GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Living organisms in the
Students will:
Be aware that there is both diversity
and similarities of form in living
organisms
Understand the importance of abiotic
environment to living organisms
Understand that there is
interdependence between living
organisms and their environment.
Understand that there is a flow of
energy through living organisms within
the ecosystem
Appreciate the finite nature of the
‘worlds’ resources and the significance
of recycling materials in nature
Be aware of the effects of human
activities on the environment
Apply the knowledge of the
interrelationship of organisms with the
environment to identify problems
affecting the growth and survival of
populations.
TOPIC/CONTENT
CXC Biology
Environment
Characteristics of living things –
MERRING
Classification of living things based
on number of legs, presence of
antennae, wing, colour, shape etc
Reading and completing
dichotomous keys
Types of habitat
Methods of collecting organisms
Abiotic and biotic factors
Population and community
Niche and habitat
Species and population
Biodegradable and non –
biodegradable materials
Food chains and food webs
Trophic levels
ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Oral questioning
Observing and recording
characteristics of living things Biology A Concise Revision Assessing students completing keys
Course For CSEC.
Constructing tables to record
observations Nets Assessing students using the quadrat
Using quadrats to investigate Jars
the distribution of species in a Sieves
particular habitat
Bottles
Collecting organisms from
named habitat by using bottles, Soil types
jars, nets, sieves etc
Carrying out experiment on soil
air, water holding capacity, ph
etc
Constructing food chains and
food webs
Identify different trophic levels
in food webs
Observing a large tree, examine
root nodules, on the peanut
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Understand how the cycles work.
Know ways of conserving and renewing
the environment
Students will:
Know the structure of unspecialized cell
(plants and animal) and appreciate the
functions of the main cell structures
and of cell specialization
TOPIC/CONTENT
Decomposers
Predator/ prey
relationships
Relationships among organisms
such as commensalism, mutualism
etc
Carbon cycle, nitrogen,water and
oxygen cycles
Negative impact of human activities
on natural resources
Ways of conserving and restoring
the environment
Cells
Structure of plant and animal cells
Parts and function of each part of
the cell
Differences between plant and
animal cell
Osmosis and diffusion
Importance of cell specialization
ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
plant End of unit assessment
Trees
Interpret data on waste
management and pollution in Plants in the community
the Caribbean
Research and interpret data on
pollution of marine Visual aids charts on the cycles
environments in the Caribbean,
for example, Coral reefs.
Research projects. For example
describe a project involving
conservation.
Preparing slides of plant and Biology – A Concise Revision Assessing students preparing slides of
animal cells and viewing under Course For CXC plant and animal cells
the microscope
Microscope
Construct models of cells using Oral questioning
plasticine or other materials in Charts of plant and animal cell
the laboratory or home
Examine and draw the cross Listing differences of plants and animal
section of a root or stem as cells
seen under the microscope
GENERAL OBJECTIVES TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Students will: Nutrition
Autotrophic nutrition Identifying sources of food for
Understand that nutrition is the means a named organism for each
by which living organisms obtain their Heterotrophic and saprophytic types of nutrition CXC Biology
energy and materials requirements, nutrition Oral questioning
and this occurs in different ways Biology – A Concise Revision
Photosynthesis in green plant Demonstrate that light and Course For CXC
chlorophyll are necessary for Written exercises
Know the role of the teeth in digestion Adaptation of leaves for photosynthesis
photosynthesis Healthy plants
Understand the importance of enzymes
in digestion Food nutrients, sources , functions Draw and label the external Iodine
and deficiency part of a dicot leaf Writing up SBA report on food test
Ethanol
Food test
Understand the need for a balanced Test for food nutrients
diet The structure and functions of the Drawing and labelling the structure of a
human alimentary canal Drawing of the tooth and tooth
digestive system
Role of teeth in digestion
Various foods to perform food
Digestive enzymes test

