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Biology for Secondary Schools



                (j)  Lays foundation for specialising  Procedure
                    in careers, such as teaching,       1.  Collect    newspapers      and
                    nursing,  medicine,  horticulture,      magazines with articles on
                    and environmental science.              Biology, Agriculture, Medicine,
                (k)  Encourages international               Forestry, Nutrition, and other
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                    cooperation through biological          fields of science.
                    research. For instance, biologists   2.  Search  from the  library  or
                    from all over the world cooperate       internet sources the articles on
                    to find cure for diseases, such as      Biology, Agriculture, Medicine,
                    COVID-19, AIDS, and Ebola.
                                                            Forestry,  Nutrition,  and  other
                                                            scientific fields.
              Relationship between Biology and
              other scientific fields                   3.  Go  through the articles and
              Task 1.2                                      state  which  other  fields  of
                                                            study, apart from Biology, are
              Search for information from the               mentioned.
              library and reliable internet sources the   4.  Relate  Biology to other  fields
              relationship between Biology and other        of science, such as Agriculture,
              scientific fields, then write short notes.    Medicine, Forestry, and Nutrition.


              Biology is not an isolated field of study.   Question
              Biology is related to many other fields
              of study, such as Agriculture, Medicine,   Explain  the  fields  that  you  think  are
              Pharmacy,  Veterinary  Medicine,  and   related to Biology. Give examples to
              Nutrition. Biological  researches  have   explain these relationships.
              a direct impact on the development  of
              these fields.                           Agriculture
                                                      Agriculture is the field of study which

               Activity: Investigating the relationship   deals with growing crops and rearing
               between  Biology  and  other  fields  of   animals  for food, money, or both.
               science                                Biological  research  findings  on  crops
                                                      and livestock have led  to improved

               Materials: Newspapers and magazines    agricultural production. Scientists have
               with articles on Biology, Agriculture,   developed breeds of crops and animals
               Medicine, Forestry, and other scientific   that mature quickly and produce high
               fields, ICT tools, notebook, and pen   yields. For instance, indigenous breeds
                                                      of chicken  start  laying  eggs when




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