Biology Scheme of Work Lagos NAPPS (SS1 – SS3)

Lagos State Scheme of work Biology for Senior Secondary School 1 – 3 – Edudelight.com

BIOLOGY NAPPS SCHEME OF WORK

First Term SS1 Biology Scheme of Work NAPPS

Week 1 –          Recognizing Living things

Week 2 –          Living things and non-living things

Week 3 –          Classification of Living things

Week 4 –        Organization of life

Week 5 –          Plant Nutrition

Week 6 –          Nutrient cycling in Nature

Week 7 –          Nutrition in Animals

Week 8 –          Mode of Nutrition

Week 9 –          Basic ecological concept

Week 10 – Growth, Irritability and Movement

First Term SS2 Biology Scheme of Work NAPPS

WEEK 1         The Cells

WEEK 2         The Cell Structure And Functions Of Cell Component

WEEK 3         The Cell And Its Environment, Diffusion, Osmosis

WEEK 4         Properties and Function of the Cells

WEEK 5         Cellular Respiration

WEEK 6         Growth (Mitosis)

WEEK 7         Irritability/ Cell Reaction to Its Environment

WEEK 8         Reproductions (Asexual)

WEEK 9         Sexual Reproductions

WEEK 10       Reproductive Health

First Term SS3 Biology Scheme of Work NAPPS

Week 1-Regulation of Internal Environment

Week 2 -Endocrine Gland

Week 3 – Skin

Week 4 -The Spinal Cord

Week 5 -Reflex and Voluntary Action

Week 6 -Ecolgy of Population

Week 7 – Territorial Behaviour in Organisms

Week 8 – Family Planning

Week 9 – Development of New Seed

Week 10 -Reproductive Behaviour in Animals

Second Term SS1 Biology Scheme of Work NAPPS

SSS 1
BASIC ECOLOGICAL CONCEPT
(a) Definition and types of ecology (Autecology and synecology)
(b) Ecological concepts: environment, biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, habitats, niche, population, biome, ecosystem
(c) component of an ecosystem (i) Abiotic components (ii) Biotic components
(d) BIOMES (i) Local biotic communities (Tropical Rain Forest, Southern guinea, Northern Guinea Savanna, Sahel Savanna, Desert, Shrub, Afro-Alpine, Swamp, Tundra)

2.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT
(i) Types of Association (symbiosis, parasitism, predation, commensalism, mutualism) (ii) Features shown by organism of an association
3.    TOLERANCE
(i) Definition of the term tolerance
(ii) Concepts of minimum and maximum range of tolerance
(iii) Geographic range

4&5ADAPTATION
(i) Definition of adaptation
(ii) Adaptation in form and function of living organism due to environmental condition (iii) Effects of availability of water on adaptive modification
(iv) Structural adaption (fish, tadpole, toad, lizard, snail. Crab, prawn, birds)

6&7POLLUTION
(a) Definition of terms: (i) Pollution (ii) Pollutants
(b) Types of pollution (Air, Water, Soil/Land etc)
(c) Sources, Causes and effects of different types of pollution
(d) Control of different types f pollution (Air, Water, Soil/land etc.)
8.    CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
(a) Definition of conservation of natural resources
(b) Natural resources that needs to be conserved renewable and non-renewable
(c) Reasons for conservation
(d) Ways of ensuring conservation of natural resources
(e) benefits of conservation of natural resources
(f) Problems associated with conservation of natural resources

9&10REPRODUCTION
(i) Meaning of reproduction
(ii) Types of reproduction
(iii) Forms of asexual reproduction (fission, budding, spore formation, vegetative propagation, natural and artificial
(iv) Sexual reproduction (conjugation; fusion of male and female gametes, meiosis). (v) Excretion (definition, excretory organelle in living cell)
(vi) Reproduction in unicellular organism and invertebrates
(vii) Reproduction in amoeba (Binary and multiple fission)
(viii) Reproduction in paramecium (sexual and asexual)
(ix) Reproduction in spirogyra (asexual and sexual)
(x) Reproduction in earthy (sexual)
(xi) Reproduction in cockroach (internal fertilization)
(xii) Reproduction in housefly (internal fertilization)
(xiii) Reproduction in snail (internal fertilization- lay eggs)
11.Revision
12&13Examination

Second Term SS2 Biology NAPPS Scheme of Work

SSS 2
WEEK 1; EXCRETION:
– Definition of excretion
Structures of excretion in living organism – Waste products of metabolism – Forms in which waste products are excreted.

