Environmental Health · JHS3 Career Technology

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B9.1.3.2.1 - Discuss what is meant by clean energy and improved cookstoves and fuels.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain what clean energy is in their own words, giving at least two examples of clean energy sources.
Identify at least four types of improved cookstoves and three types of clean fuels used in Ghana.
Compare traditional cookstoves (such as three-stone fires) with improved cookstoves using at least three criteria (efficiency, emissions, and safety).
Describe what happens when clean energy is used, including its effects on health, the environment, and household finances.
Present findings on improved cookstoves and fuels using pictures, videos, or other sources gathered from ICT tools or community observation.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Health and Safety (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Environmental Health (1.3)
Content standard: B9.1.3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of clean energy, and Improved Cookstoves (ICS) and their accompanying fuels
Indicator: B9.1.3.2.1 - Discuss what is meant by clean energy and improved cookstoves and fuels.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 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: Career Technology, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 83
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Explain what is meant by clean energy.
E.g., It is energy produced through means that do not pollute the atmosphere.
2. Identify improved cookstoves and fuels
3. Watch pictures and videos on improved cookstoves and fuels and traditional cookstoves and fuels and make comparison of them.
Note: Visit the website https://www.ghacco.org for more information.
4. Discuss what happens when clean energy is used.
E.g., They are more efficient, give off less emission and are safer than the traditional cook stoves or three-stone-fires.
5. Search and present in class, the various improved cookstoves and fuels using ICT tools and other sources.
E.g., Gyapa, holy cook, gas stoves, pellets, briquettes, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).