FCT SECONDARY EDUCATION BOARD

CHEMISTRY SUBJECT SCHEME REVIEW SS1

24TH JANUARY 2024

CHEMISTRY
FIRST TERM SS 1

WEEK TOPIC / CONTENT ACTIVITIES

1 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY Teacher:

1. Meaning of chemistry - Defines chemistry, gives examples and
2. Career prospects tied to illustrations.
chemistry - Guide students to identify career prospect
3. Applications (Hospital, Military, in chemistry.
Teaching, Chemical and - Uses posters and charts to guide class
Petrochemical Industries, Space discussion.
Science, Agriculture etc.).
4. Adverse effects of chemicals, Instructional Resources:
drug abuse, poisoning, corrosion, - Pictures of chemical industries and
pollution. laboratories.
5. Scientific method. - Posters and charts.
Instructional Resources: locally available,
chemical industries.
i. Application of chemistry and adverse
effect on chemicals.
ii. Take students to visit chemical industries
e.g. paints, tie and dye, vegetable oil,
petrochemical industries.
iii. Explain the scientific methods of enquiry
using specific examples.
2 CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Teacher:
1. Raw material for chemical - Uses pictures of some local industries to
industry, guide students to identify chemical
2. Sources of Raw Material industries in Nigeria.
and location. - Initiates and guide discussion on the
3. Definition of terms: economic importance of the chemical
(Raw materials, finished industries.
products, bye-products Instructional Resources:
etc.) - Pictures
4. Factors to consider for Charts
siting industries.
5. Biotechnology and Biogas

3 CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Teacher:

1. Types of chemical - Uses pictures of some local industries to
industries guide students to identify chemical
- Heavy and Fine industries in Nigeria.
Chemicals. - Initiates and guide discussion on the
- classification of the economic importance of the chemical
chemical industries industries.
 2. Importance: Instructional Resources:
- to the individual - Pictures
- to the nation. - Charts
Teacher:
- Takes students on field trips to chemical
industries.
- Guides students to observe:
i. the processes going on in the industries
CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES ii. the various ways these industries degrade
Excursion to chemical industries the environment.
iii. Suggest ways of reducing environmental
problems.
Instructional Resources:
Chemical industries in the locality

4 STANDARD SEPARATION Teacher:

TECHNIQUES FOR MIXTURES -Guides students to understand underlying
1. Classification of substances principles behind the choice of a separation
2. Filtration, Evaporation, technique for a particular mixture.
Decantation, Floatation, -Demonstrates the method of separation.
Frostation. Instructional Resources:
3. Magnetization (magnetism). - Magnets
4. Crystallization and Fractional -Water
Crystallization. -Sand
-Common salt
-Filter paper
-Evaporation dish

5 STANDARD SEPARATION Teacher:

TECHNIQUES FOR MIXTURES -Demonstrates the method of separation
1. Distillation and fractional - Demonstrates the determination of melting
distillation. point for solids and boiling points for liquids.
2. Precipitation
3. Chromatography Instructional Resources:
4. Sublimation - Liebig condenser
5. Pure and impure substances Instructional Resources:
- Ink
- Separating funnel,
Cubes of sugar.
6 PARTICULAR NATURE OF Teacher:
MATTER Demonstrates physical and chemical
1. Physical and chemical changes using simple examples like burning
changes of candle, salts dissolved in water, burning of
2. Atoms, molecules and magnesium ribbon and preparation of pap
ions. (akamu) and starch.
3. Dalton’s Atomic theory and ii. To guide students to make chalk (CaCO3)
its modifications. as a chemical change.
Instructional Resources:
- Water
- Common salt
- Sugar
- Candle
 - Matches
- Models (colored beads)
Calcium carbonate (calcium
trioxocarbonate iv) [CaCO3]
7 PARTICULAR NATURE OF Teacher:
MATTER To guide students to
1. Discovery of Atom: (John Use the discovery to explain the shape of the
Dalton, J.J.Thompson, Earnest atoms.
Rutherford, Niel Bohr, etc)
2, Constituents of atom: Protons,
Neutrons and Electrons.
2. Arrangement of Electrons
around the nucleus. (shell
Notation:,K,L,M,N)

