B3 Science · Term 1, Week 12
Earth Science
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Curriculum details
- Strand
- Cycles (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Earth Science (2.1)
- Content standard
- B3.2.1.4 - Recognise water and air as important natural resources
- Indicator
- B3.2.1.4.1 - Identify things that make water impure
- Suggested placement
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Term 1, Week 12
(Week 12 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
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Science Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 53
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
- Provide learners with cut-out pictures showing how water is polluted. This should include leakages, flooding during rainy season which carries waste deposits into water bodies, Industrial waste dumped into water, mining, littering, pesticides application, fertilizer application, house hold chemicals, improper disposal of animal wastes. - In groups, learners observe the pictures and communicate their ideas on what makes water impure. - Take learners on a trip to observe littered parts of the community to identify things that make water impure. - Ask learners what will happen if they drink impure water.