BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY FOUR (4)/ BASIC FOUR (4)

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY FOUR (4)

THEME 1: LIVING AND NON – LIVING

WEEK 1: REVISION OF FIRST TERM’S WORK

WEEK 2: SOIL (CONSTITUENTS)

UNITS:

1. Air
2. Water
3. Leaf litters
4. Small rocks
5. Dead animals
6. Living animals

WEEK 3: GROWING OF PLANTS 

Units:

•  Gardening tools:

1. Examples of Gardening tools.
2. Uses of Gardening tools.
3. Care of the Gardening  tools
4.  Conditions for Growing crops

1. Water
2. Air
3. Nutrients
4. Good soil

WEEK 4: GROWING OF PLANTS (CONTINUES) 

Units:

1. Soil Preparation
2. Planting and nurturing of plants

WEEK 5: PLANTS (WEEDS)
Units:

• Definitions and Identifications of weeds
• Importance of weeds to farmers and the environment
• Control measure

1. Biological
2. Cultural
3. Chemical controls
4.  Environmental protection: creating awareness of the negative side effect of the control measures.

WEEK 6:  PESTS AND DISEASES OF CROP PLANTS
Units:

(A) Common pests

1. Insects
2. Bats; Birds
3. Rodents
4. Monkeys, etc.

(B) Casual agents of these diseases

1. Fungi
2. Bacteria
3. Viruses
4. Nematodes
5.  Some common diseases

1. Cassava mosaic;
2. Comato rot
3. Groundnut rosette, etc.
4. Control measures of crop pests
5. Effects of using chemicals in controlling pests of crops.

WEEK 7: WATER

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Importance of water

WEEK 8: HUMAN BODY (FEEDING SYSTEM)
UNITS:

1. The teeth: Incisors, Canines, Premolars, molars.
2. The tongue
3. The lips

WEEK 9:  FOOD (TYPES AND USES)
Units:

•  Classes of food

1. Carbohydrates
2. Protein
3. Fats and Oils
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals

Uses of food

1. Energy sources
2. Body building
3. Protection

WEEK 10: ADEQUATE DIET (BALANCE DIET)
Units:

1. Meaning of balance diet
2. Components of balance diet

WEEK 11: HARMFUL FOODS
Units:

1. Harmful foods e.g. contaminated food
2. Bad feeding habits

WEEK 12: REVISION
WEEK 13: EXAMINATION