B1 Our World And Our People · Term 1 Week 7: The Environment and the Weather

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.1.1.1 - Explore the uses of things in the environment

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five things in the environment and name them correctly.
Sort things in the environment into living, non-living, manmade and natural groups.
State at least one use of each thing identified during the nature walk.
Demonstrate how to care for things in the environment by describing or showing one responsible action.
Name the main parts of a computer (mouse, keyboard, monitor, system unit) and tell what each part does.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: The Environment and the Weather (2.1)
Content standard: B1.2.1.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of things in the environment
Indicator: B1.2.1.1.1 - Explore the uses of things in the environment
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 5
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Engage learners in a nature walk to observe, identify, locate and talk about things in the environment and their uses e.g. Furniture: chairs, tables, cupboards, Plants, Animals, Computers and sort them into living, non-living, manmade and natural
Learners browse the internet, draw or look at pictures or posters of things in the environment and talk about caring for them in environment as responsible citizens
Note:
As learners use the internet to browse pictures of things in the environment, teacher helps learners learn about the use of parts of the computer e.g. the mouse, keyboard, monitor or system unit and how they are connected