Plants and Animals.

Subject :

BASIC SCIENCE

Topic :

Plants and Animals.

Class :

JSS 1 (BASIC 7)

Term :

SECOND TERM E-LEARNING NOTES

Week :

Week 8

Instructional Materials 

• Wall charts
• Pictures
• Online Resource
• Textbooks

Methods of Teaching 

• Role modelling
• Questions and Answers
• Explanation
• Discussion
• Recitation
• Imitation

Previous Knowledge :

The pupils have been taught

 Classification of matter.

in their previous lesson

Behavioural Objectives :  At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to

• Mention names of five plants and five animals.
• List four important uses of plants and animals to human beings.
• Differentiate between solid and liquid.
• Mention five examples of plant.
• What are the uses of plants and animals?
• List all the characteristics of plants and animals.

WEEK 8

Date…………….

TOPIC: LIVING THINGS [PLANTS AND ANIMALS]

CONTENT: 1. Examples of plants and animals

1. Characteristics of plant and animals
2. Uses/importance of plants and animals
3. Food, Medicine, Shelter
4. Economic Importance

Sub-Topic1: Examples of plants and animals.

The living things can be divided into plants and animals. Toad, housefly, ostrich, fish are examples of animals. Maize plant, grass, yam, hibiscus are examples of plants.

The characteristics of living things are as follows: MR NIGERCLAD

1. Movement: Movement is a change in position .Animals move from place to place. Plant only moves towards the light.
2. Respiration :This is the release of energy as a result of breakdown of food in the body
3. Nutrition/Feeding: Food is a substance which when taken provides energy or materials for building the body. Plant and animals feed in order to get energy to carry out their daily activities and also to grow.
4. Growth: Growth is the increase in size as a result of formation of new cells and increase of the new cells .All living things grow as they become older.
5. Irritability/Sensitivity: This is the ability to respond to change in the environment. All living things respond to changes in the environment.
6. Reproduction: all living things can reproduce their own kind/species.
7. Excretion: the removal of metabolic waste products from the body is called excretion
8. Adaptation: This is the way living things get used to their various environments.
9. Competition: This is the ability of living things to struggle for all the necessities of life in order to survive in their various environments. Plants and animals compete for food.

10. Life span/ Death: All living things must die because they have limited period of existence.

Sub-Topic 2: Uses/Importance of plants and animals.

Plants and animals can be used for the following purposes.

Uses of plants

1. Plants provides food such as vegetables, fruits, tuber, leaves etc for man and animals’
2. Provision of materials for shelter e. g timber for construction of houses.
3. Medicine: plants are used in the production of drug plant which is used as herb in treating diseases.
4. Plant is used to beautify our environment.
5. Plant leaves serve as wind break and also use to control soil erosion
6. Plants remove carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and give out oxygen.
7. It serves as source of income to the people and the nation.

Uses of animals

1. Animals serve as food for man.
2. Some animals are used as beasts of burden e .g donkeys and camels
3. Some animals are used as means of transportation e. g horses and camels.
4. Animal such as dogs is used for security.

5 It also serves as source of income.

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Presentation

The topic is presented step by step

Step 1:

The class teacher revises the previous topics

Step 2.

He introduces the new topic

Step 3:

The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own examples and he corrects them when the needs arise

Evaluation:

1. Mention five examples of plant.
2. What are the uses of plants and animals?
3. List all the characteristics of plants and animals.
4. Mention names of five plants and five animals.
5. List four important uses of plants and animals to human beings.

Conclusion :

The class teacher does the necessary corrections and he or she goes round to mark .

Assignment:

1. Explain the season of the year in your country.
2. Write the names of the nine planets in order of their average distance from the sun.