Basic 5 Science Term 1 Week 6 Lesson Plan

Teacher introduces the lesson to learners. Students are to list all the words they associate with the topic to be treated. Ask them to put words together to form a definition Teacher writes and lets students see the answer on the board, perhaps a picture of object on the board. The students must come up with questions in which the answer could be the object on the board.

Assemble materials such as polystyrene (plastic) balls, football, ice-cream stick, torch, pen and globe. Have learners identify the materials and relate to them. Learners are assisted to understand the terms, rotation and axis using a ball. Rotation is the movement of the earth or any heavenly body turning on its axis. Axis is an imaginary line on which something rotates. Explain how the motion of the earth causes day and night, with the aid of a globe. Learners observe a demonstration of day and night, using appropriate materials, e.g. globe of the earth, blu tac, and lamp without shade and a dark room. Learners explain how day and night come about and draw diagrams to represent their work. SUN For this activity, learners use locally made clay globe, torch and printed day-and-night picture cards to model the movement or compare the sky at different times and explain the observed cycle.

Ask learners questions to review their understanding of the lesson. Have learners write 3 facts of the lesson on a sheet of paper and it in their pockets and learn it on their way home.