8 PARTICULAR NATURE OF Teacher:

MATTER Guide the students to use the
1. Structure of Atom quantum numbers to explain
(Introduction s,p,d,f, electronic configuration
2. Quantum Mechanics (the four and how to draw the atomic
quantum numbers) orbital.
3. Principles that govern the
arrangement of electrons in the
atomic orbitals: Pauli Exclusive
Principle, Hund’s Rule and Aufbau
Principle.
9. PARTICULAR NATURE OF
MATTER
1. Principles that govern the
arrangement of electrons
in the atomic orbitals:
(Continued)
2. Atomic Orbital
3. s,p,d,f Electronic
configuration.

10 PARTICULAR NATURE OF 14
MATTER
1. Atomic number, mass number
and isotopy.
2. Relative atomic masses based
on 12C isotope
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CHEMISTRY
SS 1 SECOND TERM
 WEEK TOPIC / CONTENT ACTIVITIES
1 SYMBOLS, FORMULAE AND Teacher:
EQUATION - Guides the students to write chemical
1. Chemical symbols of symbols and formulae correctly.
elements and their valences - Guides the students to write and balance
chemical equations.
2. System of Naming - guides students to calculate the empirical
compounds IUPAC and molecular formula of a compound.
3. Empirical and molecular
formulae Instructional Resources:
- Periodic table of elements
- Coloured beads.

2 SYMBOLS, FORMULAE AND Teacher: Performs experiments to illustrate:

EQUATION - perform experiment to illustrate
1. Law of conservation of conservation of mass.
matter. - law of Constant composition
2. Law of constant composition - law of Multiple proportion
3. Law of multiple proportions - to guide the students to report the
4. Chemical Equations experiment in the correct format:
- Aim
- Objective
- Method
- Diagram
- Result
- Discussion
- Conclusion

3 CHEMICAL COMBINATION Teacher:

1. Periodic Table (first 30 i. Guides students to:
elements) - identify the first 30 elements
2. Electronic configuration of - draw the electronic configuration of these
atom elements
3. Types of bonds: - place these elements in their proper
a. strong bonds (interatomic position on a blank periodic table template
bonds) e.g. electrovalent (ionic), ii. Explains the types of bonds and their
covalent, coordinate covalent characteristics.
(Dative), metallic bonds.
Instructional Resources:
- Blank periodic table template
- Models
- Charts
- Table salt.
4 CHEMICAL COMBINATION Teacher:
Types of bonds continued: - Uses simple demonstrations to illustrate
b. Weak bonds e.g. hydrogen the type of bond in common substances like
bond, van-der waals forces dipole camphor, common salt (NaCl), sulphur, etc.
-dipole force of attractions. - Teaches students to write conventional and
(intermolecular bonds). IUPAC names of common substances.
 4. Systems of naming
compounds: Instructional Resources:
- conventional - Sugar
- IUPAC - Camphor balls
Note: any of these 2 naming - Some liquids e.g. oil, water
systems is acceptable at this - Aerosol.
level.
5 CHEMICAL COMBINATION Teacher:
5. States of matter: Initiates class discussion on:
- solid - states of matter
- liquid - kinetic theory and change of state.
- gaseous state
6. The kinetic theory and its
applications
6 GAS LAWS Teacher:
1. Boyle’s law - Defines Boyle’s and Charles’ laws
2. Charle’s law - Illustrates Boyle’s and Charles’ laws
3. General gas equation - Write the equations for both laws.

Instructional Resources:
-Pictures and charts
-Piston and pump
7 GAS LAWS Teacher:
4. Daltons law of partial -Performs experiments to explain the laws
pressure - Effects of temperature on the volume of a
5. Gay-Lussac’s law gas.
6. Avogadro’s law -Effects of pressure on volume of a gas.
7. Avogadro’s number and - State the Gay-Lussac’s, Avogadro’s
the mole concept

8 GAS LAWS Teacher:

8. Ideal gas equation -Definition of gases e.g. cotton wool soaked
9. Graham’s law in ammonia solution and conc. HCl.
10. Molar volume of gases -Volume relations in gaseous reactions.
11. Calculations based on the - and Graham’s laws.
Gas law. -Solves the relevant calculations.
-Explains the relationship PV=nRT.

