Geography scheme of work for ss1 first term, second term and third term

GEOGRAPHY
SS 1 FIRST TERM
WEEK TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES
1 Introduction to Geography;

• Definition and scope of geography
• Importance of geography
• Guide students to explain concepts of geography
• Define geography
• Explains the scope and importance of geography
• Students draws references from the local environment to explain the term geography.
  Resources; Pictures, Maps
• 2 Geography of FCT
• Location, position and size of FCT
• Political division FCT, Towns and villages and their headquarters.
• Physical setting of FCT.
  Relief and drainage
• Draw a sketch map of FCT and insert some major physical and cultural features.
• Guide discussions on ;
  a) location, position, size of FCT,
  b) political divisions,
  c) physical setting etc.
  Resources;Pictures, maps, atlas, drawing paper.
• 3 Climate and vegetation of FCT;
• CLIMATE: Temperature and rainfall, humidity, etc
• Vegetation type; (man and natural vegetation)
• Population and people of FCT
  Guide discussions on:
• Climate of FCT
• Vegetation type
• Population
• Mineral resources and agriculture
• Commercial activities in FCT
• Carry out a guided field word
  4 Economic Activities in FCT :
• Mineral resources and agriculture
• Industries and commercial activities in FCT
• 5 The solar system
• Definition of solar system
• Components of the solar system and their characteristics
• Size and shape of the earth.
• Guide students to model the solar system
• Uses the model to guide students to identify and describe components of solar system.
• Guides discussions on:
  a) shapes and size of the earth, 2)
  position of the earth in relation to the sun.
• model the Solar System
  Resources;Globe, Aerial photographs of the earth,
  Illustrative diagrams.
  6 Earth’s Sphericity, Rotation and Revolution.
• Evidence of the earth’s sphericity
• Meaning of Rotation and its effects
• Meaning of Revolution and its effects
  TEACHER: Uses the globe and other models to demonstrate Rotation and Revolution
• guide discussions on effects of the earth’s rotation and revolution
  STUDENTS: watch demonstrations and ask questions
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; Globe, slide, Torch light and any source of light, diagrams
  7 – Difference between Rotation and Revolution
• Eclipse; Dawn and Twilight
  8 Latitudes and Longitudes;
• Meaning of Latitudes and important line of latitudes.
• Calculation of distances using lines of latitudes
• Meaning of longitudes, important lines of longitudes and their uses
• Differences and similarities between latitude and longitudes
• Great and small circles.
  TEACHER :uses the globe and map of the world to identify and explain:
• Latitudes and longitudes
• Equator, Meridian, Greenwich mean time, international Date line and grid reference.
  STUDENTS:
• Listen to teacher’s explanations, ask questions, Participate in discussions, Determine distances, time and time zones from Latitude and Longitude.
• INSTRUCTIONALMATERIALS:
• Atlas, globe, illustrativediagrams of positions of major
  regions of the world etc.
• 9 – Calculation of local time and longitudes
• International date line
• Greenwich mean time (GMT), Standard time, local
  time and time zones.
  TEACHER: – Guides discussions on :
  Equator, Relationship withmajor regions of the world. The
  meridian and the time zones etc
• Guides students to:
  -differentiate between latitudes and longitudes, Calculate local time of places from Longitudes.
• STUDENTS: Determine distances, time and time zones from latitudes and longitudes
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: As in week 8
  10 THE EARTH’S STRUCTURE:
• Major spheres of the earth(atmosphere, biosphere, etc)
• Interior structure of the earth(crust, mantle and core)
• Rock types (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) and their characteristics (structure, colour and texture. )
  TEACHER: Uses diagrams and sketches to guide students to :
• Identify earth’s major spheres
• Identify the structure of the earth’s crust
• Initiates and guides discussions on composition of the spheres
• characteristics of crust, mantle etc
• explains relationship between the spheres etc
  STUDENTS: – Participate in guided tour of the school to observe the earth’s spheres
• Draw and label cross section of
  earth’s crust
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
  Illustrative diagrams, sketches, models of the cross section of earth’s interior
  11 Rocks contd.
• Mode of formation and uses of rocks
• Mountains types: ( fold, block, etc) and their mode of
  formation
• Characteristics and uses of mountains
  TEACHER: Takes students on field work to collect and classify rocks
  -Initiate and guide discussions on :
  structure, colour, texture, permeability of rock types,
• Process of formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
• Mode of formation and importance of rock.
