Summary

The MS Word document contains Grade 10 Chemistry Schemes of Work for Term 1, 2026.
A PDF version can also be provided upon request.

The schemes are structured to cover 4 lessons per week and follow the KICD Curriculum Design for Chemistry as the primary reference.

Content Overview

The document comprehensively covers the following strands, sub-strands, and key topics:

Strand 1.0: Inorganic Chemistry

Sub-strand 1.1: Introduction to Chemistry

• Meaning and major branches of Chemistry: Organic, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry.

• Importance of Chemistry in daily life, including agriculture, medicine, and the food industry.

• Career opportunities in Chemistry and addressing gender stereotyping in science fields.

• Drug and substance use: prescription, dosage, misuse, and associated risks.

• Consumer protection: rights and responsibilities related to drug safety.

Sub-strand 1.2: The Atom

• Review of atomic structure, including atomic number and mass number.

• Illustration of early atomic models: Dalton’s model and Rutherford’s model.

• Understanding isotopes and calculating Relative Atomic Mass (RAM).

• Energy levels and orbitals, focusing on electron filling in s and p orbitals.

• Electron configuration for elements 1–20 using s and p notation.

• Modeling atomic structure using locally available materials.

• Stability of atoms and prediction of ion formation (cations and anions).

• Deriving valency and oxidation numbers from electron arrangements.

Sub-strand 1.3: The Periodic Table

• Relationship between electron configuration and the position of an element in the Periodic Table (Groups and Periods).

• Identification of chemical families: Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Halogens, Noble Gases, and Transition Elements.

• Elements with variable oxidation states.

• Identification of common radicals and deriving chemical formulae for binary and complex compounds.

• Writing and balancing chemical equations, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions.