This SS1 First Term Biology lesson plan and exam questions cover the approved 1st Term syllabus for Senior Secondary 1. Topics include living organisms, classification, and basic cell structure. It provides detailed notes, practical activities, and past exam questions with answers to aid learning and preparation for assessments. Biology is one of the science subjects SS1 students are required to study in first term. The Unit of Instruction for SS1 Biology 1st Term is carefully developed from the Scheme of Work, which in turn is, based on NERDC current curriculum and SSCE syllabus.
Sub Topics: Day 1: Biology of living things Definition and branches of Biology Day 2: Definition of science Processes and methods of sceince or scientific approach Day 3: Characteristics of living things Differences between plants and animals
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Classification of Living Things
Sub Topics: Day 1: System of classification of living things Day 2: Kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi Day 3: Kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia
Organization of Life
Sub Topics: Day 1: Levels of organiztion Day 2: Advantages of complexity in higher organisms Day 3: Disadvantages of complexity in higher organims
Nutrition
Sub Topics: Day 1: Plant nutrition Definition of photosynthesis Day 2: Light and dark reaction mechanisms of photosymthesis Materials necessary for photosynthesis Day 3: Conditions necessary for photosynthesis Elements required by plants for their growth and development
Nutrition in Plants
Sub Topics: Day 1: Nitrogen cycle Day 2: Trace elemnets Day 3: Effects of mineral defficiencies
Animal Nutrition
Sub Topics: Day 1: Types of food substance Balance diet Day 2: Heterotrophic nutrition Types of heterotrophic nutrition Day 3: Feeding mechanisms in holozoic organisms
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Functioning Ecosystem
Sub Topics: Day 1: Definition of autotrophic mode of nutrition Heterotrophic mode of nutrition Day 2: Acquatic and terrestrial habitats Examples of producers and consumers Day 3: Trophic levels Energy flow Pyramid energy
Energy Transformation in Nature
Sub Topics: Day 1: Definition of energy Energy loss in the ecosystem Solar radiation Day 2: Major sources and forms of energy Catabolism and anabolism Day 3: First and second laws of thermodynamics