TOPICS SYNCHRONOUS
1 NUTRITION (weeks 2-8)
 PLANT NUTRITION- (weeks 2-4)
photosynthesis, factors
affecting, testing leaf for starch,
limiting factors,
Plant Nutrition Assessment
week 5
 ANIMAL NUTRITION (weeks 5-8)
digestive system, structure and
function, nutrients, enzymes
and digestion, factors affecting
enzyme activity, absorption and
assimilation, egestion, food
tests, diet.
Animal Nutrition Assessment
Week 9
ASYNCHRONOUS
QUICK REVISION (weeks 2-5)
1. distinguish among  CELL/CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (week 2)
heterotrophic, cell organelles and their function, shape, location, number.
autotrophic and
saprophytic nutrition;  TRANSPORT ACROSS CELL MEMBRANES- (week 3)
2. describe the process of diffusion, osmosis, active transport.
photosynthesis in green
plants;  FOOD CHAINS, FOOD WEBS AND ENERGY FLOW- (week 4)
3. relate the structure of pyramids, energy losses, symbiosis, consumers, producers, carnivores,
the leaf of a flowering omnivores
plant to its function in
photosynthesis;  NUTRIENT CYCLES- (week 5)
4. explain how carbon, nitrogen, decomposers, processes and conversions.
environmental factors
affect the rate of Revision Assessment- week 5
photosynthesis;
5. discuss the importance
of minerals in plant
nutrition using nitrogen
and magnesium as
examples;
1. perform tests to
distinguish among food
substances;
2. relate the structures of
the human alimentary
canal to their functions;
3. explain the role and
importance of enzymes
4. investigate the effect of
temperature and pH on
the activity of the
enzymes catalase or
 amylase;
5. describe what happens
to the products of
digestion after their
absorption;
6. discuss the importance
of a balanced diet in
human.

2 RESPIRATION (weeks 9-14) 1. describe the process of

aerobic respiration; Portfolio presentation preparations (group work/ collaboration)
Respiration assessment week 14
2. distinguish between  Visual presentation, animation, poem, story board, narration, model
aerobic and anaerobic
respiration;
3. describe the mechanism
of breathing in humans
and gaseous exchange
in flowering plants;
4. identify characteristics
common to gaseous
exchange surfaces;
5. discuss the effects of
smoking.