B6 Science · Term 3 Week 11: Climate Change

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.5.4.1.1 - Know the effects of climate change on humans

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain at least three effects of climate change on human health and daily life.
Use evidence from interviews with parents or elderly people to describe how weather patterns in Ghana have changed since 2000.
Create a concept map that links the causes of climate change to its effects on humans.
Predict what will happen to human life if climate change continues and if there are no trees in the world.
Propose practical actions learners can take to reduce the effects of climate change.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Climate Change (5.4)
Content standard: B6.5.4.1 - Know that climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing the world today.
Indicator: B6.5.4.1.1 - Know the effects of climate change on humans
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 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 4-6), 2019, p. 46
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Learners are assigned to find out from their parents or elderly people what the weather situation has been since 2000.
- Learners share their information with the whole class.
- Show pictures and videos displaying activities that contribute to climate change and the associated effects on the earth.
- Stress the effects of climate change on weather conditions such as drought, flooding, increase in temperature, etc.
- Learners are engaged in a think-pair-share activity to come out with ways of controlling the causes of climate change.
- Guide learners to design a concept map on climate change, showing its causes, effects and prevention.
- Build the vocabulary of learners by explaining terms such as climate change, drought, flooding and temperature.
- Engage learners in an awareness campaign on climate change issues in the school and nearby community, using placards, posters and banners.
- Learners work in groups to plant and nurture trees at vantage points in the school environment.
- Learners predict what will happen if there are no trees in the world.