COLOURS
TITLE: LESSON NOTE ON BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TERM: SECOND TERM
THEME: YOU AND TECHNOLOGY
WEEK: WEEK 7
CLASS: PRIMARY 6
NAME OF TEACHER:
DATE:
AGE OF STUDENTS:
CLASS COMPOSITION: Slow and fast learners.
PERIOD:
TIME: 40 MINUTES
TOPIC: COLOURS
Units:
- The component of light (rainbow)
- Primary and secondary colours
- Mixing of colours.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, Pupils should be able to:
- Separate white light into the component colours.
- Identify the name of the colours of light (rainbow)
- Know and name objects that have characteristics of natural colours.
- Collect and list materials that produce colours.
- Sort primary and secondary colours from a collection of coloured plates.
- Identify the characteristics of colours shades.
- Mix primary and secondary colours and identify the shades of colours produced.
TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS
- Bulb
- Kolanut
- Bitter leaf
- Clay soil
- Rose flower
- Whiteboard/Chalkboard
- Explanatory posters/pictures showing colours
- Explanatory videos on colours
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS
- Explanation
- Discussion
- Questions and answer
REFERENCE MATERIALS
- NERDC Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
- Universal Basic Education Curriculum for primary schools.
- Lagos State Scheme of Work for Basic Science and Technology.
- Unified Schemes of Work for Lagos State Primary Schools (MIDDLE BASIC)
- Online Materials.
- Eduelight Basic Science and Technology for Primary Schools.
ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: the students are familiar with.
WORD FILE:
LESSON CONTENT
COMPONENTS OF WHITE LIGHT
Colours can give us in different emotion. It can make us to be happy, confuse, sad, angry,
The sun gives us natural light. The light is made up of seven colours. We also use of ROYGBIV to remember and name the colours of light.
The colours of light using ROYGBIV
The colours of light can also be called the spectrum of white light or rainbow colours.
- R = Red
- O = Orange
- Y = Yellow
- G = Green
- B = Blue
- I = Indigo
- V = Violet
CLASSIFICATION OF COLOUR
We have two types of colours, these are:
- Primary colours or natural colours: they are green, red and blue. Things with primary colours are biter leaf (green), pumpkin leaf (green), clay soil (reddis brown), Kolanut (redish brown), rose flower (red), hibiscus flower (red).
- Secondary colours: it is gotten by mixing two primary colours. The process of producing secondary colour is called Additive colour mixing. Examples of secondary colours are magenta, cyanm yellow and orange.
Other colours are Tertiary colour.
PRODUCTION OF COLOURS FROM PRIMARY COLOURS
Red + Green = Yellow
Blue + Green = Cyan
Red + Blue = Magenta
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE
- The Teacher revises
the previous lesson (MINERALS). - The
Teacher introducesthe lesson through question and answer (COLOURS). - The Teacher explains
the lessons . - The Teacher
write the note on the board.
LEARNERS ACTIVITIES
Learners participate in the class discussion
LESSON EVALUATION
Teacher ask the learners to:
- mention the name of the colours of light (rainbow)
- Mention the names objects that have characteristics of natural colours.
- List materials that produce colours.
- Mix primary and secondary colours and identify the shades of colours produced.
CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.
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