Primary One Third Term Basic Science Lesson Note

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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:

1. Say the meaning of living things
2. Identify some nonliving things
3. 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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