Personal Hygiene and Sanitation · B1 Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.5.1.1.1 - Explain the need for bathing and know how it is done

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least three reasons why we bath every day (to remove dirt, to smell fresh, to prevent sickness).
Name the items used for bathing (water, sponge, soap, towel, and clean clothes).
Demonstrate the correct order of bathing using a doll or through role-play.
Predict what might happen to the body if a person does not bath regularly.
Identify the number of times they should bath in a day and explain why morning and evening bathing is important.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Personal Hygiene and Sanitation (5.1)
Content standard: B1.5.1.1 - Recognise the importance of personal hygiene
Indicator: B1.5.1.1.1 - Explain the need for bathing and know how it is done
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 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 1-3), 2019, p. 31
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Enquire from learners routine activities they engage in before coming to school. (Activities may include sweeping, bathing, brushing of teeth, washing of face etc.
- Lead learners to discuss the reasons for undertaking those activities (such as bathing)
- Assist them to talk about the number of times they bath a day and how their parents bath them
- Display a video/pictures showing the items used in bathing
- Present real items (e.g. soap, sponge, water, and towel) to learners to talk about them in groups
- Guide learners to talk about what will happen if they do not take their bath regularly
- In groups, learners present their ideas about what will happen if they do not bath
- Learners sing familiar songs and recite rhymes as they demonstrate the process of bathing using a doll
- Learners draw some items used for bathing and display them for discussion