ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
TITLE: NOTE OF LESSON ON PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
SUBJECT: PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION
TERM: SECOND TERM
THEME: BASIC MOVEMENT
WEEK: WEEK 9
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
DURATION: 40 MINUTES
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
UNITS:
- Meaning of environmental health.
- Importance of environmental health.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this discussion in this unit, people should be able to:
- Know the Meaning of environmental health.
- Know the Importance of environmental health.
TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- Whiteboard/Chalkboard
- Explanatory posters/pictures
- Explanatory videos
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Questions and answers
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- NERDC Basic Education Curriculum.
- Universal Basic Education Curriculum (UBE)
- Unified Schemes of Work for Lagos State Primary Schools (MIDDLE BASIC)
- Lagos State Scheme of Work for Physical and Health Education.
- Online Materials.
- Edudelight Physical and Health Education for Primary Schools.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS LESSON: The students are familiar with benefits of having good friends.
WORD FILE: specialist, inspectors, sanitarians, disasters.
CONTENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
When we are not healthy, we will not be effective to work. We need to live in a healthy environment because Health is wealth.
Environmental health is the practice of preventing human injury and illness and promoting human well-being. It is the activity of trying to protect against things that might harm people’s health in the place where they work and live.
Environmental health Practitioners can be called environmental specialist, public health inspectors, and sanitarians.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISCIPLINES
- Epidemiology
- Toxicology’
- Exposure science
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONCERN
- Food safety
- Quality air
- Housing
- Medical
- Waste management and disposal.
- Climate change and its effect.
- Vector control like mosquitoes, flies, cockroach.
- Noise pollution
IMPORTANCE OF ENCIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Some of the importance of environmental health are:
- It reduce the level of diseases in our community.
- It teaches us how to keep our environment clean.
- It guides us on how to deal with natural disasters like flood.
- It reduce pollution.
- It helps us to know the food that is safe for consumption.
- It increase the quality of our life.
- It helps us live long.
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE
- The Teacher revises the previous lesson (BENEFITS OF HAVING GOOD FRIENDS).
- The Teacher introduces the topic (ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH).
- The Teacher explains the lessons.
LEARNERS ACTIVITIES
- Learners participate in the class discussion
- They sweep their class and school compound
EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES
Teacher ask the learners to:
- Meaning of environmental health.
- Importance of environmental health.
CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.
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