KIGARI MODEL PRIMARY SCHOOL
[Link] PRIVATE BAG, EMBU KENYA.
NAME: WANJIRU ANN NJERI
CLASS: 1H
ADMISSION NUMBER: DPTE/2025/0498
PHONE NUMBER: 0714115052
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KIGARI MODEL PRIMARY SCHOOL
[Link] PRIVATE BAG, EMBU KENYA.
GRADE FOUR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LESSON
NOTES.
STRAND: LIVINGS THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
SUB-STRAND: PLANTS AS LIVING THINGS.
Introduction to living things:
iving things grow, reproduce, respire (breathe), feed, and respond to their environment.
Unlike rocks or water (non-living things), plants are alive because they
grow from seeds, reproduce, and change over time.
Examples in Environment: Trees, flowers, grass, humans, insects, animals,
birds.
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Characteristics of Plants (How We Know They Are Alive).
i. Growth: Plants life cycle consists of for stages; seed, sprout, small plants,
and adult plants.
ii. Reproduction: Plants produce flowers, fruits, and seeds to create new
plants.
iii. Response to Environment(stimuli): Plants respond to their surroundings.
For example, sunflowers turn to face the sun (light), and roots grow down
toward water.
iv. Nutrition and Feeding: Plants make their own food through a process called
photosynthesis using sunlight, water, and air.
v. Waste Removal: Plants remove waste through their leaves, such as
releasing oxygen.
vi. Plants die: due to drought, heat, cold, fires, and plant diseases.
Summary and Activity
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Key Idea: Plants grow, feed, reproduce, breathe, and react to their environment.
Activity: Walk around the school compound and identify three different types of
plants and observe their characteristics (size, leaves, flowers).
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