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Basic 1 · Our World and Our People · Home and School

Things in Our Environment and Their Uses

In this topic you will name things around you and say how we use them.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Name natural and man-made things around you
  • Say the uses of things in the environment
  • Care for things around you

What you already know

  • Things God created

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
All about us
Sub-strand
Home and School
Indicator
B1.2.1.1.1 – Explore the uses of things in the environment

Introduction

Mother sweeps the compound with a broom. She cooks soup in a clay pot. Many things around us help us every day.

1. Natural and Man-made Things

Things around us
NaturalMan-made
treeschairs
watertables
stonesbrooms
animalsclay pots
landcomputers

2. Uses of Things

Things and their uses
ThingUse
broomsweeping
clay potcooking and storing water
chairsitting
treeshade, fruit and wood
waterdrinking, cooking and washing
hoefarming
A broom, clay pot, chair, tree and hoe with their uses
Figure 1: Things and their uses Draw two things and write their uses.Illustration: Sirbus

Remember: Look after things so they last long.

New words

natural
Made by God, not people.
man-made
Made by people.
use
What something is for.
tool
Something we hold to do work, like a hoe.

Summary

  • Things around us are natural or man-made.
  • A broom is for sweeping. A clay pot is for cooking.
  • We should look after the things we use.

Class activity: What Is It For?

  1. Look at the broom, the clay pot and the tool pictures.
  2. Say what each one is used for.
  3. Sort the pictures into natural and man-made.

You need: Broom, Clay cooking pot, Printed pictures of local tools

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. What is a broom used for?

    • A. Sweeping
    • B. Cooking
    • C. Writing
    • D. Sitting
    Show answer
    Answer: SweepingA broom cleans the floor.

  2. 2. Which is natural?

    • A. Chair
    • B. Tree
    • C. Broom
    • D. Computer
    Show answer
    Answer: TreePeople do not make trees.

  3. 3. A hoe is used for farming.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueFarmers dig with hoes.

  4. 4. Water has no uses.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseWe drink, cook and wash with water.

  5. 5. Things made by people are ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: man-madeThat is the meaning of man-made.

  6. 6. Write two uses of a tree.

    Show answer
    Answer: Any two: shade, fruit, wood, medicine.Trees help us in many ways.

Homework

  1. List three things in your kitchen and write what each is used for.