.

4. ________________________

5. ________________________

6. ________________________

List 3 agricultural uses of water.

7. ________________________

8. ________________________

9. ________________________

10. ________________________ can be used for generating hydro – power.

(a) Water

(b) Air

(c) Sun