B6 Science · Term 1 Week 8: Earth Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.2.1.3.1 - Know the functions of carbon within the environment

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five materials in their environment that contain carbon.
Explain the role of carbon in each of those materials (pencils, charcoal, food, carbon dioxide).
Demonstrate, through role-play, how carbon functions in at least three different materials.
Describe what would happen to a material if carbon were removed from it.
State one way carbon helps living things and one way it helps non-living things in their daily lives.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Cycles (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Earth Science (2.1)
Content standard: B6.2.1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how carbon and nitrogen are cycled in nature
Indicator: B6.2.1.3.1 - Know the functions of carbon within the environment
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.36: printed "2.1.3.1 Know the functions of carbon within the environment", with no grade token; the grade is taken from the section and every printed digit is kept. Its standard cell on the same page reads "B6.2.1.3 Demonstrate understanding of how carbon and nitrogen are cycled in nature". No code pattern in this toolchain, INVENTORY.md's included, can see it, which is why the inventory says B6 has 26
Curriculum reference: Science Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 36
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Review previous lesson on the functions of carbon dioxide with learners.
- Learners are assisted to discuss the following questions: (1) materials in the environment that contain carbon; (2) the role of carbon in those materials.
- Learners use role-play to understand the function of carbon within the environment, e.g. the function of carbon in relation to pencils, charcoal, food and carbon dioxide.