CHEMISTRY
FIRST TERM SS 1
WEEK
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TOPIC / CONTENT
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INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY
1. Meaning of chemistry
2. Career prospects tied to chemistry
3. Applications (Hospital, Military,
Teaching, Chemical and Petrochemical
Industries, Space Science, Agriculture etc).
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INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY
1. Adverse effects of chemicals, drug
abuse, poisoning, corrosion, pollution.
2. Scientific method.
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
1. Types of chemical industries
2. Importance:
- to the individual
- to the nation.
ACTIVITIES
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Teacher:
- Defines chemistry, gives examples and
illustrations.
- Guide students to identify career prospect in
chemistry.
- Uses posters and charts to guide class
discussion.
Instructional Resources:
- Pictures of chemical industries and
laboratories.
- Posters and charts.
Instructional Resources: locally available,
chemical industries.
Teacher:
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.
Teacher:
- Uses pictures of some local industries to
guide students to identify chemical industries
in Nigeria.
- Initiates and guide discussion on the
economic importance of the chemical
industries.
Instructional Resources:
- Pictures
- Charts
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
Excursion to chemical industries
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STANDARD SEPARATION
TECHNIQUES FOR MIXTURES
1. Classification of substances
2. Filtration, Evaporation, Decantation,
Floatation, Frostation.
3. Crystallization and Fractional
Crystallization.
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STANDARD SEPARATION
TECHNIQUES FOR MIXTURES
1. Distillation and fractional distillation.
2. Precipitation
3. Magnetization (magnetism).
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STANDARD SEPARATION
TECHNIQUES FOR MIXTURES
1. Chromatography
2. Sublimation
3. Pure and impure substances
(c)
Teacher:
- Takes students on field trips to chemical
industries.
- Guides students to observe:
i. the processes going on in the industries
ii. the various ways these industries degrade
the environment.
iii. Suggest ways of reducing environmental
problems.
Instructional Resources:
Chemical industries in the locality
Teacher:
-Guides students to understand underlying
principles behind the choice of a separation
technique for a particular mixture.
-Demonstrates the method of separation.
Instructional Resources:
-Water
-Sand
-Common salt
-Filter paper
-Evaporation dish
Teacher:
Demonstrates the method of separation
Instructional Resources:
- Liebing condenser
- Magnets
Teacher:
Demonstrates the determination of melting
point for solids and boiling points for liquids.
Instructional Resources:
- Ink
- Separating funnel,
- Cubes of sugar.
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PARTICULAR NATURE OF MATTER
1. Physical and chemical changes
2. Atoms and molecules
3. Dalton’s Atomic theory
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PARTICULAR NATURE OF MATTER
1. Constituents of atoms, Protons,
Neutrons and electrons.
2. Arrangement of electrons around the
nucleus.
PARTICULAR NATURE OF MATTER
1. Atomic number, mass number and
isotopy.
2. Relative atomic masses based on C14
isotope
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(c)
Teacher:
Demonstrates physical and chemical changes
using simple examples like burning of candle,
salts dissolved in water, burning of
magnesium ribbon and preparation of pap
(akamu) and starch.
ii. To guide students to make chalk (CaCO3)
as a chemical change.
Instructional Resources:
- Water
- Common salt
- Sugar
- Candle
- Matches
- Models (coloured beads)
- Calcium carbonate (calcium
trioxocarbonate iv) [CaCO3]
Teacher:
To guide students to calculate the empirical
formula from percentage composition.
Teacher:
Guide the students to calculate the relative
molecular mass of a compound.
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