SS2 Biology 3rd Term

SS2 BIOLOGY 3RD TERM

SS Two Biology Third Term

Aquatic habitats

Sub topics:
Period 1: Definition of aquatic habitat
Period 2: Types of aquatic habitats
Period 3: Estuarine habitats
Period 4: Freshwater habitats
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Describe the characteristics of a marine habitat.
Describe the pattern of plants and animal distribution in marine habitats.
Recognize the variety and size of freshwater habitat.

Terrestrial habitats

Sub topics:
Period 1: Meaning and types of terrestrial habitats
Period 2: Marshy habitats
Period 3: Forest habitats
Period 4: Grassland or savanna Habitats
Period 5: Arid land or desert habitats
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Define terrestrial habitats.
Recognize types of marshes.
Recognize the adaptations of organisms in marshy habitats.

Ecology of Population 1

Sub topics:
Period 1: Definition of ecological succession
Period 2: Climax community
Period 3: Characteristics of ecological succession of plants
Period 4: Outcome of succession
Period 5: Types or forms of succession
Period 6: Secondary succession
Period 7: Major communities in a plant succession
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Explain the meaning of succession
Describe the structural changes in species composition, variety and increase in number
Explain the meaning and give examples of: (i) primary succession (ii) secondary succession

Ecology of Population 2

Sub topics:
Period 1: Overcrowding
Period 2: Population
Period 3: Population Density
Period 4: Factors that may cause overcrowding
Period 5: Effects of overcrowding
Period 6: Adaptations to avoid overcrowding
Period 7: Food shortage
Period 8: Effects of food short on population
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Define population density.
State the importance or factors affecting population density.
Highlight the factors that may cause overcrowding.

Regulation of internal environment

Sub topics:
Period 1: Definition of Homeostasis
Period 2: Homeostasis in unicellular organism
Period 3: Mammalian parts involved in Homeostasis
Period 4: Functions of the kidney
Period 5: Conditions affecting the functioning of the kidney
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Define homeostasis.
Identify the mammalian parts involved in Homeostasis.
List five functions of the kidney.

The Liver

Sub topics:
Period 1: The liver
Period 2: Functions of the liver
Period 3: Diseases of the liver
Period 4: The structure of the skin
Period 5: Regulation of body temperature by the skin
Period 6: Care of the skin
Learning objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
know and list the functions of the liver.
State five diseases of the liver, their causes and remedies.
Describe the structure of the skin.

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