The table below is the SS1 Chemistry Scheme of Work for First Term
Developed by the
Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)
| Sub – Theme | ||
| THE CHEMICAL WORLD | ||
| S/N | Topic(s) | Content |
| 1 | Chemical Industries | 1. Types of chemical industries. 2. Importance to the individual. – to the nation 3. Excursion to chemical industries. |
| 2. | Introduction to Chemistry | 1. Meaning of Chemistry. 2. Chemistry prospects ties to chemistry. 3. Application (hospital, military, teaching, chemical and petrochemical industries, space science, agriculture, etc. 4. Adverse effects of chemicals, drug abuse, poisoning, corrosion  Corrosion is defined as a natural process that causes the transformation of pure metals into undesirable substances when they react with substances like water or air. This reaction causes damage and... Morepollution. 5. Scientific method. |
| 3. | Particulate Nature of Matter | 1. Physical and chemical changes. 2. Atoms and molecules. 3. Dalton’s Atomic Theory. 4. Constituents of Atoms, protons, neutrons and electrons. 5. Arrangement of electrons around the nucleus. 6. Atomic number, mass number and isotopy. 7. Relative atomic masses based on C-14 isotope. |
| 4. | Symbols, Formulae and Equations | 1. Chemical symbols of elements and their valencies. 2. Empirical and molecular formulae. 3. Law of conservation of matter. 4. Law of constant composition. 5. Law of multiple proportions 6. Chemical equations. |
| 5. | Chemical Combination | 1. Periodic table (first 20 elements only) 2. Electronic configuration of atoms. 3. Types of bonds. a. strong bonds e.g electrovalentAn electrovalent or ionic bond is formed when a metal atom transfers one or more electrons to a non-metal atom. Ionic or electrovalent compounds are those compounds which are formed by... More (ionic), covalent, coordinate covalent (Dative bonds); metallic bonds b. Weak bonds e.g. hydrogen bond, van-der Waals forces. 4. Systems of naming compounds. – conventional – IUPAC *Any of these 2 naming systems is acceptable at this level. 5. States of matter: -Solid -Liquid – Gaseous state 6. The Kinetic theory and its applications |
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