YEARLY SCHEME OF WORK SCIENCE YEAR TWO 2006

THEME: A. Learning About Living Things

Learning Area: 1. Living Things and Non-living Things
Weeks
1&2

Learning Objectives
Pupils should learn : to make observation and use the observation to group things into living things and nonliving things

Learning Outcomes
Pupils : make a list of things they see. group what they see into living things and non-living things. record the groups in the form of a table.

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

Pupils walk around the school compound and list the things that they see. Pupils group them into living things and non-living things.

Observing Classifying Communicating Making inferences

Living things Non-living things

3&4

Pupils should learn : to make observation and use the observation to group things into living things and nonliving things

State the characteristics of living things i.e.: they need food and water they breathe they can move they grow they can produce young recognize humans, animals ands plants as living things.

Pupils give reasons why they say something is a living thing e.g it needs food and water, it breathes, it moves, it grows and it can produce young. Pupils look at the grouping that they did earlier. Pupils redo their grouping based on the characteristics of living things. Pupils watch videos of animals eating, moving, growing and producing young.

Observing Communicating

Characteristics Food Water Breathe Move Grow Produce young

Learning Area: 2 Ourselves

Weeks 5

Learning Objectives Pupils should learn : that they need food and water to stay alive.

Learning Outcomes Pupils : State that they need to eat and drink to stay alive.

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary Need Eat Drink Stay alive

Pupils talk about what will happen if they do not eat and drink for a few days.

Observing Making Inferences Communicating

6&7

that they need to eat different kinds of food to be healthy.

List some of the different kinds of food that they eat. Present the list of food they eat in the form of a pictograph and say what this shows e.g. the food that is eaten most.

Pupils list the food that they eat for breakfast or lunch over one week. Pupils present the list of food they eat in a week in the form of a pictograph. Pupils talk about what the pictograph shows e.g, the food that is eaten the most in one week.

Making Inferences Communicating Observing

Different Kind Breakfast Lunch

8&9

that we grow and change as we grow older.

Recognize that they need to eat different foods to stay healthy. State the kinds of food that : Give energy Help you grow Help you stay healthy

Pupils talk about the importance of eating different foods to stay healthy. Pupils talk about food that : a) gives energy, e.g, rice, bread b) helps you grow, e.g, fish, chicken c) helps you stay healthy, e.g, fruits, vegetables

Making Inferences Communicating Observing Using space- time relationship

Weeks

Learning Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

Making Inferences

Changes

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that we grow and change as we grow older.

Describe changes in themselves since birth. State that they grow in height, size and weight.

Pupils look at photographs of themselves since birth to the present. Pupils suggest ways in which they have changed since they were born. Pupils talk about how they might change as they grow older. Pupils compare clothes and shoes which were worn when they were younger to the clothes and shoes they wear now. Pupils compare fingerprints/ footprints among members of their families. Pupils compare records of their weight and height from birth to the present.

Communicating Observing Using space- time relationship

Height Size Weight Fingerprint birth

Learning Area: 3. Animals

Weeks 12 Learning Objectives Pupils should learn : what animals need to live. Learning Outcomes Pupils : State that animals need food, water and air to stay alive. Suggested Learning Activities Scientific Skills Notes/ Vocabulary Pets need Stay alive

Pupils bring some pets or pictures of pets to the classroom. They talk about what the pets need to stay alive.

Observing Making Inferences

Weeks

Learning Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

13 & 14

the different kinds of food that animals eat.

List the foods eaten by some animals. State that some animals :

Pupils discuss the needs of different animals. Pupils watch videos of animals eating. They list the names of the

Observing Communicating

eat plants eat other animals eat plants and other animals

eat plants eat other animals - eat plants and other animals

animals and the food they eat. Pupils visit a zoo at feeding time to observe what animals eat.

15 & 16

that animals grow. State that animals grow in size and weight. State that animals change as they grow. Identify baby animals that look like their parents. Identify baby animals that do not look like their parents. Describe in what ways the baby animals are different from their parents.

