1st Meeting:
Topic: Compare two different places (Dry and wet places)
Learning objective:
Identify Similiarities and differences between local and environtments and know about some of the ways in which these affect the animals and plants that are found there.
Activities:
1. Teacher revise about the last topic about what do animals and plants need to live.
2. Students watch the video.
3. Teacher explains what animals and plants live in the picture from Learner’s Book page 7 orally by showing the slide show. There are animals and plants that can live in dry and wet places.
4. Students complete the activity book page 8.
5. Students complete the worksheet
Sources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book page7 and Activity Book page 8
Video: Compare two different places
PPT: Compare two different places
Worksheet: Compare two different places
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Animals that can live in many environments and some animals that can only live in particular environments
Learning objective: Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Activities:
Teacher explain the words to learn (vocabulary) by showing the slide.
Teacher explains animals that can live in many environments, for example, humans, pigeons and mice. There are some animals that can only live in particular environments, for example, whale and snow leopard. Whale only can live in a deep ocean and snow leopard only can live in the snow mountain.
Students complete the worksheet by looking at the pictures from the teacher’s slide.
Sources:
Cambridge Primary Science Teacher’s Resource Book
1st Meeting
Topic: Can we care for our environment?
Learning objectives:
1. Understand ways to care for the environment. Secondary sources can be used.
2. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about different places to live
2. Students watch the video “Care for the environment”
3. Students pay attention to the beach on learners’ book page 8
3. Teacher explains words to learn such as litter, protect, sewage
4. Students answer the questions on page 8
5. Teacher explains the ways look after the environment and ways we harm the environment
5. Students observe picture of the environment from page 9.
6. Students write or draw what they see on the picture.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book page 8-9
VIDEO: How to care for our environment
PPT: Care for our environment
2nd Meeting
Topic: Can we care for our environment?
Learning objectives:
1. Understand ways to care for the environment. Secondary sources can be used.
2. Use simple information sources
3. Use first-hand experience
Activities:
Teacher reviews to the students about ways the human care and harm the environment.
Students watch the video “How to take care the environment.”
Students answer worksheet 1.2a (2 ways people look after the environment and 2 ways people harm the environment).
Students circle the things that could harm the environment on activity book page 9. Then color the environment.
Teacher guides students to make their own poster to take care our environment.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 9
1st Meeting
Topic: Can we care for our environment?
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand ways to care for the environment. Secondary sources can be used.
2. Use simple information sources
Activities:
1. Students watch video about reduce, reuse and recycle song
2. Teacher guides students to write notes about ways to care our environment and ways of harm to the environment
3. Students practice to do the live worksheet
Resources:
Video Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Liveworksheet: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Liveworksheet: Save the earth
Liveworksheet: Be green
2nd Meeting
Topic: Today’s weather
Learning Objectives:
Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Use first-hand experience.
Activities:
1. Students watch the video ‘How’s the weather?’
2. Teacher explains words to learn such as temperature, rain, same, cloudy, cold, snow, wind, weather, sunny, warm, frosty, hail on page 10.
3. Ask the students to think about what we do and what we wear. Students watch the video ‘Seasons, weather and clothes. Then follow the song in ‘The weather and clothing’ Video.
4. Students are asked to use first-hand experience to take observations of, and record today’s weather. Encourage them to talk on what they observe about the weather and about yesterday’s weather.
5. Students’ record today’s weather by drawing and writing the weather on the notebook.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book page 10
Video: How’s the weather song
Video: Seasons, weather and clothes
Video: The weather and clothing
Topic: Make a weather diary
Learning Objectives:
1. Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
2. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about our weather.
2. Students watch the video about “Weather conditions” and answer the questions ‘what’s the weather like?’ from the video
3. Students complete Activity Book page 10.
4. Teacher explains how to record the weather on worksheet 1.3 b ‘Weather Pictogram’. Then cut the symbols and stick them on to the pictogram
5. Teacher explains how to complete worksheet 1.3c ‘A month of weather’
6. Students write notes about ‘The weather’ then draw them
7. Students do liveworksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 10 and Teacher’s Resource Book
Video: Talk about weather conditions
1st Meeting:
Topic: Extreme weather
Learning objectives:
Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
Activities:
Teacher asks about the students’ weather observation.
Ask the students to read the text on Learner’s Book page 12.
Teacher explains words to learn such as Earth, forecasters, research, extreme, and storm.
Ask the students to think about how would you keep safe in extreme weather orally.
Discuss with the students what will happen to the weather on the land from the picture of Learner’s Book page 13.
Students do activity 1.4 Learner’s Book page 13 on notebook.
