SCIENCE YEAR 4

2010
SEMESTER 1

THEME : INVESTIGATING LIVING THINGS

LEARNING LEARNING
WEEK LEARNING AREA NOTE
OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES
• Pupils identify the basic needs of humans SPS :
1.Living things 1.1 Understanding that • Pupils give reasons why humans need food, - Predicting
have a basic needs humans have a basic water, air and shelter - Observing
needs - Communicating
1 • Pupils identify the basic needs of animals - Making
2 1.2 Understanding that • Pupils give reasons why animals need food, Inferences
animals have a basic water, air and shelter.
needs • Pupils describe types of shelters for animals.
• Pupils identify the basic needs of plants CTS
1.3 Understanding that - Group and Classifying
plants have basic needs - Analysing
Pupils -Evaluating
2. Living things 2.1 Analysing life • Explain that humans breathe.
3 undergo life processes that humans • Describe what inhale is
processes undergo SPS :
• Describe what exhale is. - Predicting
• Differentiate the air that we inhale and the air - Observing
that we exhale - Communicating
• State that humans use lungs to breathe. - Making
• Identify the passage of air during breathing. Inferences
• Conclude that not all individuals have the same -Making Hypotheses
rate of breathing

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 • State that humans excrete and defecate. CTS
• State the product of humans excretion. - Group and Classifying
• State the product of human defecation. - Analysing
• Give reasons why humans need to excrete and -Evaluating
defecate. - Making conclusions
• State humans respond to stimuli.
SPS :
• Give reasons why humans responds to stimuli
- Predicting
• State that humans reproduce - Observing
• Predict what will happen if humans do not - Communicating
reproduce. - Making
Inferences
-Making Hypotheses
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CTS
- Group and Classifying
- Analysing
-Evaluating
- Making conclusions
Pupils SPS :
2.2 Being aware that • Give example of habits that bring harm to - Predicting
certain behaviors can humans life processes. - Observing
disturb life processes. • State the effect of smoking on lungs. - Communicating
• Explain that taking drugs and alcohol can delay - Making
a person’s response to stimuli. Inferences
• Participate in a campaign to discourage -Making Hypotheses
smoking, drugs taking and alcohol drinking
among their peers. CTS
5 - Group and Classifying
- Analysing
-Evaluating
- Making conclusions

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 Pupils SPS :
2.3 Analysing the life • State the animals excrete. - Predicting
processes that animals • State the animals defecate. - Observing
undergo • Give reasons why animals need to excrete and - Communicating
defecate. - Making
• State that animals breathe Inferences
-Making Hypotheses
• Identify the breathing structures for certain
animals.
CTS
• State that breathing organ for different types of
- Group and Classifying
animals may be different.
- Analysing
• State that animals reproduce. -Evaluating
• State that some animals give birth and some lay - Making conclusions
eggs.
6 • Classify animals according to the way they
reproduce.
• Describe the life cycles of different animals.
• Conclude that animals may have different life
cycles.
Pupils SPS :
7 2.4 Understanding the • State that plants respond to stimuli. - Predicting
life processes that • Identify the part of plant that responds to water. - Observing
plants undergo. • Identify the part of plant that responds to - Communicating
gravity. - Making
• Identify the part of plant that responds to Inferences
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sunlight. -Making Hypotheses
• Identify the part of plant that responds to touch.
• State that plants reproduce. CTS
• Explain why plants need to reproduce. - Group and Classifying
• Predict what will happen to the world if plants - Analysing
do not reproduce. -Evaluating
• Explain the various ways plants reproduce. - Making conclusions

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 Pupils SPS :
3. Animals and 3.1 Understanding that • Identify special characteristics of animals that - Predicting
plants protect animals have specific protect them from danger. - Observing
themselves. characteristics and • Identify special behavior of animals that protect - Communicating
behavior to protect them from danger. - Making
themselves from • Describe how the special characteristics and Inferences
danger. behavior of animals help to protect them from -Making Hypotheses
danger.
CTS
- Group and Classifying
- Analysing
-Evaluating
- Making conclusions
9 Pupils SPS :
3.2 Understanding that • Identify specific characteristics and behavior of - Predicting
animals have specific animals that protect them from very hot or cold - Observing
characteristics and weather. - Communicating
behavior to protect • Describe how specific characteristics and - Making
themselves from behavior of animals help to protect them from Inferences
extreme weather. very hot and cold weather. -Making Hypotheses

