Basic 1 Science Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan

The teacher brings a bag into the classroom that contains an object that has a connection to the lesson. Then it is passed around and learners try to determine what is in the bag just by feeling it. The student who guess right wins, and hence introduce the lesson. Revise with learners on how to combine materials to form mixtures.

Present several different materials to the groups such as gari, sand, water, saw dust, milo, salt, sugar, milk powder, etc. Learners work in groups to combine the materials in any proportion, two at a time, e.g. gari and sand; milo and milk powder; sugar and water etc. and describe what happens in each case. Learners find-out whether the products they have formed are the same as the individual materials. In groups, learners give names to the combinations they have formed. Provide learners with samples of mixtures, e.g. Using safe, familiar food items or samples and the available art materials and tools, a mixture of different colored beads, a mixture of chocolate pellets of different colors to separate. For this activity, learners use sand and water, clear plastic cups and clean cotton cloth to prepare a familiar mixture, observe it and separate its parts safely.

Ask learners series of questions to review their understanding of the lesson Ask learners to summarize what they have learnt Learners to read and spell the key words on the board.