Students do liveworksheet.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learners’ book page 12-13
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Know what to wear in extreme weather
Learning objectives:
Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
Make and record observations.
Activities:
Teacher revise the previous topic about how to keep safe in extreme weather.
Students complete Activity Book page 11.
Students complete Worksheet 1.4
Students do liveworksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 11
1st Meeting:
Topic: Our weather and extreme weather
Learning objectives:
1. Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
2. Use simple information sources
Activities:
1. Students watch a video ‘Extreme Weather.’
2. Teacher revises previous topic about our weather and extreme weather.
3. Teacher guides students to do the handout exercise 1 and 2 about our weather.
4. Teacher guides students to do the handout exercise 3 about extreme weather.
5. Teacher and students discuss about the questions on liveworksheet.
Resources:
Liveworksheet: Extreme Weather
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Going outside Check your progress
Learning objectives:
1. Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data.
2. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises previous topic about Unit 1. Going outside
2. Teacher guides the students to complete the questions in the Learner’s Book page 14-15
3. Students do liveworksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 14-15
1st Meeting:
Topic: Revision and Exercise
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify similarities and differences between local environments and know about some of the ways in which these affects the animals and plants that are found there
2. Understand ways to care for the environment. Secondary sources can be used
3. Observe and talk about their observation of the weather, recording reports of weather data
Activities:
1. Students revise the previous topic
2. Students answer Science exercise
3. Teacher guides students to do quizizz about weather-1
4. Students do quizizz about weather-2
Resources:
PPT- Science Exercise Unit 1
2nd Meeting:
Topic: What are rocks?
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Use first-hand experience.
Activities:
1. Teacher introduces different rocks. Ask students to describe differences between the rocks.
2. Students watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1qbwSGmNs
3. Ask students to discuss what they see in the picture of the quarry on page 17 of the Learner’s Book. Can they see different rocks and, perhaps, layer of rocks in the cliff?
4. Teacher guides students to write some notes about rocks
5. Students cut the rocks’ pictures. Stick on their notebook then label them
6. Teacher guides students to do liveworksheet about rocks
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 16-17
1st Meeting:
Topic: Comparing rocks
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Use first-hand experience.
3. Make comparisons
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about what are rocks?
2. Teacher shows to students some types of rocks which are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks
3. Teacher guides students to draw one of each types
Granit (Igneous rocks (2)), Sandstone (Sedimentary rocks(4)) and Pure marble (Metamorphic rocks (10))
4. Students draw the rocks on their notebook then color them
5. Teacher guides students to complete the questions in activity book page 12.
6. Ask students to write the note into their notebook.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 12
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Uses of rocks
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Use first-hand experience.
3. Make comparisons
Activities:
1. Students watch a video about the uses of rocks
2. Ask students to discuss what they see in the picture of rocks on page 18 of the Learner’s Book. Ask learners what are the uses of rocks.
3. Teacher explains that different rocks are used for different jobs.
4. Ask students to read the Learner’s Book page 19 and answer the questions orally.
5. Ask learners to look for rocks at home. For example, they might observe stone on the floor or wall, talc, chalk.
6. Teacher guides students to do Quizizz: Uses of rocks
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 18-19
1st Meeting:
Topic: Using rocks at home
Learning objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Use first-hand experience.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revise the previous topic about uses of rocks.
2. Students watch a video of uses of rocks.
3. Teacher explains that different rocks are used for different jobs. We use coal to burn in fires to heat our homes. We use talc to make our skin soft. We use chalk to write.
4. Teacher shows some examples how rocks are used.
5. Teacher guides the students to complete the questions in the Learner’s Book page 13.
6. Students answer the question about using rocks at home on the notebook from the slide.
7. Students do quizizz: Uses of rocks.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 13
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Things in the soil
Learning objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Activities:
1. Students watch the video about "What is soil?"
2. Teacher explains that the soil is home for many living things, things that have died, and small pieces of rock. It is also where the roots of the plants anchor the plant and gain essential nutrients.
3. Teacher explains that there are different layers in the soil. There is often a darker layer at the surface and lighter layers and stony layers deeper down.
4. Students draw what they can see in the soil into notebook.
5. Students do liveworksheet: Types of soil.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 20-21
1st Meeting:
Topic: Types of soil
Learning objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about things we can see in the soil.
2. Students watch the video about types of soil.
3. Teacher explains types of soil such as sandy, compost, clay and stony.
4. Students complete Activity Book page 14.
5. Students write the types of soil in the notebook.
6. Teacher guides students to do Quizizz: Types of soil.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 14
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Layer of soil
Learning objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Activities:
1. Students watch the video about layer of soil.
2. Teacher explains about layer of soil.
3. Teacher guides students to do quizizz about layer of soil.
4. Students do liveworksheet about layer of soil.
Resources:
1st Meeting:
Topic: Natural and man-made materials
Learning Objectives:
1. Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made.
2. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Students watch a video about Natural and man-made materials
2. Teacher explains that natural materials are the things on Earth that exist and occur freely in nature, such as animals, plants, wood, mountains, land, metal and water. Where did each material come from?
3. Teacher explains that man-made is the thing made by people-not found in nature, such as clothes, buildings, computer, mobile phone, shoes, car, paper, etc.
4. Students play interactive game.
5. Teacher explains the instructions how to do the science project
6. Students do worksheet: natural and man-made materials
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner's Book page 22-23
Video : Natural and man-made materials
PPT: Natural and man-made materials
Worksheet: Natural and man-made materials
2nd Meeting:
Topic : Finding materials
Learning Objectives :
1. Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made.
2. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about natural and man-made materials.
2. Students watch a video about the things which are natural and man-made materials
3. Students complete Activity Book page 15.
4. Students do liveworksheet
5. Teacher guides students to write notes then sort the materials from worksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 15.
Video: things which are natural and man-made materials
1st Meeting:
Topic: How rocks are formed
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks
2. Make comparisons
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher revise the previous topic about what are rocks.
2. Students watch the video about how rocks are formed.
3. Teacher explains how rocks are formed.
4. Ask learners to recognize some type of rocks.
5. Teacher guides the learner’s to complete the worksheet.
Resources:
Worksheet: How rocks are formed
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Types of rocks
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks
2. Make comparisons
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about how rocks are formed.
2. Students watch the video about types of rocks
3. Teacher explains the types of rocks. Igneous rocks are granite, obsidian, pumice. Metamorphic rocks are marble, slate, quartzite, gneiss. Sedimentary rocks are sandstone, limestone, gypsum, conglomerate.
4. Students complete the worksheet about cut and paste the rocks.
Resources:
1st Meeting:
Topic: Finding natural and man-made materials
Learning Objectives:
1. Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made
2. Make comparisons
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Students watch the video about Natural and man-made materials
2. Teacher explains that natural materials are the things on Earth that exist and occur freely in nature, such as animals, plants, wood, mountains, land, metal and water. Where did each material come from?
3. Teacher explains that man-made is the thing made by people-not found in nature, such as clothes, buildings, computers, mobile phones, shoes, cars, paper, etc.
4. Teacher and students do live worksheets.
5. Students complete the worksheet about natural and man-made materials.
Resources:
Video : Natural and man-made materials
Liveworksheet: Natural and Man-made Resources
Worksheet : Natural and man-made materials
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Revise Unit 2
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks
2. Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made.
3. Make comparisons
4. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about types of rocks, uses of rocks, natural and man-made materials.
2. Students complete the questions from Science Learner’s Book page 24-25.
3. Students complete the worksheet.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 24-25
1st Meeting:
Topic: Materials changing shape
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
Teacher explains the meaning of bend, twist, stretch, squash, shape by showing the picture from Learner’s Book page 26.
Students watch the video about bending, twisting, stretching and squashing.
Students practice to bend, to twist, to stretch and to squash a rubber band.
Teacher shows some objects that have been changed by the actions covered in this topic.
Ask learners to identify where instances of squashing, bending, twisting and stretching might have created the shapes they see.
Students complete the activity 2.1 Learner’s Book page 27. Ask the learner’s to draw the materials before they squash them and draw each materials after they have squashed it on the notebook. Students need to prepare the materials like: sponge dish, play dough, pencil, margarine, chocolate, soap.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 26-27
Video: Bend, twist, stretch and squash
Worksheet: Activity 2.1 Squashing
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Squashing
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about bending, twisting, stretching and squashing.
2. Students complete the questions from Science Activity Book page 16
3. Students complete the handout about changing shape.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 16
1st Meeting:
Topic: Bending
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher explains the meaning of bending by showing the picture from Learner’s Book page 28.
2. Teacher shows some objects that have been changed by bending in this topic.
3. Ask learners to identify which materials can be bent.
4. Teacher guides students to answer the questions on quizizz
5. Students complete worksheet about bending
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 28
1st Meeting:
Topic: Twisting
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about bending, twisting, stretching and squashing.
2. Teacher shows some objects that have been changed by twisting in this topic.
3. Students do Activity 3.2 Bending and twisting dough. Students take a lump of dough. Bend it and twist it to make and interesting shapes. Draw the shapes you make in your notebook.
