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Sciences. Level 1 to 18.

Basic science, physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space, and environmental science, to university level. All of it is planned and not yet written.

All seventeen subjects

6 strands · 65 topics · about 304 modules planned · 8 specified · 0 with a sample lesson. From Primary 1 to Master's topics.

Series SCSCSciencesWave 2
Planned for authoring wave 2.

Basic science

Living things, materials, forces, energy, and the earth and sky, for Levels 1–9.

  1. Living things

    SC-BSC-LIV · Primary 1 to Primary 6 · about 6 modules planned

    What makes something alive, and how plants and animals grow and survive.

    • About 6 planned

  2. Materials

    SC-BSC-MAT · Primary 1 to Primary 6 · about 5 modules planned

    Wood, metal, plastic, clay and cloth: their properties and uses.

    • About 5 planned

  3. Forces

    SC-BSC-FOR · Primary 2 to JSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

    Pushes, pulls, friction and gravity in everyday life.

    • About 5 planned

  4. Energy

    SC-BSC-ENR · Primary 2 to JSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

    Light, heat, sound and movement: energy around us.

    • About 5 planned

  5. Earth and sky

    SC-BSC-EAS · Primary 1 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 5 modules planned

    Day and night, seasons, the moon and the stars.

    • About 5 planned

Physics

Motion to atoms at school; mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum physics and relativity beyond.

Previews Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery

  1. Motion

    SC-PHY-MOT · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

    Speed, velocity, acceleration and motion graphs.

    • About 5 planned

  2. Forces

    SC-PHY-FOR · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 6 modules planned

    Newton's laws, moments, pressure and stretching.

    • About 6 planned

  3. Energy

    SC-PHY-ENR · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

    Energy stores and transfers, work, power and efficiency.

    • About 5 planned

  4. Waves

    SC-PHY-WAV · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 6 modules planned

    Sound, light and the electromagnetic spectrum.

    • About 6 planned

  5. Electricity

    SC-PHY-ELC · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · 6 modules specified

    Circuits, Ohm's law, power and energy, series and parallel, a.c. and d.c., and safety.

  6. Magnetism

    SC-PHY-MAG · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    Magnets, fields, electromagnets and motors.

    • About 4 planned

  7. Thermal physics

    SC-PHY-THR · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Temperature, heat transfer, and why the Lantern's roof is insulated.

    • About 4 planned

  8. Atoms and radioactivity

    SC-PHY-ATM · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    The nucleus, radiation and its uses and dangers.

    • About 4 planned

  9. Space

    SC-PHY-SPC · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    The solar system, stars and the universe.

    • About 4 planned

  10. Classical mechanics

    SC-PHY-CLM · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Newtonian mechanics with calculus: oscillations, orbits and rigid bodies.

    • About 6 planned

  11. Electromagnetism

    SC-PHY-ELM · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Fields, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves.

    • About 6 planned

  12. Quantum mechanics

    SC-PHY-QMC · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Wavefunctions, uncertainty and the physics of the very small.

    • About 6 planned

  13. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics

    SC-PHY-TSM · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 5 modules planned

    Entropy, heat engines and the statistics of many particles.

    • About 5 planned

  14. Relativity

    SC-PHY-REL · 300 Level to Master's topics · about 4 modules planned

    Special and general relativity.

    • About 4 planned

  15. Astrophysics

    SC-PHY-AST · 300 Level to Master's topics · about 5 modules planned

    Stars, galaxies and cosmology.

    • About 5 planned

  16. Solid-state physics

    SC-PHY-SSP · 300 Level to Master's topics · about 5 modules planned

    Crystals, semiconductors and how a solar cell really works.

    • About 5 planned

Chemistry

Particles to organic chemistry at school; physical, inorganic, organic, analytical and biochemistry beyond.

Previews Chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery

  1. Particles

    SC-CHE-PAR · JSS 1 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 3 modules planned

    Solids, liquids and gases, and changes of state.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Atoms and the periodic table

    SC-CHE-ATM · JSS 2 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

    Protons, neutrons, electrons and the pattern of the elements.

    • About 5 planned

  3. Bonding

    SC-CHE-BND · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding.

    • About 4 planned

  4. Reactions

    SC-CHE-RXN · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

    Chemical change, equations and conservation of mass.

    • About 5 planned

  5. Moles

    SC-CHE-MOL · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Counting particles by weighing: the mole and reacting masses.

    • About 4 planned

  6. Acids and bases

    SC-CHE-ACB · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    pH, neutralisation and salts, with safe kitchen-table tests.

    • About 4 planned

  7. Rates

    SC-CHE-RTS · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    What speeds reactions up and slows them down.

    • About 3 planned

  8. Electrochemistry

    SC-CHE-ELC · SSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Electrolysis, cells and batteries.

    • About 3 planned

  9. Organic chemistry

    SC-CHE-ORG · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    Carbon compounds: fuels, plastics and the molecules of life.

