GEOGRAPHY SS 1 1ST TERM

In this term, learners should look out for the following:

WEEK 1:

Introduction to Geography:

 - Definition and scope of geography

 - Importance of geography

WEEK 2:

Geography of FCT:

 - Location, position and size of FCT

 - Political division FCT, Towns and villages and their headquarters. 

- Physical setting of FCT. Relief and drainage

WEEK 3:

Climate and vegetation of FCT:

- CLIMATE: Temperature and rainfall, humidity, etc 

- Vegetation type; (man and natural vegetation)

 - Population and people of FCT

WEEK 4:

Economic Activities in FCT :

 - Mineral resources and agriculture Industries and commercial activities in FCT

WEEK 5:

The solar system:

 - Definition of solar system

 - Components of the solar system and their characteristics 

- Size and shape of the earth

WEEK 6:

Earth’s Sphericity, Rotation and Revolution:

 - Evidence of the earth’s sphericity 

- Meaning of Rotation and its effects

 - Meaning of Revolution and its effects

WEEK 7:

Earth’s Sphericity, Rotation and Revolution cont.:

- Difference between Rotation and Revolution:

- Eclipse; Dawn and Twilight

WEEK 8:

Latitudes and Longitudes;

 - Meaning of Latitudes and important line of latitudes.

 - Calculation of distances using lines of latitudes 

- Meaning of longitudes, important lines of longitudes and their uses

 - Differences and similarities between latitude and longitudes 

- Great and small circles.

WEEK 9:

Calculation of local time and longitudes:

- International date line

 - Greenwich mean time (GMT), Standard time, local time and time zones.

WEEK 10:

THE EARTH’S STRUCTURE:

 - Major spheres of the earth (atmosphere, biosphere, etc) 

- Interior structure of the earth (crust, mantle and core) 

- Rock types (igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic) and their characteristics (structure, colour and texture.)

WEEK 11

Rocks contd.:

 - Mode of formation and uses of rocks 

- Mountains types: (fold, block, etc) and their mode of formation 

- Characteristics and uses of mountains

WEEK 12

PLATEAUX / LOWLANDS:

 - Meaning, types of plateaux, uses and disadvantages of mountains

 - Lowlands: Meaning, types (valleys , crust, plains) etc

. - Importance and disadvantages of low lands.