JHS1 Science · Term 3 Week 12: Understanding the Environment

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.5.5.1.2 - Explain the nature of associations that exist among plants and animals in different landforms and their mechanisms for survival

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism in their own words with at least one Ghanaian example for each.
Differentiate among the three types of associations by comparing how each partner is affected (helped, harmed, or unaffected).
Explain at least two survival mechanisms that plants and animals use in Ghanaian landforms such as the coastal plains, forest hills, or savannah plateaus.
Investigate and report on a specific plant-animal association found in a Ghanaian landform, stating its type and its effect on the habitat.
Predict what could happen to a habitat if one partner in an association disappears.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Understanding the Environment (5.5)
Content standard: B7.5.5.1 - Demonstrate understanding of different plants and animals found in different land forms and how they survive (with emphasis land forms in Ghana)
Indicator: B7.5.5.1.2 - Explain the nature of associations that exist among plants and animals in different landforms and their mechanisms for survival
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 12 (Week 36 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. 50
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Describe the nature of associations such as mutualism, parasitism, commensalism among plants and animals and explain the effects on their habitats.
2. Carry out research about the different ways that different plants and animals survive in the landforms in which they are found.