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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
2 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Introduction
Cell division.
Mitosis.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To differentiate between sexual and asexual reproduction.
To state importance of reproduction.



To describe the process of mitosis.
Q/A: Defination of reproduction.
Teacher illustrates and explains sexual and asexual reproduction.
Teacher leads in a detailed discussion.
Drawing diagrams showing stages of mitosis.
text book
chart
charts
KLB BK III. P 78. CERTIFICATE PG 99
KLB BK III.
P 80. CERTIFICATE PG 100
2 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Mitosis.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the process of mitosis.
Teacher leads in a detailed discussion.
Drawing diagrams showing stages of mitosis.
charts
KLB BK III.
P 80. CERTIFICATE PG 100
2 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Mitosis in a young root tip.
Significance of mitosis.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe an experiment to show mitosis in a young root tip.
Group experiments: Observing different stages of mitosis. Drawing cells showing stages of mitosis.

Comparing drawn cells with those previously drawn.
Onion root tip.
Microscope
IM HCl
Cover slides.
text book
KLB BK III.
P 80. CERTIFICATE PG 102
2 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Meiosis.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To distinguish meiosis from mitosis.
To explain the principle underlying meiosis.
Explanations
text book
KLB BK III.
P 82. CERTIFICATE PG 103
3 1
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
First and second meiotic divisions.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the processes of first and second meiotic divisions.
Explanations and drawing diagrams.
Chart- stages of second meiotic division.
KLB BK III.
P 82. CERTIFICATE PG 104
3 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
First and second meiotic divisions.
Meiosis in plant cells.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the processes of first and second meiotic divisions.
To identify various stages of meiosis.
Explanations and drawing diagrams.
Group experiments- meiosis in young flower bulbs.
Drawing cells showing stages of meiosis.
Comparing drawn cells with those previously drawn.
Chart- stages of second meiotic division.
Flower buds
IM HCl
Source of heat
Glass slide
Filter paper
Microscope
KLB BK III.
P 82. CERTIFICATE PG 104
KLB BK III.
P 82. CERTIFICATE PG 105
3 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Significance of meiosis.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain significance of meiosis.
Detailed discussion.
Probing questions leading to differences between mitosis and meiosis.
KLB BK III.
P 82. CERTIFICATE PG 113
3 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Asexual reproduction. Binary fission.
Spore formation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify types of asexual reproduction.
To describe the stages of binary fission in amoeba.
Exposition and discussion.

Drawing diagrams/ discussion.
Chart- Binary fission in amoeba
Microscope bread/ ugali mould
Hand lens.
KLB BK III.
P 87.CERTIFICATE PG 113
3 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Budding.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain conditions necessary for budding in yeast.
Exposition and discussion.
KLB BK III.
P 89.CERTIFICATE PG 113
4 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Budding in yeast.
Sexual reproduction in plants. Structure of a flower.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain conditions necessary for budding in yeast.
To draw and label a flower.
Identifying, drawing and labeling yeast cells.
Group experiments- Examine flowers and identify parts.
Counting number of sepals, petals, stamen, carpels.
Previously prepared 10% sugar solution
Methylene blue
Microscope

Bean flower
Morning glory
Bauhinia Longitudinal section of a general flower.
KLB BK III.
P 89.CERTIFICATE PG 113
KLB BK III.
P 90.CERTIFICATE PG 117
4 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Flower terminologies.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain terms related to flowers.
Exposition of new concepts.
Teacher demonstration- examining features of flowers.
Flowers.
KLB BK III.
P 91.CERTIFICATE PG 117
4 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Flower terminologies.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain terms related to flowers.
Exposition of new concepts.
Teacher demonstration- examining features of flowers.
Flowers.
KLB BK III.
P 91.CERTIFICATE PG 117
4 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Pollination. Insect-pollinated flowers.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define pollination.
To identify agents of pollination.
To describe the structure of insect-pollinated flowers.
Q/A: Definition of pollination.
Agents of pollination.
Class experiment- Structure of insect pollinated flowers.
Students identify various parts.
Insect-pollinated flowers.
KLB BK III.
P 93.CERTIFICATE PG 119
5 1
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Wind-pollinated flowers.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the structure of wind-pollinated flowers.
Class experiment-examine inflorescence of star grass/ maize/ sugarcane.
Identify glumes, spikes and spikelets.
Compare them in text books/ charts.
Wind-pollinated flowers.
KLB BK III.
PP 93-94.CERTIFICATE PG 119
5 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Wind-pollinated flowers.
Adaptive features of wind-pollinated flowers.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe the structure of wind-pollinated flowers.
To state and explain adaptive features of wind-pollinated flowers.
Class experiment-examine inflorescence of star grass/ maize/ sugarcane.
Identify glumes, spikes and spikelets.
Compare them in text books/ charts.
Q/A: adaptive features of wind-pollinated flowers.
Wind-pollinated flowers.
KLB BK III.
PP 93-94.CERTIFICATE PG 119
KLB BK III. PP 93-94.CERTIFICATE PG 119
5 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Features hindering self-pollination.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To discuss features and mechanisms that hinder self-pollination in plants.
Exposition and detailed discussion.
wind & inect pollinated flower
KLB BK III. PP 93-94.
5 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Fertilisation process in flowering plants.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To define fertilisation.

