Scheme of Work First Term Basic Science and Technology Basic 6

SCHEME OF WORK

FIRST TERM 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

THEME 1: YOU AND ENVIRONMENT 

WEEK 1

TOPIC – REVIEW OF BASIC FIVE’S WORK

WEEK 2

TOPIC – SYNTHETIC AND NATURALLY OCCURRING DRUGS

CONTENT 

• Meaning of drugs
• Types of Drugs

1. Naturally Occurring Drugs
2. Synthetic drugs  [click]

WEEK 3

TOPIC – DRUG USE AND ABUSE

CONTENT

• Normal use of drugs
• Abnormal use of drugs
• Effects of Drug Abuse  [click]

WEEK 4

TOPIC – OUR WEATHER

CONTENT 

• Meaning of weather
• Weather symbols
• Weather records

WEEK 5

TOPIC – EARTH AND SKY MOVEMENT

CONTENT 

• The sky
• Natural bodies in the sky
• The solar system i.e. the sun and other nine planets
• Gravity  [click]

WEEK 6

TOPIC – THE EARTH’S MOVEMENT

CONTENT

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Eclipse (solar and lunar) [click] [click]

THEME 2: LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS

WEEK 7

TOPIC – LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS
Content

• Identification of living and non living things
• Characteristics of living and non living things

WEEK 8

TOPIC – GROWING CROPS

CONTENT 

• With compost
• With fertilizers
• Without compost or fertilizer
• Importance of manure and fertilizers on the soil  [click]

WEEK 9

TOPIC – IMPROVING CROPS YIELD

CONTENT

• Food and cash crops
• Importance of increased labour on the yield
• Storage of farm produce

WEEK 10

TOPIC – THE HUMAN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

CONTENT 

• The human heart

1. Structure
2. Function

• Blood vessels

1. Arteries
2. Vein
3. Capillaries

• Blood circulation  [click]

WEEK 11 – REVISION

WEEK 12 – EXAMINATION