4. Students complete handout about bending and twisting dough.
5. Students do liveworksheet: Bent or Twisted
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 29
Worksheet : Bending and Twisting dough
Liveworksheet: Bent or Twisted
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Twisting
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher revise about changing shape of twisting by showing the picture from Learner’s Book page 29.
2. Teacher shows some objects that have been changed by twisting in this topic.
3. Teacher guides students to do activity book page 17.
4. Students complete the handout about twisting
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 29
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 17
1st Meeting:
Topic: Revision and Exercise
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise some types of rocks and the uses of different rocks
2. Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made.
3. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
4. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about rocks, natural and man-made materials and materials changing shape.
2. Students answer science review.
3. Teacher guides students to answer science exercise given.
Resources:
PPT- Science Review-2
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Fantastic elastic/ Stretching
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about bending, twisting, stretching and squashing.
2. Teacher shows some objects that have been changed by stretching in this topic.
3. Students do exercise 3.3 Stretching elastic on Activity Book page 18.
4. Students complete worksheet: stretching.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 30
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 18
1st Meeting:
Topic: Revise Changing Materials
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and/or stretching.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises about materials changing shape by bending, twisting, stretching and squashing.
2. Students write notes about bend, twist, stretch and squash.
3. Students cut the picture which changes shape when they are bent, twisted, stretched and squashed then stick on their notebook.
4. Students complete the worksheet revise bending, twisting, stretching, and squashing.
Resources:
PPT: Revise Changing Materials
Worksheet: Revise Changing Materials
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Heating Materials
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore and describe the way some everyday materials change when they are heated or cooled.
2. Make comparisons.
3. Make and record observations.
Activities:
Ask students if they can find ten different materials in the picture on page 32 of the Learner’s Book. How many materials can they find that are being changed by heat?
Teacher explains that some things are melting; but the egg, for example, is changing in a different way. Students might also spot that some things, such as pans used for cooking, do not change by heating. The pan actually will change if we make them much hotter.
Teacher explains that there are 3 ways in which materials can change through heat: melting, burning, and boiling. Heating a liquid until it boils and changes to a vapor or gas. Here water is boiling and changing to water vapor or steam. Ask students if they have noticed the steam from a kettle when it boils. If the steam is cooled, it will change back to the water. The changes are reversible.
Students watch video: Heating and Cooling.
Teacher and students do live worksheet: Heat or Cool.
Students complete the worksheet about heating materials.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 32
1st Meeting:
Topic: Heated or Cooled
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore and describe the way some everyday materials change when they are heated or cooled.
2. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher explains that some materials change when they are heated or cooled.
2. Students observe candles burning that show on page 33 of the Learner’s Book. Ask learners to examine a burning candle close up to see how the hot flame melts the wax and creates a small bath of hot liquid wax.
3. Students play interactive game about heated and cooled.
4. Teacher and students answer some questions on quizizz
5. Students complete activity book page 19.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 33
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 19
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Heating materials
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore and describe the way some everyday materials change when they are heated or cooled.
2. Make comparisons
3. Make and record observations
Activities:
1. Teacher explains about state of matters. Everything around you is matter: the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat. They are all matter. But, they are all different kinds of matter. The air you breathe is a gas. It floats all around you. The water you drink is a liquid. It flows smoothly down your throat. The plate that holds your food is a solid. You can hold it in your hands. Solids, liquids, and gases are the different states of matter. Some things can easily change states. Water is a liquid. If you freeze it, it becomes ice, a solid.
2. Students watch video state of matters.
3. Teacher and students reviews heating materials experiments and how the materials change the shape
4. Students draw the sample of foods before heating and after heating on the worksheet.
5. Students complete worksheet: cooling materials
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 32-33
1st Meeting:
Topic: Why is the sea salty?
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise that some materials can dissolve in water.
2. Use first-hand experience.
3. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
4. Talk about predictions (orally and in text), the outcome and why this happened.
Activities:
1. Teacher read the myth about the giant who ground salt and made the sea salty.
2. Teacher explains that this is a myth/an old story and that scientist know that the salt has come from salty rocks under the sea, rivers, and lakes.
3. Students watch video about ‘Why is the sea salty?’
4. Students read the textbook page 34. Teacher explains to the students that they will be mixing some solids with water today.
5. Teacher explain the meaning of dissolve, which is when a solid becomes part of a liquid, to the students.
6. Students participate in activity 3.5 Dissolving materials in water on textbook page 35. Predict which ones will dissolve and which will not.
7. Students write the result of the experiment on the notebook.
8. Students complete the worksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 34-35
Worksheet : Dissolving materials
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Dissolving salt in water
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise that some materials can dissolve in water.
2. Use first-hand experience.
3. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about dissolving materials in water.