To describe the fertilisation process in flowering plants.

Drawing diagrams,
detailed discussion.
chart
KLB BK III.
P 95.CERTIFICATE PG 121
5 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Seed formation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

To explain formation of seeds.

Detailed discussion.
text book
KLB BK III.
P 97.CERTIFICATE PG 123
6 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Fruit development.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

To describe development of fruits in flowering plants.

Detailed discussion.

text book
KLB BK III.
P 98.CERTIFICATE PG 124
6 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Classification of fruits.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To classify fruits using specific criteria.
Teacher presents several types of fruits and leads students in classifying them.
Detailed discussion, drawing of diagrams.

A variety of fruits, petri dishes
Blades
Containers.
KLB BK III.
P 99. CERTIFICATE PG 125
6 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Placentation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

To define placentation.
To describe the process of placentation.
To identify types of placentation.

Teacher exposes the meaning of placentation.
Students examine ovaries of various fruits as the teacher exposes the types of placentation exhibited.
Students draw diagrams showing types of placentation.
Fruits
Beans
Sunflower
Pawpaw
Orange
Primrose, e.t.c
KLB BK III.
P 100.CERTIFICATE PG 130
6 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Placentation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

To define placentation.
To describe the process of placentation.
To identify types of placentation.

Teacher exposes the meaning of placentation.
Students examine ovaries of various fruits as the teacher exposes the types of placentation exhibited.
Students draw diagrams showing types of placentation.
Fruits
Beans
Sunflower
Pawpaw
Orange
Primrose, e.t.c
KLB BK III.
P 100.CERTIFICATE PG 130
7 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Fruit and seed dispersal.
Internal structure of fruits.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain adaptive features of fruits and seeds to their agents of dispersal.
To label the parts of internal structure of a fruit.

To identify the functions of internal parts of a fruit.
Students examine fruits and seeds, observe external features, and group them accordingly to methods of dispersal.
Detailed discussion of observations made.



Teacher demonstration- Vertical sections of fruits.

Students draw and label the fruit internal structure.


text book
charts
KLB BK III. PP. 102-103 CERTIFICATE PG 130
KLB BK III. P. 104 
7 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Sexual reproduction in animals. External fertilisation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


To describe external fertilisation in amphibians.


Detailed discussion.
Strands of eggs of frogs.
KLB BK III.
P 105 CERTIFICATE PG 147
7 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Internal fertilisation.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe internal fertilisation and compare it with external fertilisation.
Tabulate differences between external and internal fertilisation.
KLB BK III. P. 105CERTIFICATE PG 148
7 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Reproduction in mammals. Reproduction in human beings.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the reproduction process in mammals.


To draw and label the structure of male reproduction system.

Detailed discussion.



Drawing and labeling male reproduction system.


Wall charts-Reproduction system.
KLB BK III. P. 105 CERTIFICATE PG 149
8

Midterm

9 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Functions of parts of male reproduction system.
Male reproduction system of a male animal.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the male reproduction system.
To identify parts of male reproduction system of a rabbit/ rat.
Detailed discussion.
To examine reproduction system of a male rabbit /rat.
Identify the parts of the reproduction system.


text book
Reproduction system of a rabbit/ rat.
KLB BK III. PP. 106-108 CERTIFICATE PG 150
KLB BK III. P. 108 CERTIFICATE PG 164
9 3
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Female reproduction system.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To draw and label parts of the female reproduction system.
Drawing and labeling.
chart
KLB BK III. PP.
108-110. CERTIFICATE PG 164
9 4
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Functions of parts of female reproduction system.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the functions of parts of female reproduction system.
Detailed discussion.
chart
KLB BK III. PP.
108-110 CERTIFICATE PG  150
9 5
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Female reproduction system of a female animal.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify parts of female reproduction system of a female animal.
Examine parts of a female reproduction system.
Identify the parts.
Dissected female rat/ mouse/rabbit.
KLB BK III. P.110 CERTIFICATE PG 151
10 1-2
REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Formation of ova.
The concepts of growth and development.
Measurement of growth.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To draw and label the human spermatozoon.
To describe the process of formation of ova.
To identify aspects that indicate growth of an organism.
Sketch a growth curve.
Drawing and labelling.
Detailed discussion.
Q/A: Adaptations of male gamete to its function.