  STUDDENTS: Bring pictures and things made from rock
• Prepare an album of rocks in the
• locality
• INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS :Rock samples ,Pictures of rock, Illustrative diagram
• 12 PLATEAUX / LOW LANDS
• Meaning, types of plateaux, uses and disadvantages of
  mountains
• Lowlands: Meaning, types (valleys , crust, plains) etc.
• Importance and disadvantages of low lands.
  TEACHER: – Uses pictures and models to guide students to identify different mountains types
  -Takes students on guided tour of locality to observe highland and lowland in the locality
• Initiate discussions on :
• characteristics of mountain types,
  types of lowland processes of formation,
• Importance and disadvantages etc
  STUDENTS: Participate in guided tour to observe mountains and lowlands
• Make models of mountains , lowlands
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Atlas, Maps, sketches, pictures of lowlands, Models
  13 Revision Revision
  14 Examination Examination
  GEOGRAPHY
  SS 1 SECOND TERM
  WEEK TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES
  1 The Environment :Weather and
  climate :
• Meaning of environment, types and importance
• Definition of weather and climate and their differences
• Elements of weather and their instruments used in recording them.
  TEACHER:
• Conduct outdoor activities for students to observe the environment
• Guide class discussions on;
  classification of environment (physical, social, cultural
• Recognize components of the environment into 3 major domains
• Weather elements and their attributes
• importance of weather on physical and human activities
• Guides students to make measurements and keep weather
  2 CLIMATE (CONTD.)
• Attribute of climate (variability), aerial extents, decoration, etc
• Importance of weather. records

• Guides students to discussing factors affecting climate with examples.
  STUDENTS: participate in guided tour to observe mountains, lowland
• Make models of mountains, lowlands
• Take weather measurements and keep weather records
  INSTRUSTRATION MATERIALS:
  Illustrative diagram and sketches, Rain Guauge, Wind Vane, Barometer, Hygrometer etc
  3 FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE:
• Altitude, Latitude,Slope and aspect, continentality etc
• 4 GOEGRAPHY OF NIGERIA:
• Location, position, size and distance( Latitudes, longitudes, boundaries and neighbours)
• Political division of Nigeria(states and their capitals, local government and their headquarters.
  TEACHER:
• Uses maps to help students describe the location and position of Nigeria with respect to her neighbours
• Guides students to;
• Describe location of states and their capitals with reference to latitudes and longitudes
• Determine size, area, landmarks of Nigeria
• Draw political maps of Nigeria, insert states and their headquarters
• Discuss Nigeria’s climate, characteristics of different seasons etc.
  Discuss drainage of Nigeria.
• Draw a map of Nigeria showing relief and drainage distribution.
  STUDENTS: calculate the area of Nigeria
• Draws the political map of Nigeria showing the states capitals and local government headquarters
• Draw relief map of Nigeria and linking it with drainage distribution of Nigeria.
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Atlas,
  political maps of Nigeria, Globe, illustrative diagrams and sketches.
  5 NIGERIA CONT.
• Relief- Highland And Low Lands
  Drainage –Major Rivers and their characteristics
• Importance and problems of Nigerians rivers
  6 NIGERIA CONT.
• River Basin- meaning , major basins and uses of basins
• Lakes in Nigeria: Meaning, types, reasons for shallowness of lake chad
• Uses of Lakes
  7 POPULATION OF NIGERIA:
• Definition, concepts and population distribution
• Population structure and quality
  TEACHER : Guides students to observe population structure and distribution.
