Digital devices

Meaning of digital devices
Digital devices in our locality.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define the meaning of device and digital.
State the meaning of digital device.
Appreciate the digital devices.

Learners are guided to define the meaning of device and digital from the dictionary or the internet

What are digital devices?

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Digital devices

Parts of digital devices in our locality.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify different parts of digital devices in his/her locality.
Name the parts of a computer in Kiswahili language.
Appreciate the digital devices in his/her locality.

Learners are guided to identify different parts of digital devices.

Learners are guided on how to research parts of a computer in Kiswahili language.

How to identify different parts of digital devices?

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Digital devices

Functions of the various parts of a digital device

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify functions of the various parts of a digital device.
Discuss the functions of the various parts of a digital device.
Appreciate the functions of a digital device.

Learners are guided to identify functions of various parts of a digital device (Hardware, software, power button, monitor)

In groups, learners are guided to discuss the functions of various parts of a digital device.

What are the functions of different parts of a digital device?

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Digital devices

Functions of the various parts of a digital device
Connecting parts of a digital device
Proper use of digital devices

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify functions of the various parts of a digital device.
Discuss the functions of the various parts of a digital device.
Appreciate the functions of a digital device.


Explain proper use of digital devices in everyday life.
Demonstrate proper use of digital devices in everyday life.
Appreciate the use of a digital device in everyday life.

Learners are guided to identify functions of various parts of a digital device (Processor, keyboard, mouse, cables and wires)

In groups, learners are guided to discuss the functions of various parts of a digital device
Learners are guided to explain the proper use of digital devices (Desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, television, radio and tablet)

In groups, learners are guided to use digital devices to type messages, take pictures, videos and audios.

What are the functions of different parts of a digital device?
How to use a digital device?

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Digital device

External parts of digital device

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Name the external parts of a mobile phone.
Model external parts of a mobile phone from locally available materials.
Have fun modelling external parts of a mobile phone.

Learners to be guided to name the external parts of a mobile phone.

In groups, learners are guided to model the external parts of a mobile phone using ruler, pen, wires, old slippers and razor blade or knife.

How to model external parts of a mobile phone?

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State of matter
States of matter

Understanding matter. The three states of matter
Characteristics of the three states of matter. Gases

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the three states of matter in our environment.
Explain the shape of the three states of matter in our environment.
Appreciate the three states of matter.

Learners are guided to identify and explain the three states of matter.

In groups, learners are guided to discuss the shape, volume and mass of soil, air and water.

What are the three states of matter?

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States of matter

Characteristics of the three states of matter. Liquid
Characteristics of the three states of matter. Solids

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Outline the characteristics of liquids.
Explain the characteristics of liquids.
Appreciate the characteristics of liquids.

Outline the characteristics of solids.
Explain the characteristics of solids.
Appreciate the characteristics of solids.

Learners are guided to outline the characteristics of liquids as one of the state of matter.

In groups, learners are guided to investigate the characteristics of liquids.
Learners are guided to outline the characteristics of solids as one of the state of matter.

In groups, learners are guided to investigate the characteristics of solids.

What are the characteristics of liquids?

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States of matter

Three states of matter in our environment
Observing safety when working with different materials.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mention the uses of solids, liquids, gases.
Categorize substance in his/her environment into three states of matter.
Appreciate the uses of solids, liquids, gases.

Learners are guided to identify the uses of solids, liquids and gases.
In groups, learners are guided to categorize substances into three states of matter; solids, liquids and gases.

What are the uses of solids, liquids and gases?

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Properties of matter

Floating and sinking. Floating and sinking using different materials

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the meaning of floating and sinking.
Demonstrate sinking and floating using different materials.
Appreciate floating and sinking.

Learners are guided to explain the meaning of floating and sinking.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate sinking and floating using different materials.

What is floating and sinking?

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Properties of matter

Objects that can float and those that can sink.
Factors affecting floating and sinking in water. Shape of material
Factors affecting floating and sinking in water. Type of material

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify objects that float and those that can sink in water.
Name different materials that sink and float according to the internet.
Appreciate objects that can float and those that can sink.


