SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE                     CLASS: JSS1                TERM: THIRD TERM                    SESSION: 2017/18
UNDERSTAN                                                 SMART    REAL LIFE
                                     OBJECTIVES       DING (U)                                                 GOAL    APPLICAT
                                      Students          AND       ACTIVITIES      TRANSFER                               ION
W   THEME      TOPIC   SUB-TOPIC                                                             RESOURCES
                                      should be      ESSENTIAL   The teacher:        (T)
                                       able to:     QUESTIONS
                                                         (E)
    Physical   Force   1. Meaning    1. explain                  1. Guides                   Fixed door
    Science    s       and types     the                         student to                  paper,
                       of forces     meaning of                  push and pull,              spring,
                                     forces.                     squeeze,                    rubber
1                                    2. List the                 bend and
                                     different                   stretch
                                     types of                    objects;
                                     forces.
    Physical   Force   3. Contact    3. Identify                 2. provides                 Charts
    Science    s       and non-      contact and                 chart showing               showing
                       contact       non-contact                 contact and                 contact and
                       forces.       forces.                     non-contact                 non-contact
                       4.            4.                          forces                      forces
                       Magnetic      Differentiat
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                       and           e between
                       Gravitation   magnetic
                       al forces     and
                                     gravitationa
                                     l forces
    Physical   Force   5.            5. Measure                  3. Guides                   Objects of
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    Science    s       Calculation   and                         students to                 known mass,
                        of            calculate      calculate         metre rule,
                        gravitation   gravitationa   gravitational     Newton
                        al force.     l force (GF)   force using       metre
                                      when mass      the formula
                                      and weight     GF= mgh
                                      are
                                      provided.
     Physical   Force   6. Balanced   6. Explain     4. Guides         Knife edge
     Science    s       and           how to set     students to       and slotted
                        Unbalance     up a           set up            weights
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                        d forces      balanced       balanced and
                                      force.         unbalanced
                                                     forces.
     Physical   Force   7. Explain    1. Explain     5. Provides       Toy car,
     Science            the           the            materials and     cardboards
                        meaning of    meaning of     direct            paper, rough
                        friction.     energy         illustration of   surface
                        8. Uses of    2. State and   frictional
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                        friction.     describe the   forces.
an
                        9.            sources of     6. Initiates
d
                        Advantage     energy         and leads
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                        s and         3. Name        discussion on
                        disadvanta    forms of       advantages
                        ges of        energy         and
                        friction.                    disadvantages
                                                     of friction.
     Physical   Force   10.           1. State the   7.                Charts/diagr
     Science    s       Gravitation   effects of     Demonstrates      ams of the
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                        and           gravitation    the effect of     solar system
                        weightless                   gravitational
                       ness.                       pull on
                                                   objects.
                                                   8. Leads
                                                   students to
                                                   demonstrate
                                                   the effect of
                                                   gravitation on
                                                   objects.
                                                   9. Guides
                                                   class
                                                   discussion on
                                                   the effect of
                                                   gravitation.
    Physical   Force   11. The     1. Identify     10. Uses           Charts,
    Science    s       earth in    the             model/charts       global
                       space.      components      to explain the     models/
                                   of the solar    satellite, solar   diagrams on
                                   system          system,            rotation and
                                   2. Explain      rotation and       revolution of
8                                  the rotation    revolution of      the earth,
                                   and             the earth and      moon and
                                   revolution      the moon.          eclipse
                                   of the earth
                                   and the
                                   moon.
    Physical   Force   12. Space   1. Explain      11.                Balls,
    Science    s       travel      space travel    Demonstrates       flashlight,
9                                  2. Illustrate   eclipse of the     weighing
                                   the eclipse     sun using          scales: bath
                                   of the sun      balls of           room scales
                                     and the        different sizes
                                     moon.          and flash
                                     3. Explain     light.
                                     the seasons    12. Leads
                                     of the year.   discussion on
                                                    seasons of the
                                                    year.
                                                    13. Introduces
                                                    space travel
                                                    using a film or
                                                    picture
                                                    clippings on
                                                    space travel.
     Physical   Force   13.          1. Explain     14. Leads         Videos,
     Science    s       Satellites   satellites.    discussion on     picture
                                     2. Identify    the launching     clippings on
                                     natural and    of Nigeria        space travel,
                                     artificial     SAT1.             globe.
10                                   satellites     15. Expatiate
                                                    between
                                                    natural and
                                                    artificial
                                                    satellites.