JHS1 Science · Term 1 Week 7: Life Cycle of Organisms

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.2.2.1.2 - Discuss the activities of the housefly as a menace to humans and show how to reduce the effects of those activities

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Describe at least three feeding habits of the housefly using drawings, pictures, or cartoons.
Explain how housefly activities cause dysentery, food poisoning, and environmental nuisance.
Identify the pathways through which houseflies transfer diseases from waste to human food and water.
Design a simple community intervention to reduce housefly effects and present it clearly to peers.
Justify the choice of at least one creative tool (such as a poster, drama, or song) for educating the community about housefly control.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Cycles (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Life Cycle of Organisms (2.2)
Content standard: B7.2.2.1 - Demonstrate the skills of carrying out activities to show the stages of the life cycle of a housefly, the effects of its activities on humans and how to reduce them
Indicator: B7.2.2.1.2 - Discuss the activities of the housefly as a menace to humans and show how to reduce the effects of those activities
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 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, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 10
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Describe with the aid of drawings, pictures and cartoons to demonstrate their knowledge of housefly's feeding habit. e.g. feeding on dead animals, rotten food, manure, solid and liquid waste.
2. Discuss how the activities of the housefly affect humans in terms of:
a) transfer of types of diseases (such as dysentery).
b) food poisoning.
c) nuisance in the environment.
3. Design an intervention that can reduce the effects of the activities of the housefly on humans and educate people of your community about the intervention.