Substrand: "4.1 Organisms in their environment" (25 periods)

Different types of living things live at different places of the environment called its habitat. The habitat of any organism (living thing) will contain essential things for its life. These may be other living things for food and mates or non living things like the soil, water or environmental conditions.  There is a continuous interaction and dependence among the living things themselves and between the livings with non living things in any environment. For a long time, human beings had put considerable impacts on other organisms and the environment.

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

4.1.1 know the characteristics of the local environment (k)

4.1.1.1 identify different environments around their school of community/village

4.1.2 know different living and non-living things within an environment (k)

4.1.2.1 describe three physical characteristics of the local environment

4.1.3 recognize some similarities and differences both within and between groups of plants and animals (k)

4.1.3.1 plan and carry out a survey on a selected local environment to identify living and non-living things present

4.1.4 differentiate amongst the terms organism, habitat, community and population (u)

4.1.4.1 state some characteristics of plants and animals

4.1.5 know that human impact causes negative changes to an environment (k)

4.1.5.1 identify damages caused by human in a local environment

4.1.6 appreciate that animals and plants depend on the environment for food and shelter (v)

4.1.6.1 identify sources of food in a local environment for which the living things within the environment can survive on