Instructional Resources:
- Cotton wool and ammonia solution; conc.
HCl.
- Thermometer and glass vessel etc.

9 ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS Teacher:

1. Characteristics, Preparations, -Provides different ripe and unripe fruits, sour
reactions and uses of acids and milk, some common laboratory indicators.
bases. -Guides students to classify indicators into
acidic and basic indicators.

Instructional Resources:
-Ripe and unripe fruits (mango, orange,
 pawpaw, grape, lime, etc).
-Sour milk.
10 ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS Teacher:
2. Characteristics, Preparations, Demonstrate efflorescence, Deliquescence
reactions and uses of bases and and Hygroscope.
salts.
Instructional Resource:
. -Brightly coloured flowers or leaves (hibiscus,
croton, ixora, allamanda, bluebells, etc).
-Chemicals (NaOH, KOH, HCl, H2SO4).
11 3. Characteristics, Teacher:
Preparations, reactions -performs experiments to illustrate
and uses of bases and neutralization reaction
salts -guides the students in the preparation of
4. Relative acidity and alkalinity salts.
(the pH scale). -demonstrates solubility of salts.
5. Deliquescent, Efflorescent and - Guides the students to extracts from
Hygroscopic substances flowers as indicators.

ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS

Solubility of salts in water. Instructional Resources:
-Distilled water
-Acetone
-Ethanol
-Filter paper
-Mortar/pestle, litmus paper
-methyl orange, phenolphthalein
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CHEMISTRY
SS 1 THIRD TERM

WEEK TOPIC / CONTENT ACTIVITIES

1 WATER Teacher:
1. Sources of water i. Guides students to:
2. Classes of water (Natural -identify properties of water
& Treated) -list sources of water
3. Types of water (soft and - list some water pollutants
hard water) ii. Demonstrate causes of water hardness.
4. Properties of Water iii. Gives the laboratory properties of water as
5. Water pollutants a reading assignment.
6. Laboratory preparation of
 water Instructional Resources:
7. Uses of water -charts (preparation of water, uses of water).
-water samples (river, well, tap etc)
-soap
-samples of contaminated water
-samples of hard water.
2 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:
1. Carbon: structure of -Leads the students in a guided identification
carbon of carbon containing compounds in and
2. Allotropes of carbon around us.
-charcoal, graphite and -Explains the relationship between carbon
diamond and life by explaining the function of some of
-structure and properties the compounds listed above.
of the allotropes. -Relates the structure of carbon to the
-the combusting of carbon formation of various compounds.
allotropes. Introduces the phenomenon of allotropes
using carbon.
Instructional Resources:
1. Samples of carbon-containing
compounds in and around us, e.g.
stick, paper, coal etc.
2. Models or colored beads.
3 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:
3. Coal: Explains the location, method of mining and
-different types economic importance of coal and coke.
-industrial distillation of
coal Instructional Resource:
-uses and products -Real examples of crude oil fractions such as
4. Coke: petrol (pms), diesel oil, kerosene etc.
- gasification and uses. -Shells, fruits, alkanols.
4 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:
5. Oxides of carbon: - Synthetic gas:
-carbon(iv) oxide (carbon manufacture and carbon uses
dioxide) -Explains the properties of carbon (iv) oxide,
-carbon(ii) oxide (carbon carbon (ii) oxide and trioxocarbonate (iv)
monoxide) salts.
6. Synthetic gas:
-manufacture and uses. Instructional Resources:
-carbonates
-glass vessels.
5 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:
7. Carbonic acid Explains the properties of carbonic acid and
(Trioxocarbonate (iv) acid) trioxocarbonate (iv) salts.
8. any carbonate Identifies the location of crude oil in Nigeria.
(Trioxocarbonate(iv) salts).
9. Hydrogen Trioxocarbonate (Iv)
Salts
10.Test for trioxocarbonate (iv)
Salts and Hydrogen
trioxocarbonate (iv) salts
6 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:
1. Crude oil and natural gas List the various fractions of crude oil giving
2. Importance of hydrocarbons their uses and economic importance.
3. Origin and composition of -Guides the students in the discussion of
petroleum (crude oil). origin and composition of crude oil.
4. Nigerian and world crude oil -Explains the fractional distillation of
reserves. petroleum and gives the students the list of
5. Exploration and drilling of the major fractions.
crude oil. -Guides the students in identifying Nigerian
6. Fractional distillation and Refineries.
major products.
7. Location of Nigerian Instructional Resources:
Refineries. Gas from decaying foods, fruits and
vegetables.
Pictures:
-on exploration of oil
-of any refinery in Nigeria
-fractional distillation apparatus
-petroleum products: kerosene, diesel oil,
grease etc.

