THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
Grade 4 – 2025
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEACHER
(a) This paper consists of one performance task:
Task: Making a model of the human digestive system.
(b) The teacher to guide learners in selecting appropriate tools, materials, equipment and
digital devices for carrying out the project.
(c) The learners should be encouraged to use locally available resources as much as possible.
They should not buy the model of the human digestive system.
(d) The teacher should ensure that learners observe safety measures and precautions while
using the various tools, materials, equipment and digital devices.
(e) The learners may share tools, materials, equipment and digital devices where applicable.
(f) The teacher will use the scoring guide provided to assess group’s performance of the
project.
(g) The teacher will use the group’s score as the individual learner’s score.
TASK: MAKING A MODEL OF THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
(a) Individually, learners to source information on how to make a model of the human
digestive system from textbooks, resource persons, parents/guardians and or, the internet.
(b) In groups, learners keep in a portfolio the short notes, sketches and pictures of the
information they have sourced.
(c) In groups of not more than 8 members, learners to share information in their portfolios and
discuss how to make a model of the human digestive system.
(d) Individually or in groups, learners to collect from the local environment the materials they
will need to make a model of the human digestive system.
(e) In groups, learners to make a model of the human digestive system using the materials
collected.
(f) Learners to display their finished product (a model of the human digestive system).
(g) Learners to observe and comment/reflect on their peer’s work and make suggestions for
improvements.
(h) The teacher to assess the functionality and suitability of the model of the human digestive
system made by the learners.
Turn over
(i) The teacher to ask each learner to orally identify parts of the digestive system represented
by the model.
-Mouth
-Gullet
-Stomach
-Small intestine
-Large intestine
-Rectum
-Anus
(j) The teacher to ask the learner to orally state functions of the various parts of the model
representing the digestive system.
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