Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Home Science Schemes of Work Term 1 2026. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  The schemes of work covers 6 lessons per week.

  The following strands and sub-strands are covered:

  • 1.0 Foods and Nutrition
    • 1.1 Overview
    • 1.2 Kitchen Layouts and Equipment
    • 1.3 Food Hygiene and Safety
    • 1.4 Methods of Cooking
    • 1.5 Nutritive Value of Foods
  • 2.0 Home Management
    • 2.1 Hygiene During Puberty
    • 2.2 Safety in the Home

  The specific topics covered within these sub-strands include:

  • Foods and Nutrition:
    • Importance of foods and nutrition and related career opportunities.
    • Analysis and illustration of kitchen layouts: L-shaped, U-shaped, Corridor, One wall, and Island.
    • Identification, classification, care, and improvisation of kitchen tools and equipment.
    • Food hygiene: differentiating spoilage and poisoning, identifying signs of spoilage, and practicing personal and kitchen hygiene.
    • Methods of cooking: preparing food (cutting, mixing) and cooking using boiling, stewing, steaming, frying (shallow/deep), roasting, and baking.
    • Nutritive value: classifying nutrients, understanding fortification, identifying nutritional deficiencies, and planning meals using local foods.
  • Home Management:
    • Hygiene during puberty: discussing physical and emotional changes and managing menstrual hygiene.
    • Safety in the home: identifying causes of accidents and contents of a First Aid kit.
    • First Aid procedures: simulating first aid for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, fractures, sprains, fainting, and choking.

  The main reference material is the KICD Curriculum Design for Home Science.

• File Size:

  30.98 KB
• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  HOME SCIENCE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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