Senior Secondary 1 | Biology

Action steps

1. Carry out simple observations

2. Identify/characterize problems in science/biology

3. Plan experiments under controlled conditions

4. Gather and interpret data

5. Classify objects into living and non-living things

6. Differentiate living things from non-living things

7. Distinguish between plants and animals

8. Classify living things into major groups

9. Identify and describe levels of organization of life

10. Infer implications of the different levels of the study of differentiation’ and ‘specialization’ in organisms

11. Give examples of levels of organization of life

12. Identify the sun as the ultimate source of energy

13. Identify food and fuel as other source of energy

14. List different sources of energy

15. Give examples of energy transformation

16. Relate energy to the process of metabolism

17. Relate conversion of energy to first and second laws of thermodynamics

Action steps

1. Classify Kingdom Animalia (Eukaryotes) which are multi-cellular mobile organisms that feed on another organism

2. Classify Kingdom Monera (Prokaryotes) which are single-celled, motile or non-motile organisms without definite nucleus

3. Classify Kingdom Protista (Eukaryotes) which are single-celled, motile organisms, cell structure complex with definite nucleus

4. Classify Kingdom Fungi (Eukaryotes) which are mainly non-motile organisms composed of hyphae containing nuclei

5. Classify Kingdom Plantae (Eukaryotes) which are mainly multi-cellular non-motile organisms which contain chlorophyll

Action steps

1. Determine the levels of organization such as cell, tissue, organ, and system

2. Explain the forms in which living cells exist

3. Explain complexity of organization in higher organisms

4. Define the cell and its environment

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1. Define nutrition

2. Explain the importance of plant nutrition

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1. Explain cell respiration

2. Define excretion

3. Explain growth and the basis for growth

4. Describe the types of cell division

5. Define mitosis and meiosis

Action steps

1. Describe cell movement

2. Define reproduction

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1. Describe the human skeleton using drawings

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1. Identify plants as sources of food for animals

2. Name classes of food, giving examples of each class

3. State the importance of each class of food in a balanced diet

4. Perform various tests for food

5. Describe the classes of digestive enzymes

6. Explain the importance of enzymes

Action steps

1. Name the components of any ecosystem

2. Measure or estimate sizes of some ecosystems

3. Relate the dynamic nature of an ecosystem to its size

4. Describe major local (Nigerian) biotic communities

5. Give names of organisms typical of each community

6. Briefly describe the ecosystem of a tropical region

7. Briefly describe the ecosystem of a temperate region

8. List some of the ecological factors common to all habitats

9. Briefly describe each of the factors pointing out their relative importance

10. List the factors which affect the water retention of various soil types and determine the amount of water each soil type can hold

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1. Determine some of the characteristics of a population

2. Describe some of the methods used in population studies

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1. Define autotrophy and heterotrophy

2. Describe a food web

3. Explain what is meant by a tropic level

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1. Explain energy loss in nature

2. Provide definitions for the laws of thermodynamics

Action steps

1. Classify plants

2. Describe some of the effects of agricultural activities on an ecological system

3. Explain the impact of pests and diseases on agriculture