Week 2; tissues and supporting systems skeleton and supporting systems: Definition of skeleton Biology significance of skeleton Formsof skeleton (clutin, cartilage, bones, hydrostatic etc.)Types of skeleton – exo-skeleton and endo-skeleton.
Week 3; components of the mammalian skeleton
– Axial skeleton – The skull – Vertebral column – Ribs – Appendicular skeleton – Pectoral girdle – Pelvic girdle – Pentadactyl limbs

WEEK 4; Joints:
– Types of joint – Structuresof joints – Functions of joint – Mechanism of joint movement – Functions of skeleton Supporting tissues in plants (a) Types plant supporting tissues (b) Structure/features of plant supporting tissues. (c) Functions of plant supporting tissues

Week 5; alimentary canal/ digestive system alimentary tract of animals – INVERTEBRATE Planeria – Earthworm – Grasshopper
VERTEBRATE Birds Rabbits Similarities and differences in the alimentary canals of different animals Digestive system and digestion in man.

Week 6; practicals on digestive and skeletal system. – dissection of Rabbits/Rat/Fowl.
Week 7; feeding habits: – Categories and mechanism (filter and fluid feeding piercing, sucking etc.) – Modification in organisms to reflect feeding habitats.

Week 8; – Feeding in amoeba, hydra and man – Teeth – types, structure and functions – Dentition in herbivores, carnivores and omnivores, man.

Week 9; Transport system: – Need for transportation – Materials for transportation e. g. food, oxygen wastes. – Media of transportation (cytoplasm, lumph, blood etc.) – Composition and functions of blood and lymph.

Week 10; circulatory system in mammals – Structure of the mammalian heart, arteries, veins and capillaries. – Types and mechanism of circulation – Open and close circulation – Single and double circulation

Week 11; mechanism of transport in higher plants: – Absorption and transport of water and mineral salts. – Transportation – Translocation
Week 12; Revision and examination
Week 13; revision and examination

Second Term SS3 Biology NAPPS Scheme of Work

SSS 3
Week 1; heredity (genetics)
– Transmission and expression of characteristics in organisms. – Heredity variations, characters that be transmitted and how they can be transmitted. – How characters are manifest from generation to generation.

Week 2; chromosomes – Basic of heredity – location, structure, roles, in the process of transmission of heredity characters from parents to offspring progeny. – Probability in genetic – application of the principle of heredity in – Agriculture improved varieties. – Diseases resistance in medicine advice for purpose in relation to sickle cell gene, cross facilitation; self-fertilization, out and inbreeding using modalism crosses.

Week 3; VARIATION AND EVOLUTION: – Morphological variation (physical appearance which can be continuous size, weight, height, discontinuous variation – colour, slain, eye, hair, coat of animals, finger prints). – Physiological variations – Behavour – Ability to roll the tongue – Ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) – Differences in blood groups CA, B, AB, and O. – Application of variation in – Crime detector (finger prints of dangerous weapons). – Blood transfusion – Determination of paternity  

Week 4; evolution: – Progressive changes in structure, and the anatomy of organism using examples of features of organism from water to land. – Structural adaptation – adaptive clourations and their functions e. g. camouflage in chameleon, green snakes in green grasses, bright colours of flowers to attract pollinations etc. – Structural adaptation – For obtaining food e. g. proboscis for sucking sap in insects. – Protection and defense e. g. tortoise in shell – Mimicry colours for seuring mates for regulating body temperature etc.

Week 5; difference castes of terminate and their roles: – Different castes of bus and the roles they play in their social life.

WEEK 6; THEORY OF EVOLUTION
– The theory of evolutions according to Charles Drwin, Jean Baptist de Lamark
– Law of use and disuse
– law of inheritance or acquired characteristics (related to work of August Weisman using his experience of mating of mice).
– Evidence of evolution
– Fossil records
– Embryology – Forces responsible for evolution: Mutation, gene flow, genetic drift.  

