Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Rationalized Home Science Term 2 Schemes of Work 2026 - MTP. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  This outlines the instructional path for Home Science over the second term of the year.

  • Number of Weeks: 1-12. Out of the 14 weeks, the missing weeks are dedicated to the midterm break or end of term 2 revisions and exam preparation and administration.
  • Number of Lessons/Periods per Week: 5

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Home Management (Weeks 1-12)
    • Hygiene During Puberty
      • Physical, hormonal and emotional changes
      • Personal hygiene practices for boys and girls
      • Menstrual hygiene management
      • Infections associated with poor hygiene
    • Safety in the Home
      • Contents of a First Aid kit
      • First Aid for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, fractures, sprains, fainting, drowning, choking, suffocation, shock, and nose bleeding
      • Safe disposal of First Aid materials
      • Importance of observing safety at home
    • Housing the Family
      • Reasons for housing the family
      • Traditional and modern houses
      • Housing methods: Renting, inheritance, mortgage, and building
      • Factors to consider when choosing housing methods
      • Functions of different rooms and utility rooms
      • Room interrelationship and its importance
    • Cleaning the House
      • Loose and fixed dirt
      • Choice, use and care of brooms, brushes, mops, dusters, dustpans, basins, buckets, vacuum cleaners, and squeegees
      • Procedures for sweeping, dusting, vacuum cleaning, wiping, scrubbing, and mopping
      • Cleaning the living room, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, toilet, kitchen, and store
      • Managing organic and inorganic waste
      • Importance of living in a clean house
    • Laundry Work
      • Soaps and soapless detergents
      • Water (soft/hard) and fabric conditioners
      • Bleaches, stain removers, stiffeners, laundry blue, and organic solvents
      • Washing, drying, finishing, and storage equipment
      • Laundry processes (rinsing, drying, and finishing)
      • Laundering white cotton shirts
    • Consumer Education
      • Importance of consumer education
      • Consumer rights and responsibilities
      • Sources of consumer information
      • Wise buying of goods and services
• File Size:

  30.67 KB
• Length:

  18 pages
• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  HOME SCIENCE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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