• Guides class discussions on:
  -Population, size, distribution and Population
• movement(migration) and population data (census) structure
• -Population quality, population movement, data and their sources and problems of data
• STUDENTS: observe distribution of population within the school
• Identify and locate highly
  populated urban centres, rural
  areas with sparse population
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
• Map of Nigeria showing population distribution, pictures,
• slides of densely populated areas, posters of HIV/AIDS to explain quality of population
• Maps showing various resources
  8 RESOURCES OF NIGERIA:
• Mineral resources: meaning and types of mineral
  resources (petroleum, national gas, tin and columbite, etc
• Power resources(petroleum, gas, HEP, solar energy, etc.
  water resources: meaning ,types(river lakes, dams, seas, underground water
  TEACHER: Leads students to identify various minerals on Nigeria
• Takes students out to observe mining sites, observe vegetation and water resources within and around community.
• Guides students to
  -Locate where Nigeria’s major resources are found in the map
  -Discuss the importance of these resources to Nigeria’s economy
  STUDENTS: Make record /report of resources found in their community
  -Identify and classify Nigeria’s resources
  -Draw a map of Nigeria and insert various resources
  INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
• Map of Nigeria showing population distribution, pictures,
• slides of densely populated areas, posters of HIV/AIDS to explain quality of population
• Maps showing various resources
  9 RESOURCES OF NIGERIA CONTD.:
• Vegetation resources; meaning and types of
  vegetation(Man and natural
  TEACHER: Leads discussions on the meaning and types of vegetation and the importance of vegetation to man
  STUDENTS: Should be able to differentiate, giving examples, betweenvegetation (e.g crops, government etc)
• human and natural vegetation .
• INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL: Pictures, slides, Maps
• 10 MAPWORK/READING
• Maps: meaning, types, examples and uses.
• Scales: definition, types , attributes, size (small and large), merits and demerits.
• Conversion of scales
  TEACHER: -Brings different types of maps to class.
• Helps the students to identify different types of maps
• Guides class discussion on
  -Meaning, types and uses of maps,, and map scales .
  STUDENTS: Identify different types of maps brought to class convert on type of scale to another
• INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL:different types of maps , Atlas, Ruler or measuring tape.
• 11 Revision Revision
  12 Examination Examination
  GEOGRAGHY
  SS 1 THIRD TERM
  WEEK TOPIC / CONTENT ACTITIVIES
  1 Map Distance:
• Measurement of units and conversion of distance to map
  distance
• Map Reduction
• Map enlargement
  Teacher: guides the class discussion on ;
• Measurement of distances and conversions to real distance
• Demonstrate map reduction and enlargement
• Guide students as they enlarge, reduce maps
• Identification of physical and
• 2 Interpretation of physical and cultural features:
• Contour lines, definition, intervals etc
• Physical features (ridges, spurs, valleys, hills, rivers etc)
• Cultural features (road, settlements, schools,
  communication lines, etc cultural features
• Relationship between physical and cultural features.
  Students:
• carry out practical activities on map reduction and enlargement
• Solve problems on how scales of map can change when maps are reduced or enlarged.
• carry out practical work on map interpretation
  Instructional materials:
• Maps, sketches, Ruler, Drawing paper slides
  3 Transportation:
• Definition, types/modern means of transportation(roads,
  rail, water, air, pipeline, etc
  Teacher:
• Uses maps, diagrams, pictures to guide students to identify
  transportation types.
• Merits and Demerits of each type of transportation
• Importance and problems of transportation.
  Student:
• Sketch map of Nigeria showing rails, air transport
  Instructional Materials : Maps, Atlas, Films, drawing paper.
  4 Industry :
• Definition and classes of Industries.(Primary,
  secondary, tertiary and quaternary .