CTS
- Group and Classifying
- Analysing
10 -Evaluating
- Making conclusions
Pupils SPS :
3.3 Understanding that • Recognise the need for animals to protect - Predicting
animals have specific themselves from enemies and extreme weather - Observing
characteristics and conditions. - Communicating
behaviors to enable • Make a model of an imaginary animal that can - Making
them survive. survive both extreme weather and enemies. Inferences
• Give reasons why models are built in such ways. -Making Hypotheses

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11 CTS
- Group and Classifying
- Analysing
-Evaluating
- Making conclusions

Pupils
3.4 Understanding that • Identify the specific characteristics of plants that
plants have specific protect them from enemies.
characteristics to • Describe how the specific characteristics of SPS :
protect themselves plants help to protect them from enemies. - Predicting
from enemies. - Observing
12 Pupils - Communicating
3.5 Understanding that • Give examples of plants found in very dry - Making
plants have specific region. Inferences
characteristics to • Identify specific characteristics of plants that -Making Hypotheses
protect themselves protect them from excessive loss water.
from dry region and • Describe how specific characteristics of plants CTS
strong winds. help them to survive in dry region. - Group and Classifying
• Give example of plants found in strong winds - Analysing
area. -Evaluating
• Identify specifics of plants that protect them - Making conclusions
from strong winds.
• Describe how specific characteristic of plants
help them to survive in strong winds.

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 THEME : INVESTIGATING FORCE AND ENERGY.

LEARNING
WEEK LEARNING AREA LEARNING OUTCOMES NOTES
OBJECTIVES
1. Measurement Pupils
1.1 Understanding the • State the different ways to measurement length.
measurement of length. • State the standard unit for length in the metric
system. SPS :
• Choose the appropriate measurement tools to - Predicting
measure length. - Observing
• Measure length using the correct technique. Communicating
• Record lengths in standard units. - Making
Inferences
Pupils
-Making Hypotheses
1.2 Understanding how • Compare a square and a rectangle and guess
to calculate area. which object has a bigger area.
CTS
• Carry out a test to confirm their guesses. - Group and Classifying
• State that area= length X width. - Analysing
• State the standard unit for area in the metric -Evaluating
system. - Making conclusions
• Calculate the area of a given shape in metrics
system.
13 Pupils
1.3 Understanding how • Compare a cube and cuboids and guess which
14 to measure the volume one bigger volume.
of solid • Carry out a test to confirm their guesses.
15 • State that volume = length X width X height.
• State the standard unit for volume of solids in

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 the metric system.
• Calculate the volumes of cubes and cuboids
based on the measurements taken in standard
unit.
Pupils SPS :
1.4 Understanding how • State the different ways to measure the volume - Predicting
to measure volume of of a liquid. - Observing
liquid. • State the standard units for volume of liquid in - Communicating
the metric system. - Making
• Choose the appropriate measuring tools to Inferences
measure the volume of a liquid. -Making Hypotheses
• Measure the volume of a liquid using the correct
CTS
technique.
- Group and Classifying
• Record the volume measured in a metric system.
- Analysing
-Evaluating
Pupils - Making conclusions
1.5 Understanding how • State tools for measuring mass
to measure mass. • State the standard unit for mass in the metric
system.
• Measure the mass of an object using the correct
technique.
• Record the measurement using standard unit.
Pupils
1.6 Understanding how • Identify different ways to measure time
to measure time • State that processes that repeat uniformly can be
used to measure time.
• State the standard unit for time in the metric
system.
• Identify tools for measuring time.
• Measure time using appropriate tools
• Record the time measure in metric system.
First Semester Exam on week-

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 Pupils 19
16 1.7 Realising the • Choose and use the appropriate tools to measure
importance of using the the volume of liquids and masses of the
17 metric system. ingredients in a recipe.
• Give reasons for any differences in the dough
prepared by pupils using the given recipe.
18 • Conclude the need for using metric system.

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 2010
SEMESTER 2

THEME: INVESTIGATING MATERIALS

LEARNING LEARNING
WEEK LEARNING OUTCOMES NOTE
AREA OBJECTIVES
Pupils
1. Properties of 1.1 Understanding the • Classify objects into groups according to the
materials properties of materials. materials they are made of.
• Identify materials that conduct electricity.
• Identify materials that conduct heat.
• Identify materials that float on water. SPS :
• Identify materials that absorb water. - Predicting
21
• Identify materials that can be stretched. - Observing
- Communicating
• Identify materials that allow light to pass
- Making
22 through.
Inferences
• State what a conductor is.
-Making Hypotheses
• State what an insulator is.
23 • Conclude that a good conductor of heat is also CTS
good conductor of electricity. - Group and Classifying
• Classify materials based on their abilities to - Analysing
24 allow light pass through. -Evaluating
• State what a transparent material is. - Making conclusions
• State what a translucent material is.
• State what an opaque material is.
• List uses of transparent, translucent and opaque
marerials.

