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WEEK 1&2
TOPIC: LIVING THINGS
SUBTOPIC: CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
Learning Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Say the meaning of living things
- Identify some nonliving things
- Mention 5 characteristics of living things.
Resources & materials: Scheme of work.
6 years curriculum
Pupils textbook
Online resources
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL:
- Birds
- Human being
- Flowers
- Ants
- Trees
Building Background/ connection to prior knowledge: Pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.
CONTENT
Living things
Living things are things that have life. We see many things in our surroundings. Everything that we see can be categorized into two groups – living things and non-living things. All animals and plants including us are living things.
WEEK 2
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
All livings thing displays the following characteristics of life
Living things need food
Living things need food to obtain energy, grow, and stay healthy. Plants make their own food by the process of photosynthesis. Animal gets their food from plants and other animals.
Living things breathe
All living things need to breathe. Different animals use the different organ to breathe for example some animal uses their nose, fishes use their gills and worms use their skin. We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide through our noses. Plants breathe through openings present in their leaves called stomata.
Living things grow and develop
When living thing eats they receive energy which helps them in their growth. Living things grow from smaller to larger and finally become adults. We human beings are born and grow into adults. The seed grows into baby plants and finally into big plants or trees.
Living things die
All living things grow and become old and finally die.
Living things move
All living things show some sort of movement. They can move their body part. The plant usually does not move from one place to another but can move its parts. For example, they move its root downward to obtain
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