B3 Science · Term 1, Week 5

Materials

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Curriculum details

Strand
Diversity of Matter (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Materials (1.2)
Content standard
B3.1.2.2 - Understand mixtures, types, formation, uses and ways of separating them into their components
Indicator
B3.1.2.2.1 - Describe a solid-liquid mixture and explain how to separate the components
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 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. 51

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Provide solid and liquid substances e.g. water, sand, iron filings, powdered charcoal etc.
- Learners in their groups, add sand to water or any solid to a liquid.
- Learners observe and come out with their findings on the components of the mixture.
- Learners describe solid - liquid mixtures and how the components can be separated.
- Learners in groups, discuss the uses of solid-liquid mixtures in everyday life.
Project: Assist learners to separate solid-liquid mixtures, e.g. gari and water, sand and water, salt solution.