REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
INT-SCIENCE

SCHEMES OF WORK FOR TERM 2 2025

GRADE 4
INT-SCIENCE SCHEMES OF WORK
NAME OF CANDIDATE: …………………………………………. (use uppercase letters)

Time: 1 Hour 25 Minutes Marks: 60

NAME OF TEACHER:……………………………….NAME OF SCHOOL:…………………………………………
Candidate’s Name:……………………………………………………………………………

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
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 SCHEME OF WORK

GRADE: 4 SUBJECT: INTEGRATED SCIENCE TERM: TWO YEAR: 2025

WK TOPIC SUB - LEARNING KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES TEACHING T/L AIDS REFERENCES
METHODS
TOPIC OUTCOMES

1 Health Water in Explain how to •Prevention by: •Investigating the •Appreciating the -BRAINSORMING - -SYLLABUS
the body importance of water CHAKBOARD
prevent and Oral rehydration effects of •Asking questions for -GROUP - PUPIL’S
treat dehydration. -PUPILS
Therapy (ORT), more understanding DISCUSSION BOOK
dehydration •Communicating BOOKS
Drugs ways of preventing
and treating
dehydration

2 Health Medicines Identify •Traditional •Communicating •Appreciating the use -INDIVIDUAL - -SYLLABUS
traditional and Medicines such traditional and of medicines CHAKBOARD
as: (Tembusha/ conventional •Cooperating in WORK - PUPIL’S
conventional
aloe Vera, medicines for group activities -PUPILS
medicines for moringa, - EXPLANATION BOOK
common ailments BOOKS
common cinnamon, ginger,
ailments. garlic;

Conventional
(paracetamol,
antibiotics,
malarial drugs)

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3 The Forests Explain the - Importance of - Communicating - Appreciating - - -SYLLABUS
Environ importance of forests: Wood, the importance of existence of forests BRAINSTORMING CHAKBOARD
shelter, food, - PUPIL’S
ment forests to forests
medicine, for other forms of -GROUP -PUPILS
people and life BOOK
rainfall, reducing
DISCUSSION BOOKS
other forms of soil erosion.
life. -EXPLANATION

4 The Forests - Explain the - Human Investigating the - Asking questions -GROUP - -SYLLABUS
Environ effects of effect of human for more CHAKBOARD
activities leading DISCUSSION - PUPIL’S
ment human activities on
to deforestation, understanding -PUPILS
activities on soil erosion and forests and ways - BOOK
forests. droughts of conserving BRAINSTORMING BOOKS
forests

5 The Forests - Describe Ways of Investigating the - Asking questions -QUSTION AND - -SYLLABUS
Environ ways of conserving: Tree effect of human for more CHAKBOARD
ANSWERS - PUPIL’S
ment conserving planting, activities on understanding -PUPILS
forests. avoiding bush forests and ways -EXPLANATION BOOK
fires, alternative of conserving BOOKS
heating system, forests
logging

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6 The Game Explain how to - Control of wild - Communicating - Appreciating -QUESTION AND - -SYLLABUS
Environ control the animals: Game ways of conservation of CHAKBOARD
Managem controlling ANSWERS - PUPIL’S
ment wild animal cropping and
ent Areas animal population wildlife -PUPILS
population in conservation. -INDIVIDUAL BOOK
in GMAs
(GMA) the GMA BOOKS
WORK

7 The Game Explain threats - Threats to - Investigating - Cooperating in -INDIVIDUAL - -SYLLABUS

Environ wildlife: CHAKBOARD
Managem to wildlife threats to wild life group activities WORK - PUPIL’S
ment Poaching,
ent Areas -PUPILS
encroachment, - EXPLANATION BOOK
(GMA) increase in BOOKS
human
population

8 The Game State the Conserving wild - Investigating - Asking questions -BRAINSORMING - -SYLLABUS
Environ Manag importance of life for Tourism for more CHAKBOARD
ement conserving threats to wild life -GROUP - PUPIL’S
ment attraction, understanding
Areas wildlife. -PUPILS
increasing wild DISCUSSION BOOK
(GMA life population, BOOKS

) source of income

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9 The Soils Classify soil - Types of soils: - Classifying soil - Appreciating -QUESTION AND - -SYLLABUS
Environ samples Clay, loam and according to types different types of soil CHAKBOARD
ANSWERS - PUPIL’S
ment according to sand.
-PUPILS
types -INDIVIDUAL BOOK
BOOKS
WORK

10 The Soils Describe how - Improving soil - Comparing - Cooperating in group - - -SYLLABUS
Environ fertility by using: natural and work BRAINSTORMING CHAKBOARD
soil fertility can Inorganic artificial methods - PUPIL’S
ment
be improved. -GROUP -PUPILS
of improving soil BOOK
fertility DISCUSSION BOOKS

-EXPLANATION

11 The Soils Explain why - Retaining soil - Comparing - Cooperating in group -GROUP - -SYLLABUS
Environ natural fertility by natural natural and work CHAKBOARD
methods and artificial methods DISCUSSION - PUPIL’S
ment methods of
making of soil -PUPILS
improving soil of improving soil - BOOK
acidic by artificial BRAINSTORMING BOOKS
fertility are fertility
methods.
better than
artificial ones

12 The Pollution Identify - Types of - Communicating - Awareness of -INDIVIDUAL - -SYLLABUS

Environ different types pollution: air, CHAKBOARD
land and water types of pollution pollution WORK - PUPIL’S
ment of pollution.
-PUPILS
pollution - EXPLANATION BOOK

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 BOOKS

13 The Pollution Identify the - Sources of: - Investigating - Cooperating in - - -SYLLABUS

Environ sources Burning, mining, the sources of BRAINSTORMING CHAKBOARD
pollution in the quarrying, group work - PUPIL’S
ment pollution on
community -GROUP -PUPILS
automobiles, BOOK
industrial DISCUSSION BOOKS
activities,
-EXPLANATION
farming.

CLOSING - INDIVIDUAL - -SYLLABUS

WEEK CHAKBOARD
14 WORK - PUPIL’S
-PUPILS
BOOK
END OF TERM BOOKS

TESTS

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