For secondary education 4.1.2.1 Anglophone secondary Education
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4.1.2.1 Anglophone secondary Education
The existence of climate change and adaptation knowledge in the Anglophone secondary education system is as shown in Table 5.
Table 5: Existence of aspects of climate change knowledge in Anglophone secondary schools.
A) Biology
Cycle
Level
Subject
Topic
Content
First
One
Biology
Effects of environmental factors on animals and plants
Treat the following factors: light, water, wind movement, night/day and nature of the soil)
Two
Biology
Issues in the locality
Identification of common problems in the environment and suggest solutions for these problems
Land
Overgrazing and bush fires: their causes, effects and prevention
Deforestation and soil erosion: Causes, effects and prevention
Pollution: refuse disposal: Effects and prevention
Air
Some common examples of air pollutants: Effects and prevention
Forest and Wildlife Conservation
Definition of forest and usefulness of a forest
Definition of Wildlife and usefulness of it
Effects of over-exploitation of forests and wildlife
Conservation of forest and wildlife
Three
Nothing
Four
Nothing
Five
Biology
Concepts of Ecology
Effects of light, water, temperature , wind, pH, salinity, etc on living organisms
Human Biology
Ecology
Draw and describe food chains, food webs, the circulation of water, carbon and nitrogen in nature
Air/Water
Air pollution: its causes, effects, consequences and methods of prevention (should include carbon monoxide sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen)
Housing
Town planning and associated problems
Second
Lower Sixth
Biology
Environmental Biology
Environmental factors: light, temperature, atmospheric pressure, salinity, humidity, soil texture, pH, wind and topography
Deforestation, soil erosion, methods of conserving water , soil, energy and other natural resources
Effect of pollution on human health and other organisms
Air pollution: CO2 , CO, dust, smog, automotive emissions and radioactive wastes
Chlorofluorocarbons, methane. ozone layer depletion, greenhouse effect.
Upper Sixth
Nothing
B. Geology
Cycle
Level
Subject
Topic
Content
First
Geology is not taught in the first Cycle
Second
Lower Sixth
Geology
Surface Processes
Effects of climate , rock types, texture and structures on weathering
Upper Sixth
Geology
Geologic Hazards and Environment
Broad view of the various geologic hazards from Earthquakes, eruptions, flooding, landslides , oil spills, fossil fuel burning (solar warming), chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere, effects of mining on land
C) Geography
Cycle
Level
Subject
Topic
Content
First
One
Geography
Elementary notion of weather and climate
Two
Geography
Measurement recording and observation of the weather
Weather stations
Temperature latitude distance from the sea wind.
Three
Geography
Nothing
Four
Geography
Weather and weather instruments.
Temp, pressure, wind, humidity, rainfall, cloud, ocean currents.
Five
Geography
Nothing
Second
Lower Sixth
Geography
Meteorology
The earth atmosphere system
energy in the atmosphere
temperatures
atmospheric pressure circulation and winds.
atmosphere, moisture, humidity and weather.
weather producing systems.
ocean circulation
Upper Sixth
Geography
Climatology
factors of climate
classification of climates
regional climate
micro climate
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