Exploring Our Environment — Types of Roads and Their Functions | Primary 1 Basic Science Term 3 Week 10

Week 10: Exploring Our Environment — Types of Roads

Subject: Basic Science and Technology  |  Class: Primary 1  |  Term: 3rd Term

Previous Lesson: Exploring Our Environment — Week 9

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, most of the pupils should be able to:

1. Explain the meaning of exploring.
2. Identify types of roads around and outside the school.

Lesson 1 — Meaning of Exploring

Exploring the environment means walking around in a new environment to learn, search, or discover new things.

The teacher takes the pupils for a walk within the environment to identify and state some of the basic features.

Lesson 2 — Types of Roads

1. Private Roads

Roads within or inside a school or private compound. Access to these is restricted to members only.

2. Community Roads

These roads are built by communities to access their residences or farmlands.

3. District/Local Government Roads (Trunk C)

These roads are constructed and managed by the local government authorities. They link one street to another within the local government area.

4. State Roads (Trunk B)

These roads are constructed and managed by the state government. They connect local government areas together.

5. Federal Roads (Trunk A)

These are wider roads that connect all states in Nigeria together. Some share borders with neighbouring countries.

Weekly Assessment

1. _______ roads restrict access to non-members.   A. Private roads   B. Community roads   C. District roads
2. _______ roads give access to people in a community.   A. Private roads   B. Community roads   C. District roads
3. _______ roads connect different streets together within a community.   A. Private roads   B. Community roads   C. District roads
4. _______ roads connect all local government areas within the state.   A. Local government roads   B. State roads   C. Federal roads
5. _______ roads connect all states together.   A. Local government roads   B. State roads   C. Federal roads

Match the following:   State roads — Trunk B  |  Local roads — Trunk C  |  Federal roads — Trunk A

Next Lesson: Exploring Our Environment — Road Safety and Traffic Lights — Week 11