7 CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS Teacher:

PETROLEUM OR CRUDE OIL -Explain the term cracking and reforming.
8.Cracking and Reforming. -Explains the use of petrochemicals as
9.Petrochemicals as starting starting materials for the synthesis of a large
materials or organic synthesis. number of organic compounds like plastics,
10. Quality of petrol: meaning of synthetic rubber, insecticides, detergents,
octane number fibres etc.
11. Natural gas: -Explains the use of octane number in
-occurrence determining the quality of petrol
-packaging as liquefied natural -Explains the occurrence, packaging and
gas (LNG) uses of natural gases.
-uses
- Economic importance of petrol. Instructional Resources:
-samples of plastics, synthetic rubber,
insecticides, detergents, fibres, (nylon,
Dacron, etc).
-cylinder of natural gas.
8 HYDROCARBONS Teacher:
1. Hydrocarbon and its main -Explains the tetravalent nature of carbon
classes. -Define homologous series and state their
2. Structure and valency of characteristics.
carbon -Identify and write structures of alkanes,
3. Meaning and examples of alkenes and alkynes.
hydrocarbon
4. Homologous series Instructional Resources:
(characteristics and naming- -Models of hydrocarbons.
IUPAC) -baromime water
5. Saturated hydrocarbons: -silver trioxonitrate (v) solution
composition and structure. -charts
-coloured beads.
9 HYDROCARBONS Teacher:
5. Isomerism -Illustrate with models, the stereo-chemistry
6. Unsaturated hydrocarbons of simple hydrocarbons.
(composition and structure -Explain and give examples of: aliphatic and
7. Aromatic hydrocarbon e.g. aromatic hydrocarbons.
Benzene structure and properties
only.
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Attendance of teachers who reviewed the Scheme

ZONE SIGNATURE S/ SCHOOL NAME PHONE NO.

N
Abaji 1. GGSS Abaji Monday Uwaigihiahano 080365525
73
2. GSS Rubochi Fadakin Johnpaul 090509616
Olabode 92
AMAC I 3. GSS Garki Ateekha Felix Efosa 090996245
10
4. GSS Wuse Omale Agada 080552409
44
AMAC II 5. GSS Nyayan Uwom-Moro Dorathy 080361571
77
6. GSS Karshi Sardauna Mamudu 070682335
25
AMAC III 7. GSS Jiwa Obaje Chogu Ekele 080306408
64
8. GSS Uzor Catherine Ada 080384585
Gwarinpa 72
BWARI 9. GGSS Dutse Adebayo Rauf 080561097
71
10 GSS Bwari Onoja Daniel Enejo 080600562
. 79
KUBWA 11 GSS Zuba Sultan Zakari 080570489
. 40
12 GSS Jibi Falade Benita 080585167
. 50
KUJE ABSENT 13 GSS Kiyi Yakubu Stephen 080365234
. 08
14 GSS Airport Ogar Simon 080353039
. 92
KWALI 15 GSS Kwali Ruth Yamah 080362598
. 06
16 GSS Kilankwa Joshua Oadipo 080365323
 . 16
GWAGWALADA 17 SGF Olayemi Foluke Felicia 080378865
. Gwagwalada 49
18 GSS Hajj Chinme Maureen Oby 070659189
. Camp 33