Below is the SS1 Biology Scheme of work for First, Second and Third Term.

FIRST TERM  SCHEME OF WORK FOR BIOLOGY SS1

1. RECOGNIZING LIVING THINGS Characteristics of living things Differences between plants and animals
2. ORGANISATION OF LIVING THINGS Levels of organization of living things Complexity of organization in higher organisms.
3. CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS

Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Monera, Kingdom Protista, Kingdom Fungi.

• THE CELL

Cell as a living unit of life, Cell forms, Cell structures.

• THE CELL AND ITS ENVIRONMENT

 

SECOND TERM  SCHEME OF WORK FOR BIOLOGY SS1

1. SOME PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CELL

Nutrition, Importance of nutrition &Plant nutrition.

• MECHANISM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS Cell respiration, Excretion, Growth, Basis of growth Types of cell division

Mitosis and meiosis

• CELL REACTION TO ITS ENVIRONMENT

Movement Reproduction

• TISSUE AND ITS SUPPORTING SYSTEM

– Skeleton

• ANIMAL NUTRITION Food substance

Balance diet Enzymes

• MAMMALIAN TEETH

THIRD TERM  SCHEME OF WORK FOR BIOLOGY SS1

ECOSYSTEM

Ecological concept Component of an ecosystem Major biomes of the world

• POPULATION STUDIES Population characteristics

Methods of population studies

• FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEM Autotrophy and heterotrophy

Food web and trophic level

• ENERGY TRANSFORMATION IN NATURE

Energy loss in nature Laws of thermodynamics

• RELEVANCE OF BIOLOGY TO AGRICULTURE

Classification of plants

Effects of agricultural activities on ecological system

.           Pest and diseases of agricultural importance