Third Term SS1 Biology NAPPS Scheme of Work

006BIOLOGY
1.MICRO ORGANISM AROUND US -Definition of micro-organisms -Micro-organisms in air and water -Groups of micro-organisms
2.CONCEPTS OF CULTURING: -Identification of micro-organism in air, pond water, river stream etc -Micro-organism in our bodies and food -Carriers of micro-organism
3.MICRO-ORGANISM IN ACTION (a) Growth of micro-organism (b) Economics importance(harmful and beneficial effects (c) Disease caused by micro-organisms. (symptoms, mode of transmission and control of diseases
4.SEXUAL TRANSMITTED INFECTION(STIS) Definition, mode of transmission, signs and symptoms, prevention and control -HIV and AIDS ( definition, mode of transmission, signs symptoms and prevention
5.TOWARD BETTER HEALTH (a) Control of harmful micro-organisms. (b) Vectors (definitions and ways of controlling vectors). (c) Maintenance of good health (d) Roles of health organization ( WHO, NMA, UNICEF, RED CROSS) etc
6.POPULATION (a) Population size, dominance, density (b) Population studies methods (use of quadrant, Transet, capture re-capture (c)  Factors that affect population ( food supply, mortality, natality migration etc) (d) Simple measurement of ecological factors
7FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEM (a) Role of autotrophs, heterotrophs and decomposer (b) Trophic level (c) Food chain and food web (d) Energy flow along tropic level ( pyramid of number, energy, biomoiss
8.ENERGY TRANSFORMATION IN NATURE (a) Energy loss in the ecosystem ( solar radiation, energy loss in the biosphere) measures of primary production (b) Laws of thermodynamics (first and second laws) (c) Application of the laws to ecological phenomena
9.ALL PRACTICALS (i) Experiment on photosynthesis (ii) culturing micro organisms
10.ALL PRACTICALS (i) Experiment on photosynthesis (ii) culturing micro organisms
11.Revision
12.EXAMINATION

Third Term SS2 Biology NAPPS Scheme of Work

006BIOLOGY
1.RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS -Types and structures of respiratory systems -Characteristic of respiratory surface
2.MECHANISM OF RESPIRATORY -Lower animals (Amoeba, paramecium etc) -Higher animals ( Toad, fish, man) – Plants  
3.AQUATIC HABITAT MARINE HABITAT: (i) Characteristics of a marine habitat (ii) The major zones of the marine habitat )intertidal, Lotoral, Oceanic (iii) Distribution of organisms in the marine habitat (iv) Adaptation of organisms in the marine habitat
4.ESTUARINE HABITAT (i) Characteristics of the Estuarine Habitat (ii) Types of estuary (iii) Distribution of plants and animals in estuarine habitat (iv) Adaptive features of plants and animals in estuarine habitat v). Adaptive features of organisms in the freshwater habitat
5.FRESHWATER HABITAT (i) Charactertics of freshwater habitat (ii) Types of freshwater habitat (iii) Zones of fresh habitat (iv) Distribution of organisms in fresh water habitat (v) Adaptive features of organisms in the freshwater habitat
6.TERRESTRIAL HABITAT MARSHES/MARCH (i) Characteristics of a marsh (ii) Formation of a marsh (iii) Types of marshes (iv) Plants and animals that lives in marshes (v) Adaptive features of plants and animals in the marsh
7FOREST (i) Characteristics’ of a forest (ii) Starta in the forest (iii) Distribution of plants and animals that inhabit a forest (iv)Adaprive features of plants and animals in a forest
8.(a) GRASS LAND (i) Characteristics of grassland (ii) Types of grassland (iii) Distribution of plants and animals in grassland (iv) Some adaption of grassland communities (b) ARID LAND (i) Characteristics’ of Arid land (ii) Types of Arid lann (iii) Distribution of organisms in the habitat (Aridland)
9.ECOLOGY OF POPULATIONS (a) Ecology of Succession (i) Definition (ii) Structural changes in species composition, variety, diversity and increase in numbers (iii) General characteristics and outcome of succession. b. OVERCROWDING (i) Definition (ii) Factors that may cause over-crowding (iii)Effects of overcrowding (iv) Adaption to avoid overcrowding (v) Territorial behaviours, dispersal of fruits emigration, Immigrations etc
10.(a) FOOD SHORTAGE (i) Definition, causes, effects of food shortage on the size of the population.
(b) BALANCE IN NATURE (i) Factors affecting a population (Biotic, Abotic, Edaphic) etc (ii)  Responses for population to the effect of factors affecting population (iii) Dynamic equilibrium (iv) Family planning/contraception
11.Revision
12.EXAMINATION

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