    • About 5 planned

  10. Physical chemistry

    SC-CHE-PHC · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Thermodynamics, kinetics and equilibrium in depth.

    • About 6 planned

  11. Inorganic chemistry

    SC-CHE-INO · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 5 modules planned

    The chemistry of the elements and their compounds.

    • About 5 planned

  12. Advanced organic chemistry

    SC-CHE-AOC · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Reaction mechanisms and synthesis.

    • About 6 planned

  13. Analytical chemistry

    SC-CHE-ANA · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Measuring what is in a sample, and how much.

    • About 4 planned

  14. Biochemistry

    SC-CHE-BCH · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    The chemistry of living things: proteins, enzymes and metabolism.

    • About 6 planned

  15. Spectroscopy

    SC-CHE-SPE · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 3 modules planned

    Identifying molecules with light.

    • About 3 planned

Biology

Cells to ecology at school; molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, physiology and more beyond.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Nursing, Biochemistry

  1. Cells

    SC-BIO-CEL · JSS 1 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    The building blocks of life, seen under the microscope.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Classification

    SC-BIO-CLS · Primary 6 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 3 modules planned

    Sorting living things into groups, and why scientists name them.

    • About 3 planned

  3. Body systems

    SC-BIO-BDY · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 6 modules planned

    Digestion, breathing, circulation and the nervous system.

    • About 6 planned

  4. Plants

    SC-BIO-PLT · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 5 modules planned

    Photosynthesis, transport and how crops grow.

    • About 5 planned

  5. Reproduction

    SC-BIO-REP · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    How plants and animals reproduce, including humans.

    Handled with care. Human reproduction is taught factually, with facilitator notes, in line with the safeguarding policy. Not shown below Level 8. Comes with a facilitator note.

    • About 4 planned

  6. Genetics

    SC-BIO-GEN · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    DNA, genes, inheritance and variation.

    • About 5 planned

  7. Evolution

    SC-BIO-EVO · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Natural selection and the evidence for it.

    • About 3 planned

  8. Ecology

    SC-BIO-ECO · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned

    Food chains, habitats and how living things depend on each other.

    • About 5 planned

  9. Microorganisms and disease

    SC-BIO-MIC · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · 1 of about 4 modules specified

    Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists: the helpful and the harmful.

  10. Molecular biology

    SC-BIO-MOL · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    DNA replication, gene expression and the tools of molecular biology.

    • About 6 planned

  11. Microbiology

    SC-BIO-MCB · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Bacteria, viruses and fungi in depth, in health, farming and industry.

    • About 6 planned

  12. Immunology

    SC-BIO-IMM · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 5 modules planned

    How the immune system defends the body, and how vaccines work.

    • About 5 planned

  13. Physiology

    SC-BIO-PHS · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    How organs and systems work together.

    • About 6 planned

  14. Neuroscience

    SC-BIO-NEU · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 5 modules planned

    The brain, nerves and behaviour.

    • About 5 planned

  15. Biotechnology

    SC-BIO-BTC · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Using living things to make medicines, food and materials.

    • About 4 planned

  16. Bioinformatics

    SC-BIO-BIF · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Biology with code: sequences, databases and analysis.

    • About 4 planned

Earth & space

Rocks, soil, weather and the solar system; geology, meteorology and planetary science beyond.

Previews Geology, Meteorology, Physics

  1. Rocks and soil

    SC-ESP-RCK · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    How rocks form and soils are made.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Weather

    SC-ESP-WTH · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    Rain, wind, temperature and the harmattan: measuring the weather.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Solar system

    SC-ESP-SOL · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    The sun, the planets and their moons.

    • About 4 planned

  4. Geology

    SC-ESP-GEO · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 6 modules planned

    Plate tectonics, minerals and the history of the Earth.

    • About 6 planned

  5. Meteorology

    SC-ESP-MET · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 5 modules planned

    The physics of the atmosphere and forecasting.

    • About 5 planned

  6. Planetary science

    SC-ESP-PLN · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Planets, moons and how solar systems form.

    • About 4 planned

Environmental science

Ecosystems, water, climate change and solar energy, with the Lantern as a case study.

Previews Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Geography

  1. Ecosystems

    SC-ENV-ECS · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    Forests, savannah, rivers and farms as living systems.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Water

    SC-ENV-WAT · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned

    The water cycle, clean water and keeping it clean.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Climate change

    SC-ENV-CLM · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned

    What is changing, why, and what people are doing about it.

    • About 5 planned

  4. Solar energy

    SC-ENV-SOL · Primary 6 to SSS 1 · 1 of about 3 modules specified

    Energy from the sun, with the Lantern as a case study.

  5. Environmental chemistry

    SC-ENV-ECH · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Pollutants in air, water and soil, and how they move.

    • About 4 planned

  6. Conservation

    SC-ENV-CNS · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 300 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Protecting species and habitats, with communities.

    • About 4 planned

  7. Climate science

    SC-ENV-CSC · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 5 modules planned

    The physics and data behind climate models.

    • About 5 planned

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