Pupils are given a set of pictures of animals from baby to adult. Pupils arrange them in order from baby to adult. Pupils match pictures of animals to their babies. Pupils listen to stories accompanied by pictures about animals changing as they grow, e.g, The Ugly Duckling. Pupils keep tadpoles to observe the changes from tadpoles to frogs. Pupils record the changes from tadpoles to frogs.. Pupils visit a butterfly farm to observe the different stages of growth of a butterfly from egg to adult.

Observing Using space-time relationship

Baby Adult Changing Tadpoles Growth

Learning Area: 4. Plants

Weeks Learning Objectives Learning Outcomes Suggested Learning Activities Scientific Skills Note/ Vocabulary

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Pupils should learn : that plants need the correct amount of water for healthy growth.

Pupils : Measure a specific volume of water. Observe and measure the growing plants. Record the observation in a chart.

Pupils grow plants from seeds, e.g, beans. They water the plants using different volumes of water. Pupils observe plants growing and measure them. Pupils record the height and the number of leaves of the growing plants.

Making Inferences Communicating Observing Measuring and using numbers

Volume seed Measure leaves

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that flowering plants produce seeds which grow into new plants.

State that plants need water to grow but to much water may kill them. Recognize that flowering plants produce seeds which can grow into new plants. Identify seeds and the plants.

Pupils compare the plants getting the correct amount of water to that of getting too much water. Pupils observe a plant bearing fruits, e.g, balsam plant. They cut open the fruits to look at the seeds. Match seeds to plants, e.g, balsam, papaya, rubber, tomato

Observing Measuring and using numbers Communicating Observing

Amount Balsam plant Papaya Rubber tomato

REVISE ALL THE TOPIC THAT PUPILS HAD LEARNED (Sunday and Monday) 20 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 23 25 MEI 2006 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

THEME : B

Learning About The World Around Us

Learning Area: 1. Long and Short

Weeks Learning Objectives Learning Outcome Suggested Learning Activities Scientific Skills Notes/ Vocabulary

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Pupils should learn : to observe and compare lengths.

Pupils : State which object is longer or taller

Pupils look at two objects to compare their lengths or heights. Pupils look at pictures of objects to compare their lengths or heights. Pupils compare their heights by standing next to each other. Pupils suggest ways to measure the length or height of an object.

Observing Measuring and using numbers Communicating

Longer Taller Height Compare Length

24 & 25

Pupils should learn: to measure length using nonstandard tools.

Describe ways to measure length. Measure the length of an object using a non-standard tool. Record the length or height of an object in non-standard measurement in a table.

Pupils measure length or height using non-standard tools e.g, using a straw, a piece of string etc. Pupils record the length or height of an object in non-standard measurement e.g, two straws long. Pupils compare their heights by using non-standard measurement.

Observing Measuring and using numbers Communicating

Measure Length Non-standard Height

Learning Area: 2. The Magic of Batteries

Weeks Learning Objectives Learning Outcome Suggested Learning Activities Scientific Skills Notes/Vocabulary

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Pupils should learn : about things that use batteries.

Pupils : Identify things that use batteries. List things that use batteries.

Pupils discuss in groups and make a list of things that use batteries. Pupils are given pictures / video and are asked to identify the things in the pictures that use batteries.

Observing Communicating

battery Identify

27 & 28

how to use a battery

Are able to use a battery correctly. Recognize that a battery needs to be inserted correctly for it to function. Describe how to insert a battery correctly.

Pupils are given a battery and are asked to insert the battery into an alarm clock or a toy. Pupils observe the change to the alarm clock or toy when the battery is inserted. Pupils observe what happens if the battery is reversed.

Observing Communicating Making inferences

Function Insert Clock Toy Alarm reversed

29 & 30

how to make a complete circuit.

Are able to make a complete circuit using a battery, wire and a bulb. Are able to draw their working circuit and explain their drawing.

Pupils draw possible ways of connecting a battery, wire and a bulb to make the bulb light up. Pupils test their drawing by building their circuit. Pupils draw and explain what they did to make the bulb light up.