2. Students watch the video: Dissolving song
3. Students answer some questions from Quizizz
4. Students complete exercise 3.5 Salty water on activity book page 20.
5. Students complete handout dissolving salt in water.
Resources:
1st Meeting:
Topic: Salty water
Learning Objectives:
Recognise that some materials can dissolve in water.
Use first-hand experience.
Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Talk about predictions (orally and in text), the outcome and why this happened.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises topic about dissolving materials in water.
2. Students watch the video ‘What dissolves in water?”
3. Students complete the worksheet “Materials in water.”
4. Teacher and students discuss to answer activity book page 20.
5. Students answer 5 questions given by the teacher in their notebook.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 20
Video: What dissolves in water?
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Check progress Unit 3
Learning Objectives:
1. Know how the shapes of some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
2. Explore and describe the way some everyday materials change when they are heated or cooled
3. Recognise that some materials can dissolve in water
4. Use first-hand experience.
5. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Activities:
Teacher revises the previous topic about state of matters; what happens when a solid is heated and cooled; which materials that we can change the shape by squashing, twisting, bending, and stretching; and dissolving materials in water.
Teacher and students discuss the questions on learner’s book page 36-37.
Students complete the worksheet
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 36-37
1st Meeting:
Topic: Revise Unit 2 (Natural and Man-made Materials)
Learning Objectives:
Know that some materials occur naturally and others are man-made.
Use first-hand experience.
Make and record observations.
Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities:
1. Teacher revise the topic about “Natural and Man-made Materials.”
2. Ask students what is natural and man-made materials that they can find in their house.
3. Students complete the handout about “Natural and Man-made Materials.”
Resources:
Worksheet: Natural and Man-made Materials
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Revise Unit 3 (Heated and Cooled)
Learning Objectives:
Explore and describe the way they are heated or cooled.
Make and record observations.
Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Activities:
1. Teacher explains state of matter.
2. Teacher revises the topic about heated and cooled.
3. Teacher guides students to cut the pictures then stick into their notebooks. Decide which one is reversible and Irreversible.
4. Students complete the worksheet
Resources:
1st Meeting:
Topic: Light sources
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify different light sources including the sun.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Ask learners to talk about where light comes from.
2. Teacher explains that ‘light source’ means something that makes light.
3. Ask learners to identify things that make light in their classroom.
4. Teacher explains about common misconceptions such as mirror, windows and the Moon. Light does not come from these things but either they reflect light or light comes through them. They do not make light.
5. Learners watch video How does the moon shine? and do the experiment.
6. Ask learners to complete exercise 4.1a and exercise 4.1b
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 38-39
Video : How does the moon shine?
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Light sources
Learning Objectives:
- Identify different light sources including the sun.
- Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Activities :
1. Revise about light sources: natural and artificial.
2. Students answer sources of light activity
3. Students answer source of light worksheets.
Resources:
Source of light worksheets
1st Meeting:
Topic: Darkness
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify different light sources including the sun.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about light source.
2. Talk with learners about when they have been out in the dark. Ask them how they felt and why they think some people are scared of the dark. Then ask them when it can be fun to be in the dark.
3. Ask learners to cover their eyes with their hands. Ask them to describe what they can see.
4. Explain that to make it completely dark we have to block out all the light.
5. In activity 4.2 Can you see in the dark? Science Learner’s Book page 41, learners make observations first-hand using a dark box.
6. Demonstrate how to use a dark box then ask learners to predict what they will see before trying it themselves.
7. Learners answer Science Activity Book page 22
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 40-41
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 22
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Darkness
Learning Objectives:
Identify different light sources including the sun.
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Teacher explains that ‘light source’ means something that makes light.
2. Teacher explains that darkness is when there is very little or no light.
3. Ask learners to complete worksheet about darkness.
4. Ask learners to complete handout Night-time light sources. Learners cut out the pictures and stick them onto black paper to make a night-time picture.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 40-41.
Worksheet: Night-time light sources
1st Meeting:
Topic: Making Shadows
Learning Objectives:
Be able to identify shadows
Identify simple patterns and associations
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Read learners a story about shadows, "The Boy Who Ouraced His Shadow".
2. Talk with learners about what they know about shadows.
3. Teacher explains about shadows.
4. Take the learners into the playground to make and draw around their shadows.
5. Challenge learners to make a gap between themselves and their shadow-they can do this by jumping. Then ask them whether they can touch the head of their shadow-they can do this by crouching down or standing so their shadow falls on a wall. Worksheets 4.3a can be used after this activity to record their first-hand observations.
