Wednesday, January 4, 2017

SHS-1 Syllabus - Diversity of living & non-living things

1.3.1 differentiate between living and non-living things.
Life processes:
Movement, nutrition, growth, respiration, excretion, reproduction, response to stimulus.
Review characteristic features and examples of living and non-living things from JHS syllabus.
Explore the school environment to observe and record diverse ways living organisms move, feed, grow, respire, reproduce and respond to stimuli.
Discuss their observations in class and relate them to the existence of biodiversity.
NOTE: Detailed treatment of the life processes not required at this stage.
1.3.2 classify living and non-living things.
Classification schemes of living and non-living things:
a) Living Things:
Kingdom, division/phylum, class, order, family, genus species.
b) Non-living things: Elements: metals and non- metals.
Classification schemes of living and non-living things.
History and importance of classification.
Important personalities such as the following should be mentioned:
Aristotle (early classification),
Linnaeus (binomial system of classifying living things)
NOTE:
Include naming of organisms using the Binomial System of nomenclature (Linnaeus system of classification)
Mendeleev (Periodic table of elements and classification of living societies)
NOTE:
The 1st to the 18th element in the period table should each be classified as metal or non-metal.
Discuss the general characteristic of Monera, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia with examples.
General characteristics of the following kingdoms:
-Monera/Prokaryote (Blue-green algae and bacteria)
-Protoctista/Protista (Protoctists)
-Fungi
-Plantae (Plants)
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