Summary

• Description:

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

  • Number of Weeks: 14 (Covers Weeks 1-12; missing weeks such as Week 8, 13, and 14 are dedicated to the mid-term break, end-of-term assessments, and closing routines)
  • Number of Lessons/Periods per Week: 5

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Home Management (Weeks 1-12)
    • Hygiene During Puberty
      • Physical changes in boys and girls
      • Personal hygiene practices, managing ringworms, scabies, dandruff, and athlete's foot
      • Managing menstrual hygiene and developing a personal hygiene practices log
    • Safety in the Home
      • Contents and uses of a First Aid kit
      • Administering First Aid for cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, sprains, and fractures
      • First Aid for drowning, choking, fainting, shock, and suffocation
      • Safety precautions, safe waste disposal, and the importance of accident prevention
    • Housing the Family
      • Reasons for housing and comparing traditional and modern houses
      • Methods of acquiring housing (building, buying, renting, mortgage, inheritance)
      • Functions of different rooms and factors influencing room interrelationship
    • Cleaning the House
      • Reasons for cleaning, types of dirt, sweeping, dusting, scrubbing, mopping, and wiping
      • Choice, use, and care of cleaning equipment (brooms, vacuum cleaners, mops, basins)
      • Household waste management (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
      • Daily, weekly, and special cleaning of living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, and stores
    • Laundry Work
      • Importance of laundry, water properties (soft vs. hard), soaps, and detergents
      • Uses of bleaches, stiffeners, laundry blue, stain removers, and organic solvents
      • Washing, drying, finishing, and storage equipment (irons, ironing boards, wardrobes)
      • Laundry processes: sorting, soaking, washing, rinsing, drying, and finishing
      • Laundering specific personal items like handkerchiefs and innerwear
    • Consumer Education
      • Meaning, importance, consumer rights, and responsibilities
      • Evaluating sources of consumer information for reliability
      • Wise buying tools (budgets, shopping lists) and factors to consider when shopping
      • Applying consumer awareness to personal financial management and daily life
• File Size:

  26.95 KB
• Length:

  12 pages
• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  HOME SCIENCE
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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