6. Explain how the shadows happened.
7. Learners answer Activity book page 23.
Resources:
Video : Light and shadows
Story : The Boy Who Outraced His Shadow
Worksheets: Worksheets 4.3a
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 42-43
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 23
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Shadow shapes
Learning Objectives:
Be able to identify shadows
Identify simple patterns and associations
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Teacher explains that a ‘shadow’ is made when an object blocks light.
2. Give learners a selection of small objects (eraser, small bottle cap orother small toys) and torches.
3. In pairs, ask learners to put the object on paper and use the torch to make shadow of the object. Ask them to draw around the shdow and look at the association between object and shadow. Learners could then use pencil or colour pencils to shade in the shadow.
4. Use Worksheets 4 .3b to record observations for this activity.
5. Take the learners outside and ask them to work together to make shadow monsters with their bodies, arms and legs. Challenge them to make a shadow that has more than two arms, two legs and one head.
6. Learners are asked to make shadow puppets with their hands. (Activity 4.4a Learner's book page 44).
7. Learners use Worksheet 4.4 to predict and investigate the shadow of different objects.
8. In Exercise 4.4 in the Activity book, learners think about the association between an object and its shape.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 44
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 24
Worksheets: Worksheet 4.3b Exploring shadows
1st Meeting:
Topic: Exploring shadows
Learning Objectives:
Be able to identify shadows
Identify simple patterns and associations
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Teacher explains that a ‘shadow’ is made when an object blocks light.
2. Teacher explains that the closer an object to the source of light the bigger is the shadow. The further an object to the source of light the smaller is the shadow.
3. Learners to complete the worksheet from the handout Exploring shadows.
4. Learnes do Activity 4.5 Check your progress (Learner's Book page 46-47).
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 42-47
Handout: Exploring shadows
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Review Unit 4
Learning Objectives:
Be able to identify shadows
Identify simple patterns and associations
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Learners revise about light sources.
2. Teacher explains about darkness.
3. Ask learners about shadows.
4. Learners answer Unit 4 Review.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 38-45
PPT: Review Unit 4
1st Meeting:
Topic: Shadow puppets
Learning Objectives:
1. Be able to identify shadows
2. Identify simple patterns and associations
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience
Activities :
1. Learners watch Three Little Pigs shadow puppet show.
2. Learners colour the shadow puppets template.
3. Learners make their own shadow puppets.
4. Learners answer Science exercise.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 44-45.
Video: Three Little Pigs shadow puppet show
Handout: Week 29 Shadow puppets
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Day and night
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change
2. Make and record observations.
3. Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities:
1. Teacher explains that this unit has clear links to Unit 4 on shadows. ‘Night’ is in fact the Earth’s shadow as it blocks the light from the Sun.
2. Discuss which parts of the Earth are experiencing day or night when you look at pictures of the Earth.
3. Teacher explains about the Earth and the Sun. Ask learners specifically about the shape of the Earth.
4. Show learners a picture of the Earth from space that shows it is s sphere on page 60 Learner’s Book.
5. Asks learners to model day and night using a ball and a torch.
6. Ask learners what they see during the day and night.
7. Ask learners to do handout task 2. Day and night.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 60-61.
Video: Day and night
Week 29 HandoutDay and Night
1st Meeting:
Topic: Day and night
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change
2. Make and record observations.
3. Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities :
1. Teacher explains how day and night happens. The Earth turns around and around. It never stops. It makes one whole turn every 24 hours. The Sun shines on the Earth as it spins. The sunlight shines only on the half of the Earth facing the Sun. It is daytime. And the other side is having nighttime.
2. Ask learners what they see during the day and night.
3. Ask learners what activities they do during day and nighttime.
4. Ask learners to complete Science Activity Book on page 30.
5. Ask learners to complete handout task 1, task 2, task 3 and task 4.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Activity book page 30
Handout: Week 30 Day and Night
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Day and night
Learning Objectives:
1. Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science questions.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities:
1. Teacher explains that the Earth turns around and around. It never stops. It makes one whole turn every 24 hours.
2. Asks learners to model day and night using a ball and a torch (Activity 6.1)
3. Show learners images from web cameras around the world. Choose two on opposite sides of the globe to demonstrate that night and day can happen at the same time but in different places. Show learners the time on each web cam and explain that they are all 'now' but the times are different in different parts of the world.
4. Students answer liveworksheets: Identify and sort day and night routine activities
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Learner's book page 61
Web cam: search.earthcam.com/network
Liveworksheets: Identify and sort day and night routine activities
1st Meeting:
Topic: Does the Sun move?
Learning Objectives:
Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change.
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science questions.
Make and record observations.
Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities:
Talk with learners about the picture on page 62 of the Learner's Book. Ask learners whether they agree with any of the statements.
