Junior Secondary 1 | Science

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1. Define personal cleanliness

2. Describe the methods of keeping your bodies and homes clean

3. List advantages of personal cleanliness

4. Explain the consequences of poor hygiene

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1. Identify food types

2. Group food into classes based on nutrient content.

3. Explain the meaning of adequate diet

4. Plan an adequate diet for a home

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1. State the source of the earth energy

2. Explain water, carbon and nitrogen cycles

3. Explain the conservation of energy, water and wildlife

4. Discuss the importance of maintaining balance of resources in the environment

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1. Identify the various types of human activities that affect environmental balance

2. List ways in which a community/school can dispose refuse

3. Distinguish between biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials

4. Explain the need for environmental sanitation

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1. Identify vectors and the diseases they transmit

2. Describe the life cycle of anopheles’ mosquito and use the knowledge to control the breeding of mosquito and spread of malaria

3. Describe the life cycles of other vectors

4. Discuss the transmission of malaria, river blindness and sleeping sickness

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1. List water-borne diseases

2. Explain/identify the necessity for boiling water taken from streams, ponds or untreated sources

3. List the advantages of pipe-borne water

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1. List diseases that can be prevented through immunization

2. Locate where to get an immunization

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1. Define the terms STIs, HIV/AIDS

2. Explain various methods of preventing them

3. Recognize irresponsible sexual behavior as a major cause of the spread of HIV/AIDS

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1. Explain the meaning of drugs

2. State the medical uses and the "side effects" of drugs

3. Classify drugs and their sources

4. Explain the term drug/substance abuse

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1. Identify the components of the solar system

2. Explain the rotation and revolution of the earth and the moon

3. Illustrate the eclipse of the sun and the moon

4. Explain the seasons of the year

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1. Recognize that all living things and non-livings are made up of matter

2. Recognize things in our surroundings as matter

3. List the three states of matter

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1. Collect and identify samples of plants and animals in their environment

2. List the distinguishing characteristics of plants and animals

3. State the importance of plants and animals to human beings

4. Prepare a plant album

5. Explain the meaning of matter

6. Identify self as a living thing

7. State the characteristics of living things

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1. Identify the various activities of living things

2. Mention the organs associated with the various activities

3. Explain the purposes for the various activities

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1. Collect samples of non-living things

2. Sort out the materials into metals and non- metals

3. Distinguish between metals and non-metals

4. Explain the uses of the materials

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1. Explain the meaning of gravitation and weightlessness

2. State the effects of gravitation on objects

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1. Explain the meaning of space travel

2. State the purpose of space travel

3. Identify the benefits and dangers of space travel

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1. Explain the term satellite

2. Identify the uses of satellites in their communities

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1. Explain the meaning of energy

2. State and describe the source of energy

3. Name some of the forms of energy

4. Explain how energy is transferred from one form to another

5. State some of the uses of energy

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1. Explain the meanings of renewable and non-renewable energy

2. Give examples of renewable and non-renewable energy

3. State the implications of misuse of non-renewable energy

4. Describe how energy generation affects quality of life

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1. Explain the concept of force

2. Identify contact and non-contact forces

3. Differentiate between magnetic and gravitational forces

4. Measure and calculate gravitational force when mass and height are provided

5. Demonstrate balance and unbalanced forces

6. Explain friction, some of its uses, and its advantages and disadvantages