Plants and Animals · B4 Our World And Our People

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.2.1.1 Explore the relationship between living and non-living things in the environment

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Distinguish between living things (plants, animals, humans) and non-living things (soil, sunlight, water, air, land) using simple observable features.
Explain at least two specific ways in which plants depend on non-living things such as soil, sunlight and water for survival.
Describe how humans depend on air, water and land in their daily lives, with local examples.
Work in groups to discuss and present the relationship between given pairs of living and non-living things.
Predict what would happen to living things if one non-living thing (for example, water or sunlight) was removed from the environment.

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Curriculum details

Strand: All Around Us (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Plants and Animals (2.2)
Content standard: B4.2.2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how living and non-living things in the environment are related.
Indicator: B4.2.2.1.1 - Explore the relationship between living and non-living things in the environment
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 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 4-6), 2019, p. 9
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners in groups, discuss the relationship between the following living and non-living things:
i. Plants and soil
ii. Plants and sunlight
iii. Plants and water
iv. Humans and air
v. Humans and water
vi. Humans and land