SCHEME FORM 3.docx
| Week | Topic | Content | Duration | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Introduction (Review of the concept of the cell) •What is water? (Definition and properties). . Importance of water to living organisms including its uses to man. The water cycle Application of the |
3hrs | — |
| 1 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | . Bird (e.g. fowl); . Mammal: Herbivores e.g. goat, sheep or cow; Omnivore e.g. pig |
3hrs | Global Hand Washing DAY and the National Guidance and Counselling Day, 14th and |
| 1 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | 1.Fattening farm animals 2.Reproducing farm animals Variations in dietary needs of different age and categories of farm animals |
3hrs | — |
| 1 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Auto-medication . Definition . Disadvantages or consequences Consequences of fake traditional medicines sold in transport vehicles |
3hrs | — |
| 1 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Define interdependence and ecological balance .Interdependence between plants and animals (Photosynthetic and Respiratory interdependence, nutritional interdependence, energy interdependence, etc. |
3hrs | The National Day of Arts in schools, 6 March 2020 |
| 1 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Effects of organic fertilisers on the soil and the environment | 3hrs | — |
| 2 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Cellular exchanges in different conditions. . Diffusion, Osmosis, Facilitated transport, Active transport . Experiments to demonstrate diffusion and osmosis .Isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic environ |
3hrs | International Literacy Day, 8 September 2019. |
| 2 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Plantae The cultivation of. Monocot (e.g. maize); .Dicot (e.g. coffee, or cocoa, etc.) |
3hrs | — |
| 2 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | . Revision of concept of balanced diet . Classes of food (concept of classification) and their importance .Nutritional and calorific requirements of men, women, children, pregnant women |
3hrs | — |
| 2 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Define risky behaviour . Common risky behaviour to avoid .Protective behaviour to adopt |
3hrs | — |
| 2 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Social organization as an example of interspecific interdependence . Honey bee colony (organization of the cast structure and division of labour) .Termite colony |
3hrs | ‘Open Days’ from 12 to 13 March 2020 |
| 2 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Integrated activities | 3hrs | — |
| 3 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Transpiration, root pressure, turgor pressure, wilting and plasmolysis and their applications in living processes | 3hrs | — |
| 3 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Major and minor plant nutrients. . Major e.g. N, P, K, Ca, Mg . Minor e.g. Cu, Zn, Mo, Fe . Importance of N, P, K, and deficiency symptoms in plants .Sources of plant nutrients |
3hrs | — |
| 3 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Definition and importance of the Reference Intake (RI) or Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) for men, women and children | 3hrs | — |
| 3 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Ebola, Define of Ebola . Signs and symptoms . Life cycle, transmission and Incubation period Managing Ebola |
3hrs | The National Week of Bilingualism, 7th February 2020 |
| 3 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Application of the concept of social organization in other areas of Biology and other sciences including the society .Biological importance of social organizations |
3hrs | ‘Francophonie’ Day, 20 March 2020 |
| 3 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Integrated activities | 3hrs | — |
| 4 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Introduction to the concepts of criteria and classification . Reasons for classifying living organisms General characteristics, structure, life cycle and biological importance of (Two locally specific |
3hrs | — |
| 4 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Organic . Inorganic Methods of Fertilizer application: (broadcasting drilling, ringing etc.) |
3hrs | — |
| 4 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | . Estimation of the calorific value of RI or GDA . Estimation of the calorific value of a commonly eaten local meal . Project design and implementation |
3hrs | — |
| 4 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Intestinal worms (Tapeworm and Ascaris) . Structure, life cycles, transmission and prevention .Adaptation to their mode of life |
3hrs | Youth Week activities from 5th to 11th February 2020 |
| 4 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Impact of fertilisers on the soil: . Organic and nonorganic fertilisers . Definition and types Production (Composting for organic and Industry for nonorganic |
3hrs | — |
| 4 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Integrated activities | 3hrs | — |
| 5 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Integrated activities and evaluation | 3hrs | — |
| 5 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION | 3hrs | The International Day of Philosophy, 15 November 2019 |
| 5 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Mode of transmission, control and elimination including the life cycles where applicable of potato blight, tomato rot, corn smut, malaria, cholera, dysentery | 3hrs | — |
| 5 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION | 3hrs | The International Day of Mother Tongue, 21st February 2020 |
| 5 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Impact of fertilisers on the soil: . Organic and nonorganic fertilisers . Definition and types Production (Composting for organic and Industry for nonorganic |
3hrs | — |
| 5 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | Integrated activities and evaluation | 3hrs | — |
| 6 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | Fungi (Yeast, Mushroom) . Animalia The rearing of . Snail (the edible land snail) . Fish (e.g. Tilapia, or mudfish); |
3hrs | The World teachers’ Day and National day for the promotion of Didactic materia |
| 6 | 1: THE LIVING WORLD | . Fungi (Yeast, Mushroom) . Animalia The rearing of . Snail (the edible land snail) . Fish (e.g. Tilapia, or mudfish); Balance dieting in farm animals Dietary needs of farm animals such as chi |
3hrs | — |
| 6 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Integrated activities and evaluation | 3hrs | — |
| 6 | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | Practicing personal hygiene | 3hrs | — |
| 6 | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | — | 3hrs | The pre-testing examination for Social Sciences from 23rd to 24th April 2020 |
| - | 2: HEALTH EDUCATION | END OF FIRST TERM | — | — |
| - | 3: Environmental education and sustainable development | END OF SECOND TERM | — | FRNASSCO |