Observing Communicating Making inferences

Circuit Battery bulb

Learning Area: 3. Mixing Things

Weeks 31 & 32 Learning Objectives Pupils should learn : that some materials can dissolve in water and some Learning Outcome Pupils : Are able to recognize that some materials can dissolve Suggested Learning Activities Pupils are given materials such as sugar, salt, coffee, flour, pepper and sand. Scientific Skills Observing Classifying Communicating Notes/Vocabulary Dissolve Sugar Coffee

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in water. Record their observation in a table. Pupils are asked to add a glass of water to each of the materials and stir It. Pupils are asked to observe and state their observation. Pupils check their observation by: a) tasting the solutions b) filtering the solutions.

Making inferences Predicting Experimenting

Flour Pepper Sand Un-dissolve

Learning Area: 4. Push and Pull

Weeks 33 Learning Objectives Pupils should learn : that pushing and pulling can change the shape of objects. Learning Outcome Pupils : Describe what they did to change the shape of materials. Suggested Learning Activities Pupils are given a variety of materials ,e.g, plasticine, sponge, dough. Pupils are asked to change the shape of the materials and describe the action they used to do so, e.g. pull, twist, stretch. Pupils say whether each action is a push or a pull e.g, stretching is a pull, squeezing is a push. Scientific Skills Observing Experimenting Communicating Notes/Vocabulary Plasticine Sponge Dough

Weeks

Learning Objectives

Learning Outcome

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

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that pushing and pulling can make things speed up, slow down or change direction.

Describe what they did to make things speed up, slow down or change direction.

Pupils are given a toy car or a ball and asked to make it move faster, slower or change direction, e.g, the car moves faster when I push it harder.

Experimenting Communicating Measuring and using numbers Prediction Making Inferences

Move Push Harder Faster Slower Change direction

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to make prediction and to test them.

Predict which toy car will travel the furthest. Measure distance in appropriate units. Suggest and give reasons whether the comparison is fair.

Pupils are given toy cars of different sizes and are asked to predict which car will travel the furthest. Pupils test their predictions by making the toy cars move and measuring the distance traveled by each car in standard or non-standard measurement. Pupils discuss whether their comparison is fair ,e.g, I pushed the big toy car harder so the comparison is not fair.

Experimenting Communicating Measuring and using numbers Prediction

Travel Furthest Distance

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REVISE ALL THE TOPIC THAT PUPILS HAD LEARNED

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FINAL YEAR EXAMINATION (10 12 October 2006 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Weeks

Learning Objectives

Learning Outcome

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

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how to make a complete circuit.

Are able to make a complete circuit using a battery, wire and a bulb. Are able to draw their working circuit and explain their drawing.

Pupils draw possible ways of connecting a battery, wire and a bulb to make the bulb light up. Pupils test their drawing by building their circuit. Pupils draw and explain what they did to make the bulb light up.

Observing Communicating Making inferences

Circuit Battery bulb

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Pupils should learn : that pushing and pulling can change the shape of objects.

Pupils : Describe what they did to change the shape of materials.

Pupils are given a variety of materials ,e.g, plasticine, sponge, dough. Pupils are asked to change the shape of the materials and describe the action they used to do so, e.g. pull, twist, stretch. Pupils say whether each action is a push or a pull e.g, stretching is a pull, squeezing is a push.

Observing Experimenting Communicating

Plasticine Sponge Dough

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that pushing and pulling can make things speed up, slow down or change direction.

Describe what they did to make things speed up, slow down or change direction.

Pupils are given a toy car or a ball and asked to make it move faster, slower or change direction, e.g, the car moves faster when I push it harder.

Experimenting Communicating Measuring and using numbers Prediction Making Inferences

Move Push Harder Faster Slower Change direction

Weeks

Learning Objectives

Learning Outcome

Suggested Learning Activities

Scientific Skills

Notes/Vocabulary

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to make prediction and to test them.

Predict which toy car will travel the furthest. Measure distance in appropriate units. Suggest and give reasons whether the comparison is fair.

Pupils are given toy cars of different sizes and are asked to predict which car will travel the furthest. Pupils test their predictions by making the toy cars move and measuring the distance traveled by each car in standard or non-standard measurement. Pupils discuss whether their

Experimenting Communicating Measuring and using numbers Prediction

Travel Furthest Distance

comparison is fair ,e.g, I pushed the big toy car harder so the comparison is not fair.

42 Revised all the topic that students had learned in the curriculum specification Science Year Two