B1 Science · Term 3 Week 5: Personal Hygiene and Sanitation

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.5.1.1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of the need for and how to wash the hands

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least three reasons why we must wash our hands (e.g., to remove germs, prevent sickness, stay clean).
Mention at least five occasions when hands must be washed (after visiting the toilet, before eating, after eating, after playing, after returning home from school).
Name the items needed for proper hand-washing (clean running water and soap).
Demonstrate the correct steps of washing hands under running water in the right order.
Predict what may happen to a person who does not wash their hands properly.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Personal Hygiene and Sanitation (5.1)
Content standard: B1.5.1.1 - Recognise the importance of personal hygiene
Indicator: B1.5.1.1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of the need for and how to wash the hands
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 5 (Week 29 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: Science Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 32
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Lead learners through questions to come out with the importance of washing the hands
- Elaborate on their responses to introduce the topic "Hand-Washing"
- Learners discuss when to wash their hands. (The hands must be washed after visiting the toilet, before eating and after eating, after practical activity, after returning to the home from school or the playground)
- Ask learners to name items used in hand-washing, (soap and running clean water)
- Bring to the classroom, items used for hand-washing and demonstrate the washing of hands to learners, emphasizing washing under running/flowing water
- Engage learners in groups to demonstrate washing of hands
- Learners brainstorm on the possible health effects associated with failure to wash the hands properly
- Ask learners to draw illustrations of them washing their hands with water