Teacher explains that the Earth turns around and around. It never stops. It makes one whole turn every 24 hours. The Earth spins and it looks like the Sun is moving.
Tell learners that the Sun looks as though it moves across the sky because the Earth spins.
Learners watch video: Sunrise to Sunset Timelapse
Sunrise and Sunset Timelapse-Bristol City Centre
Asks learners to do Activity Book on page 31.
Ask learners to complete handout task 1. What do you do at different times?
Ask learners to draw the Sun's position at three times during the day (Handout page 3)
Resources:
Video : Sunrise to Sunset Timelapse
Sunrise and Sunset Timelapse-Bristol City Centre
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 62-63
Handout: Week 31 Does the sun move?
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Do shadows move?
Learning Objectives:
Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change
Make and record observations.
Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities :
Ask learners to say what they remember about going outside to look at shadows.
Ask learners to answer the question ‘Do shadows move?’
Go outside at different times. Take a water bottle or lego bricks. Draw round the shadow of the water bottle/lego bricks. Put it in the same place each time or your test will be unfair.
Learners watch video: How to make a sundial-easy step by step.
Learners make their own sundial. Then put it outside, make sure the weather is sunny day. Check the shadow every hours.
Discuss how a sundial works.
Teach learners how to use the sundial to tell the time.
Learners answer worksheets page 2 and page 4.
Resources:
Video : How to make a sundial-easy step by step
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 64
Handout: Week 31 Does the Sun move?
1st Meeting:
Topic: Shadow length
Learning Objectives:
Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change.
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science questions.
Make and record observations.
Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities:
1. Learners watch video about ‘Light and shadows’.
2. Teacher revise about sundial.
3. Ask learners to read Learner’s Book on page 65.
4. Ask learners to put their sundial at outside, check the clock and to mark and measure the length of the shadows based on the table (handout task 1).
5. Learners can record the time of each measurement and the shadow length in a table (Handout task 1).
6. Learners answer Science Activity book page 32.
7. Learners answer 6.4 Check your progress (Science Learner's book page 66-67)
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 65-67
Handout: Week 32 The earth and the Sun-Revision
2nd Meeting:
Topic: The Earth and the Sun (Revision)
Learning Objectives:
Explore how the sun appears to move during the day and how shadows change
Make and record observations.
Identify simple patterns and associations.
Activities :
1. Teacher revises unit 6.
2. Learners answer Science Review (The Earth and the Sun).
3. Learners answer Task 2 Unit 6 The Earth and The Sun Revision.
Resource:
1st Meeting:
Topic: Electricity around us
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
1. Talk with learners about what they know about electricity.
2. Students watch video: What is electricity?
3. Ask learners to look at the picture in Learner’s Book page 48 to help with the discussion.
4. Ask learners to describe appliances that use electricity at home or school.
5. Explain that many portable items use cells and some appliances use mains electricity.
6. Ask learners to do Exercise 5.1Activity book page 25
7. Learners answer Task 1 and Task 2.
Resources:
Video: What is electricity?
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 48-49.
Cambridge Primary Science Activity book page 25
Handout: Week 33 Electricity Around us
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Electricity around us (2)
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
1. Teacher revises the topic about appliances that use electricity and not.
2. Teacher explains about some things that use cells and some things that use mains electricity.
3. Ask learners to answer Task 3.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 48-49.
Handout: Week 33 Electricity around us
1st Meeting:
Topic: Staying safe
Learning Objectives:
1. Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Make and record observations.
4. Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
1. Students watch video: How to stay safe around electricity
2. Teacher explains that mains electricity is very powerful and has to be used carefully. Learners should never touch mains electrical equipment unless an adult tells them it is safe to do so.
3. Talk with learners about electrical safety and show them the pictures on pages 50-51 of Learner’s Book.
4. Ask learners what they know about the dangers of electricity and water.
5. Ask learners how to stay safe with mains electricity.
6. Learners play game: Spot the dangers
7. Learners answer Science activity book page 26.
8. Ask learners to do Activity 5.2 Making a poster that shows others how to stay safe with electricity.
Resources:
Science Learner’s Book page 50-51.
Cambridge Primary Science Activity Book page 26
Game: Spot the dangers
Video: How to stay safe around electricity
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Electricty Around Us (Revision)
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognise the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
Activities :
1. Learners revise the previous topics about Electricity around us and Electrical safety.
2. Learners do the quiz: Electrical Safety
3. Learners answer liveworksheets
Resources:
Quiz: Electrical safety
Liveworksheets: Objects that use electricity
1st Meeting:
Topic: Making a circuit
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
Students watch video about making a circuit.
