8 WEEK SCHEME OF WORK FOR SCIENCE YEAR 1

WEEK LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES SUGGESTED LESRNING

OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES
26 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils: Pupils listen and identify
1.5 about different 1.5.1 Identify different the different sounds in their
sounds sounds. surroundings.
Pupils draw and describe
the things that make the
sounds they hear.
1.5.2 Name the Pupils listen to sounds of
instrument that is musical instruments, e.g.
making sounds. recorder, piano, xylophone,
1.5.3 Say how the tambourine, maraca and say
instruments make a how the instruments
sound. produce the sounds, e.g. by
beating, plucking, blowing,
shaking.
Pupils name the instrument
that is making the sound.
Pupils make musical
instruments using everyday
objects, e.g. an empty tissue
box and rubber bands.

27 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils: Pupils play musical
1.5 about different 1.5.4 Describe sounds. instruments softly and then
sounds loudly. Pupils describe the
sounds as soft or loud.
1.5.5 Recognize that Pupils play all the musical
some sounds are instruments at the same
nice to listen to and time loudly. Pupils describe
some are not. the sound as noisy.
Pupils play a tune together
using their instruments.
Pupils describe the sound
1.5.6 Recognize sounds they make.
created for specific Pupils talk about the use of
purpose. sounds in the surroundings,
e.g. siren, alarm, school
bell, etc.
28 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils: Pupils smell things that
1.6 About different 1.6.1 Say whether a thing have been placed inside
smells has smell. boxes. Pupils say whether
1.6.2 Group things they can smell the things
according to their inside the boxes. Pupils
smells; nice, bad. open the boxes and say the
names of things that have a
smell.
Pupils group the contents of
the boxes into nice and bad
smells.

29 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils:
1.7 About different 1.7.1 Differentiate Pupils taste things such as
tastes between: a) sugar and salt
- sweet and salty b) lemon and bitter
- sour and bitter gourd.
Pupils draw the food they
taste and label them as
sweet or salty, sour or
bitter.

31 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils: Pupils touch and feel the
1.8 About different 1.8.1 say whether objects objects and describe them
properties and are: as
condition of - rough or a) rough or smooth
materials through smooth b) hard or soft
touch. - hard or soft c) hot or cold
- hot or cold d) light or heavy.
- light or heavy.

32 1. USING OUR
SENSES
Pupils: Pupils guess objects in
1.9 That they use 1.9.1 say that they smell, boxes by:
their senses to touch, feel, hear, a) shaking
identify objects. taste and see to b) touching and feeling
identify the objects. c) smelling.
Pupils take the objects out
of the boxes and confirm
their guesses by seeing and
tasting.

33 2. FINDING OUT
 ABOUT THINGS
THAT FLOAT
AND SINK.
Pupils: Pupils collect different
2.1 that some things 2.1.1 identify things that objects such as rulers,
float and some float and things that erasers, pebbles, leaves and
things sink. sink. sticks. Pupils guess whether
they will sink or float.
Pupils test their guesses by
putting the objects into
water or placing the objects
in a basin and then pouring
water into the basin.

34 2. FINDING OUT
ABOUT THINGS
THAT FLOAT
AND SINK.
Pupils: Pupils test to see if objects
2.1 that some things 2.1.2 Know that things that float can be made to
float and some that sink can be sink and vice-versa, e.g.
things sink. made to float and make a plastic bottle sink or
things that float can piece of plasticine float.
be made to sink.