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ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM

 LESSON 1: MEANING OF PLANTS:

Plants are living things that use sunlight to make their own food. Plants provide food for human beings and other animals. Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:        Tell me about plants

RESPONSE:                                    Plants are living things that use sunlight to make their own food

Plants provide food for themselves and other animals

Plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen 

 

ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM 

LESSON 2: PARTS OF PLANTS

Plants are made up of 3 different parts. Each part has a role to perform to keep the plant healthy. The roots hold the plants into the soil and they absorb water and nutrients from the ground to keep the plants healthy. 

The Stem carries water from the root to other parts of the plants.

The Flower helps the plants to reproduce, making seeds that will grow into new plants.

PROMPTING QUESTION :        Mention the parts of plant

RESPONSE:                                    Parts of plants are root, stem and flower.

 

 

LESSON 3: FUNCTIONS OF PARTS OF PLANTS

PROMPTING QUESTION:        what are the Functions of parts of plants?

RESPONSE:                                    Root helps the plant to go into the soil and get water and food

Stem carries water from the root to other parts of the plants

Flower helps plants to make seeds that will  produce new plant

 

ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM 

LESSON 4: BASIC THINGS PLANTS NEED TO SURVIVE 

 

Like all other living things, plants need some basic things to survive and thrive. These needs are—light, air, water, a source of nutrition, space to live and grow and optimal temperature. LAWNS-this is an acronym for the basic things plants need to grow.

Sunlight gives them energy, they get water from rain and they get carbon dioxide from breathing.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:        What are the things plants need to survive?

RESPONSE:                                    Things plants need to survive are

                                                            Light, air, water, nutrition and space to grow

 

LESSON 5: MEANING OF INSECTS

The children must have learnt in their previous class that insects are small animals with six legs. In this lesson, you will go a bit deeper into explaining what an insect is by describing their body structure to the children. 

Insects are small animals with hard covering over their body. Most insects have a body that is divided into three parts and most of them have three pairs of legs and one or two pairs of wings.

The body of an insect is divided into – the head, the thorax and abdomen.

PROMPTING QUESTION: 

 

What is an insect?

RESPONSE:                            

 

An insect is a small animal that has six legs. 

The body of an insect is divided into three parts- the head, the thorax and the abdomen. 

Some insects are useful and some are dangerous.

 

 ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM

LESSON 6: USEFUL FARM INSECTS

Insects get bad reputation. But without them, human beings will not survive. Some insects keep harmful pests away; some help to produce some food we love.

The usefulness of some insects lies in the significant role they play in agricultural practices.

Some of the insects help in the pollination process which leads to the growth of new plants; some provide food and medicine to us; some aerate the soil while some help to fight other pests from our farms. Some of the insects are food example crickets, locusts

Some of the useful farm insects are praying mantis which kill and eat farm pests like crickets, aphids; bees which produce honey and also helps in pollination; lady bugs or lady birds/lady beetle which destroy other farm pests; butterflies- they help in pollination; dragon fly; beetles- they act as scavengers, feeding on dead animals and trees thereby recycling nutrients back into the soil. Useful insects are also called beneficial insects.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:                     How do insects help us?

RESPONSE:                                                Insects help us in many ways

Some insects are eaten as food example locust

Some insects help to make the soil healthy example beetles

Some insects help new plants to grow example bees and butterflies. 

Some insects kill pests in our farms example praying mantis

 

 

LESSON 7: PET ANIMALS

Pet or companion animals are animals that are kept at home for companionship, entertainment or as an act of compassion. You take care of pet animals and you play with them. These animals are kept for pleasure and not for commercial purposes.

 

PROMPTING QUESTION:         What are pet animals?

RESPONSE:                                    Pet animals are those animals we keep at home

as our friends

 We play with them and they make us happy.

 ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM

 

LESSON 8: EXAMPLES OF PET ANIMALS

Two of the most popular pet animals are cats and dogs. Dogs are very desirable pets because they help with loneliness. Dogs love to be around their owners and love to please them. Dogs are also very loyal to their owners and they are described as man’s best friend.  Other examples of pets are: birds, horses, fish, rodents, turtles, etc. 

PROMPTING QUESTION:        Examples of pet animals

RESPONSE:                                    Examples of pet animals are dog, cat, bird, fish,

rodent and turtle .

 

 ANIMAL AND SOIL SCIENCE NURSERY 2 FIRST TERM

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