Absorption Preparing scrap book on foods and

And the Villi Chart of the digestive system importance of eating a balanced diet

Importance of balanced diet Chart of the teeth

Students will: Respiration
Understand that respiration is the Aerobic and Anaerobic respiration Class discussion Balanced diet chart
means by which energy is made Word equations Oral questioning
available for carrying out life processes Carry out simple investigations
Mechanism of breathing to show the products of
Foster an awareness of the effects of anaerobic respiration in yeast C.X.C Biology
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
cigarette smoking and present
information on the diseases associated
with smoking
Students will:
Facilitate a willingness to explain the
need for a transport systems in
multicellular organisms
Understand the role of transport,
storage and defense in living organisms
Foster awareness as to why the heart is
considered the most important organ in
animal
Students will:
Understand the process by which living
organisms get rid of metabolic waste
TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Gaseous exchange Compiling scrap book on the effects of
Characteristics of gaseous Using model of the thorax Pamphlets on cigarette smoking cigarette smoking
exchange surfaces
Examining lungs of mammals,
Gaseous exchange in flowering gills of fish and various types of Quiz
plants leaves
Effects of smoking Interpreting data on smoking
Transport
Make models such as, cubes of
Components of the circulatory different sizes and compare
system their surface area/volume ratio Written exercises
Functions of blood vessels with Draw diagrams to show Model of the heart
diagrams differences in the structure of Drawing and labelling the heart
arteries, veins and capillaries
The hearts
C.X.C Biology
Diagram of the heart and function
of each part Biology – A Concise Revision
Carry out food tests for starch, Course
Types of circulation sugars and oil in storage organs
Food storage organs in plants
Importance of storage in living
organisms
Excretion Annotated simple diagrams of
Differences between excretion and the kidney structure and that Oral questioning
egestion of the nephron to illustrate the
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
and regulate body fluid concentration
Students will:
Understand the mechanisms of
movement and appreciate its role(s) in
living organisms
Develop the ability to list and identify
the parts of the skeleton and their
functions
Display an appreciation for the
structure of the different types of
vertebrae based on their location
TOPIC/CONTENT
The kidneys remove waste from
animals while the leaf and other
parts of the plant remove theirs.
Methods of excretion from plants
include leaf fall, barking, secretion
of calcium oxalate
Structure and function of the
kidney
Homeostasis and negative
feedback
Adaptation of plants to absorb
water
Movement
Differences between growth
movement of plants and that of
animals
The function of the skeleton
Types of skeleton
Joints
Types and functions
Structure of bone
Types of human vertebrae
ACTIVITIES
production of urine required
Class discussion
Discussing homeostasis and
negative feedback
Germinate kidney beans or any
appropriate seeds
Examining the human skeleton
Simple drawing showing the
relationships between origin
and insertion of muscles
Draw and annotate simple
diagram of the long bone of a
forelimb
RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
C.X.C Biology Assessing student completing written
exercise on the role of the kidney in
Biology – A Concise Revision homeostasis and osmoregulation
Course
C.X.C Biology
Drawing and labelling long bone of the
Biology – A Concise Revision skeleton
Course
C.X.C Biology Drawing and labelling the skeleton
Biology – A Concise Revision Written exercises
Course
Model of the skeleton Drawing and labelling the vertebrae
Bones Unit test
GENERAL OBJECTIVES TOPIC/CONTENT
Locomotion in man
The appendicular skeleton consists
of pectoral and pelvic girdle, fore
and hind limbs
Students will:
Irritability
Understand that organisms detect and
respond to changes in their external Definition of terms
and internal environment Stimuli, response, receptors and
effectors.
Know what stimuli, receptors, effectors
and response Plants respond to light and gravity
by releasing auxin which results in
Foster an awareness of how plants growth response
responds to stimuli (light and gravity)
Develop critical thinking of how
invertebrates respond to stimuli of
light, moisture, surfaces, touch etc
The nervous system
Students will: The CNS and PNS
Develop an appreciation for the Spinal reflex
nervous system and its role Cranial reflex
Human receptors
Know the function of the main regions The sense organs
of the brain and identify the sense
organs to which they are associated Sensory and motor neurons
with Reflex action
Know the range of receptors cell in Functions of the main regions of
ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION STRATEGIES
C.X.C Biology
Carry out experiment to Assessing students SBA report
investigate the effects of light Biology – A Concise Revision
and gravity using seedlings Course
Observing the response of Seedling Oral questioning
invertebrates for example
millipedes or earthworms
Mirrors
Group presentation
Investigating the changes in C.X.C Biology
pupil size in response to
changes in light intensity, using Biology – A Concise Revision Drawing and labeling the brain
mirrors, or the knee jerk reflex. Course
Use models or charts of the Oral questioning
brain
Charts showing reflex arc
Examine dissected eye of
GENERAL OBJECTIVES TOPIC/CONTENT
each of the sense organ the brain
Understand the sight defects and their Physiological , social and economic
corrections effects of drug abuse
Parts and functions of the eye
Accommodation
Sight defects
Structure of the human skin
Students will: Growth
Understand that organisms increase in Comparison of growth in plants and
mass, size and complexity during their animals
lives
Structure and functions of a
dicotyledonous seed
Process of seed germination
ACTIVITIES
mammal
Class discussion on sight
defects
Draw, label and annotate the
external and internal structures
of a seed
Use food test to compare the
food substances found in
cotyledons before and after
germination
RESOURCES
Model of the brain
Model of sense organs
C.X.C Biology
Biology – A Concise Revision
Course
Dicotyledonous seed
EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Matching parts and functions of the
eye
Written exercises
Assessing students interpreting graphs
Assessing SBA on drawing and
annotating the structure of the dicot
seed
FRIENDSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOL

ANNUAL SCHEME
BIOLOGY
GRADE TEN

PREPARED BY: MICHAEL CAMERON