Teacher use the pictures on page 52 of the Learner’s Book to introduce the learners to the components used in simple circuits.
Teacher use the pictures on page 53 of the Learner’s Book to explain that it is important for the circuit to make a single complete loop. Then ask them to use their fingers to trace the loop of the circuit in the picture, starting at the cell.
Ask learners to complete Activity Book pages 27.
Ask learners to complete handout task 2.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 50-51
PPT: Making a circuit
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Electricity Vocabulary
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries)
Use simple information sources
Activities:
1. Learners watch video: Electrical appliances.
2. Learners answer liveworksheets: Uses of electrical appliances.
3. Learners watch video: Electricity Vocabulary.
4. Teacher shows cell, cable, switch, plug, socket, extension cord, bulb to learners.
5. Learners answer worksheet about electricity vocabulary.
Resources:
Video: Electrical Appliances
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 48-50
Liveworksheets: Electrical appliances
1st Meeting:
Topic: Electricity Vocabulary
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries)
Use simple information sources
Activities:
1. Learners watch video: Electrical appliances
2. Learners answer liveworksheets: Uses of electrical appliances
3. Learners watch video: Electricity Vocabulary
4. Teacher shows cell, cable, switch, plug, socket, extension cord, bulb to learners.
5. Learners answer worksheet about electricity vocabulary.
Resources:
Video: Electrical Appliances
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 48-50
Liveworksheets: Electrical appliances
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Making a circuit
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
1. Learners watch a video ‘Electricity and circuit’
2. Teacher revises the previous topic about making a circuit.
3. Teacher explains how the circuit is working.
4. Ask learners to complete handout task 1.
5. Ask learners to complete handout task 2.
6. Ask learners to draw a working circuit onto their notebook. Label the component in the circuit.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 52-53
1st Meeting:
Topic: Using motors and buzzers
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
3. Use a variety of ways to tell others what happened.
4. Use simple information sources.
Activities :
1. Students watch video about ‘Using motors and buzzers”.
2. Teacher explains about the uses of motors and buzzers on page 54 Learner’s Book.
3. Ask learners to draw a circuit that using motor and buzzer onto notebook. Label the components of the circuit.
4. Ask learners to complete Activity Book pages 28.
5. Ask learners to do exercise in their notebook.
Resources:
Video Using motors and buzzers
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 54.
Using motors and buzzers.ppt
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Using motors and buzzers
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. alk about risks and how to avoid danger.
3. Use a variety of ways to tell others what happened.
4. Use simple information sources.
Activities :
1. Students watch video about ‘Using motors and buzzers”.
2. Teacher revise the previous lesson about using motors and buzzers.
3. Ask learners to complete handout task 1-2.
Resources:
Video Using motors and buzzers
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 54.
Handout Using motors and buzzers.pdf
1st Meeting:
Topic: Can you make a bulb light up?
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
3. Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
4. Make and record observations.
5. Use first-hand experience.
Activities :
1. Teacher revises the previous topic about making a circuit.
2. Teacher explains how the circuit is working.
3. Ask learners to prepare materials needed for experiment such as: 4 lengths of electric wire, a cell 1.5 Volt, a small bulb, a tape and scissor.
4. Learners watch a video ‘Working Circuit’
5. Learners do the experiment based on the video.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 53.
Experiment Working circuit.ppt
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Switches
Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
2. Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
3. Know how a switch can be used to break a circuit.
4. Use simple information sources.
Activities :
1. Teacher explains the uses of switches based on Learner’s Book page 56.
2. Teacher explains how to use a switch to make a circuit on Learner’s Book page 57.
3. Ask learners to do Activity Book on page 29.
4. Ask learners to do handout task 1. Switch it on, switch it off.
5. Ask learners to do handout task 2. Circuits.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 56-57.
Handout Working circuit.pdf
1st Meeting:
Topic: Check your progress
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
Collect evidence by making observations when trying to answer a science question.
Predict what will happen before deciding what to do.
Make and record observations.
Use first-hand experience.
Activities:
1. Teacher revises Unit 5 Electricity.
2. Ask learners to answer the questions on page 58-59 Science Learner’s Book.
3. Ask learners to complete handout task 1. Revise Unit 5 Electricity.
Resources:
Cambridge Primary Science Learner’s Book page 58-59.
PPT: Check your progress
Handout Revise Unit 5
2nd Meeting:
Topic: Circuit
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the components of simple circuits involving cells (batteries).
Talk about risks and how to avoid danger.
Know how a switch can be used to break a circuit.
Use simple information sources.
Activities:
1. Teacher explains about a complete circuit.
2. Ask learners to complete handout task 2. Circuit.
Resources:
Handout Revise Unit 5.