• Heavy and light Industries
  Teacher : Guides students to
• Locate major industrial regions on a world map
• Identify and describe major industries
• Takes students out to visit industries in the locality
  Students : Draw maps and locate major industrial regions in Nigeria, and the world.
• Pay visit to local industries
  Instructional materials :
• World maps, sketches, Films, pictures
  5 Basic concepts of geographic information system (GIS)
• Definition and geographic data
  Teacher :
• Explains concepts of GIS and Geographic data
• (lines for users, roads, rails, etc, points for bore holes,
• images etc)
• Sources of GIS (maps, fieldwork, satellite, images, etc)
• Importance of geo-, geographic data and the GIS
• Guides discussions on ;
• Sources of geographic data e.g
  maps, data from field work, satellite images etc
• Geo-referencing for GIS data
• Importance of GIS
  Student : Participate in guided field work
  Instructional Materials : Maps, Air
  photo, computer system with GIS software installed
  6 Components of GIS
• Hardware (digitizer, global positioning system (GPS),
  Computer, printer, scanner, etc and software (data, imput, storage, retrieval, manipulations, etc)
• Data: Positional and rational
• Procedures(sets of rules) and people (experts)
  Teacher :Guides students to ;
• identify GIS hardware
• identify the various software and their uses
• use GIS hardware e.g Digitizer, GPS, Computer etc
• Initiate discussions on data types components of GIS, procedures etc
  Students :Manipulate/use the GPS, Digitizer and computer to process geographic data
  Instructional Materials; Sketches showing components of GIS Slides, GPS, Printer etc.
• 7 Earth’s External Processes and Land Form Development :
• Action of running water:
  definition and terms associated with running water (River) – sources and courses of a river, slope, shape of valley, volume of water, size of materials
• Stages of a river development-upper course (characteristics, processes and features produced)
• Middle course of a river (characteristics, processes of
  river transportation and features produced)
  Teacher:
• Initiates the discussion leading to ;
• Definition and explanation of major terms associated with actions of running water.
• Use of diagrams to explain processes of river erosion ;
  Corrosion, attrition, hydraulic action
• Processes of river transport: use of diagrams to describe
  landforms in various stages of river development.
  Students : Draw diagrams or models showing various landforms associated with stages of river development
• participate in guided tour to observe some of these landforms
• Instructional Materials :
• Pictures, slides, models, illustrated diagrams.
• Drainage pattern-Dentritic, trellised
  and radial
  8 Stages of River Development
  Contd.
• Lower course of a river
  (characteristics and features
  e.g levees,
• Delta : Definition,
  characteristics, conclusions for
  formation, types and
  importance.
  Teacher : uses of pictures, models
  and sketches to explain
• Processes of wind erosion
• Formation and characteristics of
  wind erosion
• Landforms , mode of formation and
  characteristics of wind deposition
  landforms
  Students : Draw diagrams and
  construct models showing various
  erosion and deposition landforms
  9 Action of Winds
• Definition and processes of
  wind erosion (abrasion,
  attrition and deflation)
• Features/landforms of wind
  erosion(rock pedestal,
  zeugens, yardangs, etc
• Features of wind deposition
  (loes, barchans, seif domes)
  etc
  10 Glacier action :
• Definition of terms associated
  with glacier (ice, glacier,
  glaciations and features of
  glacier erosion in the highland
  areas
• Glacier features in lowland
  areas roche mountanee, crag
  and tail boulder clay erratic
  drumlins, eskers etc
• Economic importance of glacier features
  Teacher :
• Uses pictures, models to :
• explain characteristics features of landforms in glacier regions
• Help students locate the
  countries/regions where these
  landforms are found
• Guides discussions on mode of
  formation and economic
  importance.
  Students : Draw annotated diagrams
  to show the features of various
  landforms
  Instructional Materials : Films,
  Models, Annotated diagrams and
  sketches.
  11 Revision Revision
  12 Examination Examination