Discuss growth aspects-height, weight and volume.
text book
KLB BK III. PP.
112-113 CERTIFICATE PG 151
KLB BK III. P. 134 CERTIFICATE PG 178
10 3
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Growth phases.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe lag and decelerating phases of growth.
Students will have collected data, e.g. height of shoots of different ages.
Teacher assists students to draw growth curves.
Discussion- phases of growth.
Shoots of known ages.
KLB BK III. P. 135 CERTIFICATE PG 179
10 4
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Intermittent growth curve.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Explain growth curve showing intermittent growth.
Q/A: life cycles of insects.
Exposition and detailed discussion.
chart
KLB BK III. P. 135 CERTIFICATE PG 179
10 5
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Structure of the seed.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To draw and label a typical seed.
To state the functions of the parts of a seed.
Students examine external structure of bean seeds and maize seeds.
Teacher assists them to identify the parts of the seeds.
Drawing and labeling the seeds.
Specimens of maize and bean seeds.
KLB BK III. P. 136 CERTIFICATE PG 182
11 1-2
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Longitudinal sections of monocots and dicots.
Dormancy in seeds.
Seed germination.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify structural differences between monocots and dicots.
To describe the process of seed germination.
To investigate conditions necessary for germination.
To explain conditions necessary for germination.
Obtain longitudinal section of the seeds.
Identify structural differences of the specimens.
Carry out iodine tests.
Explain the observations.
Observe previously prepared specimens.
Discuss the observations.
Hand lens
Maize and bean seeds.
Iodine
Scalpels.
video
Seeds
Cotton wool
Flat bottomed flasks
Corks
T-tubes
Thermometers
pyrogallic acid
NaOH solution.
KLB BK III. P. 136  CERTIFICATE PG 182
KLB BK III.
P 140. CERTIFICATE PG 184
11 3
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Epigeal germination.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To differentiate between epigeal and hypogeal germination.
To describe epigeal germination.
Observe previously prepared specimens of germinating bean seed/ castor seed.
Drawing comparative diagrams.
Specimens of germinating bean/castor seed at different phases of germination.
KLB BK III. P. 141 CERTIFICATE PG 184
11 4
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Hypogeal germination.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe hypogeal germination.
Observe previously prepared specimens of germinating bean seed/ castor seed.
Drawing diagrams.
Specimens of germinating maize seed at different phases of germination.
KLB BK III. P. 141 CERTIFICATE PG 184
11 5
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Primary growth of a seedling.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To describe primary growth of a seedling.
Brief discussion.
KLB BK III. P 143 CERTIFICATE PG 186
12 1-2
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Region of growth in a root.
Apical meristems.
Secondary growth.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To determine the region of growth in a root.
To describe secondary growth of plants.
Group experiments- Observe previously prepared specimens to determine regions of growth.
Discuss observations made.
Draw relevant diagrams.
Detailed discussion.
Germinating bean seeds
Cork pin
Beaker
Indian ink
Blotting paper
Ruler.
Charts- Apical meristems.
text book
KLB BK III. P. 144 CERTIFICATE PG 186
KLB BK III. PP. 145-146 CERTIFICATE PG 187
12 3
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Growth hormones.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain role of hormones in growth of plants.
Discuss the role of IAA, gibberellins, cytokinins, and abscisic acid e.t.c, in plant growth.
text book
KLB BK III. P. 147 CERTIFICATE PG 190
12 4
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Apical dominance.
Growth and development in insects.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To explain the role of auxins in apical dominance.
Probing questions leading to definition and explanation of apical dominance.
Shoot with lateral growth.
chart
KLB BK III. PP. 147-148.
12 5
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT.
Role of hormones in insect growth.
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
To identify hormones that promotes insect growth.
Exposition and explanations.
text book
KLB BK III. PP. 148-149. CERTIFICATE PG 199

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