Basic 4 Science Term 1 Week 8 Lesson Plan

Engage learners to sing songs and play games to get them ready for lesson. Use questions and answers to review learners understanding in the previous lesson.

Ask learners to step outside the classroom and name the objects in the daytime sky Guide learners to identify some objects to see during the day - The sun - The moon - The planets - Earth-orbiting satellites - Stars Have learners to use markers to color a cut out circular shape to look like the earth. Learners to glue the cut out shape to the center of a paper, labelling it “Day sky”. Have learners to draw and label pictures of objects that can be seen during the day sky. Have learners to Identify the differences and similarities in day and night sky. learners draw Venn diagrams (2 circles then another circle overlapping the two) and put in them the things they see in the night sky, day sky and then in both skies and display their work on the classroom walls. Answer the question: what happens to the sky in a 24-hour cycle? Learners write about the importance of the things they see in the skies. 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 questions to review learners understanding of the lesson Learners to tell what was interesting about the lesson. Have learners to read and spell the key words written on the board