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 1.2 Applying the • Suggest ways to keep things cold.
knowledge of properties • Suggest ways to keep things hot. SPS :
of materials in everyday • Design an effective way to keep things hot or to - Predicting
life. keep things cold. - Observing
Pupils - Communicating
1.3 Synhesising the • List objects and the materials that they are made. - Making
knowledge about uses of Inferences
• Give reasons why particular materials are used
materials based on their -Making Hypotheses
25 to make an object.
properties. • State that materials are chosen to make an object
CTS
26 based on their properties.
- Group and Classifying
• Design an object for a specific purpose and give - Analysing
reasons why certain materials are used to make -Evaluating
it. - Making conclusions
Pupils
1.4 Knowing the • Give example of natural materials.
importance of reuse, • Give example of man-made materials.
27 reduce and recycle of • State that man-made materials come from
materials. natural materials.
28 • Give reasons why materials need to be
conserved.
• Practise reusing, reducing and recycling to
conserve materials.
Pupils
1.5 Understanding that • Differentiate between a rusty object and a non-
some materials can rust rusty object.
29 • Identify objects that can rust.
• Conclude that objects made from iron can be
30 rust.
• Design a fair test to find out what factors cause
rusting by deciding what to change, what to
observe and what to keep the same.
SPS :
• Carry out the test and record the observation.

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 - Predicting
- Observing
- Communicating
31 - Making
Pupils Inferences
1.6 Understanding that • State the different ways to prevent objects from -Making Hypotheses
rusting can be prevented rusting.
• Explain how these ways can prevent rusting. CTS
• Explain why it is necessary to prevent rusting. - Group and Classifying
- Analysing
-Evaluating
- Making conclusions
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 THEME : INVESTIGATING THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE

LEARNING LEARNING
WEEK LEARNING OUTCOMES NOTE
AREA OBJECTIVES
Pupils
1. The solar 1.1 Understanding the • List the constituents of the Solar System
system Solar System • List the planets in the Solar System in a
sequence. SPS :
• State that planets move around the Sun - Predicting
33 Pupils - Observing
1.2 Understanding the • State the size of the Sun relative to the size of - Communicating
relative size and distance the Earth - Making
34 between the Earth , the • State the size of the Earth relative to the size of Inferences
Moon and the Sun. the Moon. -Making Hypotheses
• State the relative distance from the Earth to the
35 Sun compared to the Relative distance from the CTS
Moon to the Earth. - Group and Classifying
Pupils - Analysing
36 1.3 Appreciating the • State why certain planets are not conducive for -Evaluating
perfect of the planet living things. - Making conclusions
Earth in the Solar • Predict what will happen if the Earth is placed
System. much nearer or farther from the Sun.
• Conclude that the Earth is the only planet in the
Solar System that has living things.

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 THEME : INVESTIGATING TECHNOLOGY

LEARNING LEARNING
WEEK LEARNING OUTCOMES NOTE
AREA OBJECTIVES
Pupils
1. Technology 1.1 understanding the • State that there are limitations to humans
importance of technology abilities to do things
37 in everyday life. • Identify devices used to overcome human’s
limitations.
• Explain how certain devices are used to SPS :
overcome human’s limitation. - Predicting
Pupils - Observing
38 - Communicating
1.2 Understanding the • Give example of development of technology
development of - Making
39 • Recognise the needs to innovate or invent
technology Inferences
devices for the betterment of mankind.
-Making Hypotheses
Pupils
1.3 Synthesising how • Identify problems they encounter in their daily CTS
40 technology can be used life. - Group and Classifying
to solve problems. • Generate ideas to solve the problems identified. - Analysing
41 • Design a device to solve the problem identified. -Evaluating
• Demonstrate how the device invented can be - Making conclusions
used to solve the problem identified.
Pupils
1.4 Analysing that • State that technology has advantages and
42 technology can benefit disadvantages.
mankind if used wisely. • Conclude that technology can benefit mankind if
used wisely.

Final Exam on week- 40

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