Biology is one of the science subjects SS2 students are required to offer in first term. The Unit of Instruction for SS2 Biology 1st Term is carefully developed from the Scheme of Work, which in turn is, based on NERDC current curriculum and SSCE syllabus.
Growth, Differences between plant and animal growth, Cell Reactions to its Environment, Reproduction, Differences between sexual and asexual reproduction, Tissues and Supporting Systems, Functions of skeleton in man, ETC
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Definition of Growth
Differences between plant and animal growth
Basis of growth
Day 2
Types of cell division: Mitosis and Meiosis
Stages of mitosis
Importance or role of mitosis
Day 3
Stages of meiosis
Factors affecting growth: Internal and External factors
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Irritability as basic characteristics of protoplasm
Types of responses
Day 2
Taxis or Tactic movements
Day 3
Nastism or Nastic movement.
Tropism or Trophic movement
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Environmental factors that evoke response.
Role of auxins in growth movement
Day 2
How light brings about trophic movement in stem and root of a flowering plant
Day 3
Meaning of movement
Organelles for movement
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Definition of Reproduction
Types of reproduction: Asexual and Sexual
Differences between sexual and asexual reproduction
Types of sexual reproduction in animals
Day 2
General forms of asexual reproduction
Day 3
Types of vegetative propagation
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Artificial vegetative reproduction
Day 2
Sexual reproduction and types
Day 3
Meaning of fusion of gametes (fertilization)
Advantages of sexual reproduction
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Introduction
The Forms and components of skeletal materials
Day 2
Types of cartilages
The vitamin and mineral element necessary for healthy bone development
Differences between bones and cartilages
Day 3
Types of skeleton
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Sub Topics:
Day 1
Features of a typical vertebra
Cervical vertebra
Day 2
Thoracic vertebrae
Lumbar vertebrae
Day 3
Sacral vertebrae
Caudal vertebrae
Sub Topics:
Day 1
The Appendicular skeleton:
The pectoral girdles
The pelvic girdle
The limbs
The ribs
Day 2
Definition of joint
Types of joints
Functions of skeleton in man
Day 3
Supporting tissues in plants
Mechanism of support in plants
Functions
Sub Topics:
Day 1
Types of skeleton
Bones of the mammalian skeleton
Day 2
Axial skeleton
The skull
Functions of the skull
Day 3
The vertebral column
Distribution of vertebrae in man, rabbit and rat
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