ANNUAL LESSON PLAN

BIOLOGY
FORM 4 2008

WEEK DATE TOPIC LEARNING AREA REMARK

1 03/01/08- Orientation programme

04/01/08

2 07/01/08- 1.1 The study of the Biology MODULE

11/01/08

1. 1.2 The scientific MODULE

3 14/01/08- INTRODUCTION Investigation
18/01/08 TO BIOLOGY

4 21/01/08- 2.1 Cell structure and MODULE

25/01/08 function HANDOUT
2. CELL
STRUCTURE AND 2.2 Cell organisation MODULE
5 28/01/08- CELL 2.3 Appreciating the HANDOUT
01/02/08 ORGANISATION uniqueness of the cell

6 04/02/08- 3.1 Movement across the MODULE

08/02/08 plasma membrane HANDOUT

7 11/02/08-
15/02/08 3. MOVEMENT OF 3.2 Movement of MODULE
SUBSTANCES substances across the HANDOUT
ACROSS THE plasma membrane
8 18/02/08- PLASMA
19/02/08 MEMBRANE

3.3 Appreciating the MODULE

movement of substances HANDOUT
across the plasma
membrane

20/02/08- TEST 1
22/02/08
 9 25/02/08- 4.1 Chemical composition MODULE
29/02/08 of the cell HANDOUT
4. CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION OF 4.2 Carbohydrates
THE CELL
10 03/03/08- 4.3 Proteins MODULE
07/03/08 HANDOUT
WEEK DATE TOPIC LEARNING AREA REMARK

11 10/03/08- FIRST MID TERM BREAK

16/03/08

12 17/03/08- 4.4 Lipids MODULE

21/03/08 HANDOUT

13 24/03/08- 4.5 Enzymes MODULE

28/03/08 4. CHEMICAL HANDOUT
COMPOSITION OF
THE CELL 4.6 The importance of MODULE
14 31/03/08- composition in cells HANDOUT
04/04/08

15 07/04/08- TEST 2
11/04/08

16 14/04/08- 5.1 Mitosis MODULE

18/04/08 5.2 Meiosis HANDOUT
5. CELL DIVISION 5.3 Appreciating the
movement of
chromosomes during
mitosis and meiosis
17 21/04/08- 6.1 Types of nutrition MODULE
25/04/08 6.2 Balanced diet HANDOUT
6.3 Malnutrition
18 28/04/08- 6.4 Food digestion
02/05/08

6.5 Absorption and MODULE

19 05/05/08-
assimilation of digested HANDOUT
09/05/08
food
6. NUTRITION 6.6 Formation of faeces and
defaecation
6.7 Evaluating eating habits
6.8 The importance of a
healthy digestive system

6.9 The importance of MODULE

macronutrient and HANDOUT
micronutrient in plants
6.10 Photosynthesis

20 12/05/08-
16/05/08
MID TERM TEST
21 20/05/08-
23/05/08

22 26/05/08-
31/06/08
MID TERM BREAK

23 02/07/08-
06/07/08

24 09/06/08- 6.11 The mechanism of MODULE

13/06/08 photosynthesis HANDOUT
6.12 The factors affecting
photosynthesis
25 16/06/08-
20/06/08
6.13 Technology used in food MODULE
production HANDOUT
6.14 Technology
development in food
processing
26 23/06/08- 7.1 The respiratory process MODULE
27/06/08 in energy production HANDOUT

27 30/06/08- 7.2 The respiratory MODULE

04/07/08 structures and breathing HANDOUT
mechanisms in human
28 07/07/08- and animals
11/07/08

7.3 Gaseous exchange MODULE

29 14/07/08- 7. RESPIRATION across the respiratory HANDOUT
18/07/08 surfaces and transport of
gases in human.

30 21/07/08- 7.4 The regulatory MODULE

22/07/08 mechanism in respiration HANDOUT
7.5 The importance of
maintaining a healthy
respiratory system

7.6 Respiration in plants MODULE

HANDOUT

23/07/08- TEST 3
25/07/08

31 28/07/08- 8.1 The abiotic and biotic MODULE

01/08/08 components of the HANDOUT
environment
32 04/08/08- 8. DYNAMIC
08/08/08 ECOSYSTEM 8.2 Colonisation and MODULE
succession in an HANDOUT
33 11/08/08- ecosystem
15/08/08

8.3 Population ecology MODULE

HANDOUT

34 15/08/08- SECOND MID TERM BREAK

22/08/08

35 25/08/08- 8.4 Biodiversity MODULE

29/08/08 HANDOUT
8.5 The impact of
36 02/09/08- microorganisms on life MODULE
05/09/08 8.6 Appreciating HANDOUT
Biodiversity
37 08/09/08- 9.1 Human activities that MODULE
12/09/08 endangered ecosystem HANDOUT

38 15/09/08-
19/09/08 9. ENDANGERED 9.2 The greenhouse effect MODULE
ECOSYSTEM and the thinning of the HANDOUT
39 22/09/08- ozone layer
26/09/08

9.3 The importance of MODULE

proper management of HANDOUT
development activities
and the ecosystem

40 29/09/00- REVISION MODULE

03/10/08 BANK ITEM

41 06/10/08- REVISION MODULE

10/10/08 BANK ITEM

42 13/10/08- REVISION MODULE

17/10/08 BANK ITEM

43 20/10/08- REVISION MODULE

23/10/08 BANK ITEM

44 28/10/08- END YEAR EXAM

31/10/08

45 03/11/08- END YEAR EXAM

07/11/08

46 10/11/08- END YEAR EXAM

14/11/08

END YEAR SEMESTER BREAK