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SSS 1 Biology - Relevance of Biology to Agriculture

SSS 1 Biology - Relevance of Biology to Agriculture SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Relevance of Biology to Agriculture CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. Describe and state seven(7) effects of bush burning on ecological system. ii. Define and state five(5) effects of overgrazing. iii. Define and state six(6) effects of fertilizers. iv. State five(5) effects of pesticides and herbicides. v. Define and state seven(7) effects of tillage. vi. Define and state six(6) effects of deforestation. vii. State five(5) effects of bush burning. INTRODUCTION: The following agricultural practices carried out by farmers have some consequences on ecological system. These agricultural practices include: Bush burning, Overgrazing, Fertilizer application, etc. Bush Burning Bush burning involves the setting o...
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SSS1 Biology - Basic Ecological Concepts | Ecology and Ecosystem

SSS1 Biology - Basic Ecological Concepts | Ecology and Ecosystem SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Basic Ecological Concepts - Ecology and Ecosystem CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. Define ecology. ii. State and explain two(2) main branches of ecology. iii. Define ecological concepts. iv. State and explain two(2) main components of an ecosystem. v. State seven(7) interactions among the components of an ecosystem. INTRODUCTION: The word “Ecology” is derived from a Greek word “Oikos” which means home or dwelling place. Ecology simply means study of plants and animals in relation to their environment. Definition of Ecology Ecology is defined as the study of inter-relationship between living organisms and their external environment. Branches of Ecology i. Autecology – Concerned with the study o...
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SSS1 Biology - Basic Ecological Concepts | Biomes

SSS1 Biology - Basic Ecological Concepts | Biomes SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Basic Ecological Concepts - Biomes CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. State six(6) major biomes of the world. ii. State six(6) biomes in Nigeria. iii. State the locations of biomes in Nigeria. iv. State four(4) characteristics of tropical rainforest. v. State four(4) characteristics of Sahel Savanna(Sahelian). vi. State four(4) characteristics of Southern Guinea Savanna. vii. State four(4) characteristics of Northern Guinea Savanna. viii. State four(4) characteristics of desert. ix. State four(4) characteristics of Swamp. INTRODUCTION: Examples of biomes are tropical rainforest, savanna, desert, etc. Each of these biomes have characteristics used in describing it. E.g. Tropical rainforest characterized by ...
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SSS 1 Biology - Living things | Organization of life

SSS 1 Biology - Living things | Organization of life SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Living Things – Organization of life CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. State four(4) levels of organization of life. ii. Explain complexity of organization in higher organisms. iii. State five(5) advantages of complexity in higher organisms. iv. State five(5) disadvantages of complexity in higher organisms. INTRODUCTION: Life existed in an organized form so as to carry out efficiently the characteristics of living things. This organization occurs in levels. The simplest structures are found at the lowest levels and they interact to build up more complex structures at the next level and so on. Levels of organization of life There are four(4) levels of organization of life in organism. These are: Cells (...
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SSS1 Biology - Meaning of Biology

SSS1 Biology - Meaning of Biology SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Meaning of Biology CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. Define Biology. ii. State and explain two(2) main branches of Biology. iii. State and explain fifteen(15) sub-branches of Biology. iv. State and explain eight(8) characteristics of living things. v. State seven(7) differences between plants and animals. INTRODUCTION: Man has been inquisitive about life since the ancient civilizations through the middle ages into the 17th century until modern civilization. Many scientists have contributed much in the study of Biology such as Hippocrates, Aristotle, Robert Hooke, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Carl Linnaeus, etc. Definition of Biology The word “Biology” was derived or coined from two Greek words namely; Bios and Logos Bios meani...
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SSS1 Biology Classification of Living Things - Taxonomy

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SSS1 Biology - Classification of Living Things | Taxonomy SUBJECT: Biology TOPIC: Classification of Living Things - Taxonomy CLASS: SSS One BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: i. Briefly discuss the history of classification. ii. Define classification of taxonomy. iii. Define Binomial nomenclature. iv. State three(3) features of the Kingdom Monera. v. State three(3) features of the Kingdom Protista. vi. State three(3) features of the Kingdom Fungi. INTRODUCTION: There are over 2,000,000 known different organisms in the world today and probably over 1,000,000 are left to be discovered. All these living things have different characteristics such as shapes, size, colour, height. It will therefore be extremely difficult to study these millions of living things without first classifying them. Therefore, class...
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