Plants and Animals · B1 Our World And Our People

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.2.2.1.1 - Identify different plants in the environments and their uses

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least five different plants found in their local environment.
Identify which plants grow in which kinds of environments, such as the forest, grassland, or the home compound.
State at least four uses of plants, including food, medicine, shelter, and decoration.
Group plants according to their uses, for example, plants we eat and plants that give shade.
Talk about a plant they saw on the nature walk and explain one way it helps people.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Plants and Animals (2.2)
Content standard: B1.2.2.1 - Recognise different plants in the environment
Indicator: B1.2.2.1.1 - Identify different plants in the environments and their uses
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 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: Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 7
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners go on a nature walk to observe and talk about different plants in the environment.
Learner watch films/pictures of plants in the environment to show forest trees, grassland, maize, cocoa, shea butter trees, rubber, mangoes, to enable learners understand that different plants live in different environments.
Learners talk about uses of plants and share the information with the whole class. The uses of plants include food, clothing, shelter, medicine, decoration and shades.