Identify how shape of a material affects floating and sinking.
Explain how shape of a material affects floating and sinking.
Have fun in conducting an experiment to identify how shape of a material affects floating and sinking.

Learners are guided to identify objects that can float and those that can sink.
Learners are guided to identify how shape of a material affects floating and sinking.

In groups, learners are guided how to conduct an experiment to identify how shape of a material affects floating and sinking.

How to identify objects that can float and those that can sink?
What factors affect floating and sinking?

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Properties of matter

Making floaters using locally available materials

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify ways to make floaters to sink.
Identify ways to make sinkers to float.
Have fun when making a floater to sink and sinkers to float

In groups, learners are guided how to make floaters to sink and sinkers to float.

How to make floaters to sink and sinkers to float?

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Properties of matter

Making a floater from locally available materials
Floaters as life savers

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify ways to make floaters to sink.
Make a floater from locally available materials.
Have fun when making a floater from locally available materials.

In groups, learners are guided on how to make floaters using locally available materials.

How to make floaters using locally available materials?

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Force

Force and its effects Meaning of force
Effects of force on an object

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

State the meaning of force.
Explain the meaning of force.
Appreciate the term force.

Explain the effects of force on an object.
Demonstrate the effects of force on an object.
Appreciate the effects of push and pull.

Learners are guided to define the meaning of force from the dictionary or the internet
In groups, learners are guided to discuss what happens to an object such as a book, desk, table after a push or pull.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate the effects of force on an object

What is force?
What happens after a pull or push of an object?

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Force

Effects of force in everyday life.
Safety precautions when dealing with force

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify the effects of force on objects in everyday life.
Observe the effects of force on objects in everyday life.
Appreciate the effects of force in everyday life.

Learners to be guided as they use visual aids and digital devices to identify and observe the effects of force on objects used in everyday life.

What are the effects of force?

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Sound Energy

Properties of sound

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mention different types of sound.
Demonstrate that sound travels in all directions.
Have fun when demonstrating different types of sound

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate that sound travel in all direction using available materials.

What direction does sound travel?

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Sound Energy

Sound reflection
Sound producing instruments

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Name places that sound can be reflected.
Demonstrate that sound can be reflected.
Have fun when demonstrating that sound can be reflected.


List sound producing instruments in his/her locality.
Make a shaker using locally available materials.
Enjoy using a shaker to produce sound.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate that sound can be reflected using available materials.
Learners are guided to list sound producing instruments.

Learners are guided on how to make a shaker that can produce sound.

What is an echo?
How to produce sound using a shaker?

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Light Energy

Light travels in a straight line

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain how light travels in a straight line.
Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line.
Have fun when demonstrating that light travels in a straight line.

Learners are guided to explain how light travels in a straight line.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate and discuss that light travels in a straight line.

Why light travels in a straight line?

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Light Energy

Transmission of light through different materials.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify materials that allow transmission of light.
Demonstrate transmission of light through different materials.
Appreciate materials that allow light to transmission of light

Learners are guided to identify materials that allow transmission of light.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate transmission of light

What materials allow transmission of light

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Light Energy
Heat Energy

Transparent, translucent and opaque materials
Conduction of heat

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mention materials that are transparent and translucent.
Explain materials as transparent or translucent or transparent
Appreciate materials that are transparent or translucent or opaque.

Explain conduction of heat.
Demonstrate conduction of heat.
Have fun experimenting conduction of heat.

Learners are guided to mention and explain transparent, translucent and opaque materials.



Learners are guided to explain conduction of heat.

In groups, learners are guided to demonstrate conduction of heat.

What are transparent, translucent and opaque materials?
What is conduction of heat?

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Heat Energy

Poor and good conductors
Uses of poor and good conductors of heat

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

List poor and good conductors of heat.
Identify poor and good conductors of heat.
Appreciate poor and good conductors of heat.

Learners are guided to list, identify and explain poor and good conductors of heat.

