PROPOSED LESSON PLAN/NOTE FOR THE THIRD WEEK ENDING 30th SEPTEMBER, 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE
TOPIC: LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS
CLASS: GRADE 7
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 15
AVERAGE AGE: 11+ YEARS
GENDER: MIXED
PERIOD: 3RD & 4TH
PERIOD ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY RESPECTIVELY
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
DATE: 26/09/2022
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By
the end of the lesson the students should be able to;
i.
state the characteristics of Living Things: MR NIGER+CAD;
ii.
identify
yourself as a living thing.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS
KNOWLEDGE: The students can move, breathe, eat,
respond to stimuli, grow, etc.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS/TECHNIC: Questions,
visual, demonstration.
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS: Textbook, lesson note, laptop,
projector, marker, whiteboard, pictures showing characteristics of living
things.
INTRODUCTION: Questions posed
to the students include
Question 1: Ask
one student to move to the front of the class.
STEPI: CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING
THINGS
Humans, animals and plants are living
things. Living things show certain characteristics which distinguish them from
non-living things.
(i) Movement: The
movement of living things shows that they are alive. Birds and insects fly.
Dogs and cats walk. Fish swim in water. Plants also show movement, for example,
sunflower turns towards the sun. This shows that living things move. On the
other hand, non-living things like table or chair do not move on their own.
Question 2: Ask the
students to breathe in and out.
(ii) Respiration: Animals
breathe through lungs, gills or air holes and plants through stomata. We cannot
stay much longer with our nose and mouth covered but a toy can because it is a
non-living thing.
Question 3: Ask the
students what they ate to school today.
(iii) Nutrition: Plants
make their own food with the help of air, water and sunlight through the
process of photosynthesis. Animals get their food from plants or other animals.
Living things need food for energy to carry out the body processes. But table,
chair, toy does not feel hungry and they do not need food.
(iv) Irritability: Living
things respond to stimuli or changes in their surroundings. For example,
animals like cockroach and earthworm move away from light and butterflies fly
away when you try to touch them. Similarly, leaves of plants like Mimosa curl
up when touched. This shows that living things respond to stimuli. However, your
doll does not cry when thrown on the floor because it is a non-living thing.
(v) Growth: A child grows into an adult.
A chick grows into a hen and a baby plant grows into a tree. This shows that
living things grow. But on the other hand, a small doll does not grow into a
big doll. This shows that non-living things like pen, and computer do not grow.
(vi) Excretion: Living
things remove waste metabolic waste from their bodies. This could be sweat,
urine, etc.
(vii) Reproduction: Human and other mammals give
birth to babies. A bird lays egg through which baby birds come out. Most new
plants grow from seeds but non-living things like a doll do not reproduce to
increase its number by itself.
(viii) Competition: Living
things compete for food, water and space.
(ix) Adaptation: Living
things develop features that will help them to survive in their environment.
(x) Death: All
living things die.
STEPII: IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS
A LIVING THING
For an object to be living, it must grow,
feed, respire, respond to changes in the environment, move on its own,
reproduce and eventually die. You and every single human being can perform all
these functions, so you and others are part of this living world.
EVALUATION:
1. How
do living things reproduce?
2. Why
do animals move from place to place?
3. Write
ten characteristics of living things.
SUMMARY/CONCLUSSION:
i.
Living things show certain characteristics like movement, respiration,
nutrition, etc.
ii.
Human are living things because we show the characteristics of living things.
ASSIGNMENT:
1.
Explain the characteristics of living things.
2. Describe
yourself as a living thing in your own words.
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