What are poor and good conductors of heat?

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Heat Energy

Uses of poor and good conductors of heat

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Mention uses of poor conductors of heat.
Identify uses of poor conductors of heat.
Appreciate the uses of poor conductors of heat.

Learners are guided to identify poor conductors of heat through discussion and pictures.

What are the uses of poor conductors of heat?

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Heat Energy

Observing and recording the uses of good and poor conductors of heat
Making oven gloves from locally available materials
Making fireless cooker from locally available materials

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Give reasons for fixing wooden or plastics handles on utensils.
Observe and record the uses of good and poor conductors of heat.
Have fun observing and recording the uses of good and poor conductors of heat.


Explain uses of oven gloves.
Make oven gloves.
Have fun and enjoy making oven gloves.

Learners are guided on how to observe and record the uses of good and poor conductors of heat.
Learners are guided to explain uses of oven gloves

In groups, learners are guided on how to make oven gloves using locally available materials

What are the uses of poor and good conductors of heat?
How to make oven gloves?

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Machines

Levers as machines

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Define the meaning of a lever.
Identify lever as a machine used in everyday life.
Appreciate lever as a machine used in everyday life.

Learners are guided to define and identify lever as a machine used in everyday life.

What is a lever?

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Machines

Levers used in our locality

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify levers used in his/her locality.
Name and draw levers used in his/her locality.
Appreciate the use of levers

Learners are guided to identify, name and draw levers found in their locality.

What are types of levers?

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Machines

Parts of a lever
Making a see-saw
Levers that make work easier

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify parts of a lever.
Explain the three parts of a lever.
Appreciate uses of the three parts of a lever.


Mention levers that make work easier.
Explain how levers make work easier.
Appreciate levers that make work easier.

Learners are guided to identify and explain the three parts of a lever (Fulcrum, load and effort)


Learners are guided to identify and explain how levers make work easier.

What are the parts of a lever?
How levers make work easier?

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Machines

Making a beam balance using locally available materials

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Draw and name parts of a beam balance.
Make a beam balance using locally available materials.
Appreciate the use of a beam balance.

Learners are guided to draw and name parts of a beam balance.

In groups, learners are guided to make a beam balance using locally available materials.

What is a beam balance?

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Weather and the Sky

Weather conditions Bodies in the sky during the day and at night
Types of clouds in the sky during the day

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Name bodies in the sky during the day and at night.
Identify and explain the colour of the sky during the day and at night.
Appreciate the bodies and the colours of the sky during the day and at night.

Learners are guided to name, identify and explain the bodies and colours of the sky during the day and at night.

What bodies are found in the sky during the day and at night?

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Weather and the Sky

Types of clouds in the sky during the day
Activities done during different weather conditions

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain the characteristics of different types of clouds (Cumulus and Stratus clouds)
Discuss the shapes and colours of the clouds.
Appreciate the shapes and colours of the clouds.

Identify activities done during different weather conditions.
Name clothes to wear during different weather conditions.
Appreciate activities done during different weather conditions.

Learners are guided to name and explain the characteristics of different types of clouds (Cumulus and Stratus)

In groups, learners are guided to discuss the shapes and colours of the clouds.

Learners are guided to name and identify activities done during different weather conditions.

Learners are guided to name and identify clothes to wear during different weather conditions.

What are the shapes and colours of different types of clouds?
What activities are done during different weather conditions? What types of clothes are worn during different weather conditions?

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Weather and the Sky

Importance of weather conditions in the locality
A weather clock

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Outline importance of weather conditions in his/her locality.
Explain the importance of weather conditions on crops.
Appreciate the importance of weather conditions on crops.

Learners are guided to outline and explain the importance of different weather conditions on planting and harvesting of crops.

What are the importance of different weather conditions?

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Weather and the Sky

Weather chart

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Explain what is a weather chart
Make a weather chart.
Have fun and enjoy making a weather chart.

In groups, learners are guided to make a weather chart and explain how it works.

How to make a weather chart?

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