SNC 3EO OUTLINES



OVERVIEW :

Unit I : Materials & Safety

A study of:
-Employment Laws such as Occupational Health & Safety Act
- Young Worker Awareness program
- acids, bases, salts, sugars, alcohols, alkanes
- whmis & msds
- Vital Signs Computer assign
- Fire Code
- locate all fire alarms & fire hoses in the school
- classes of fires
- analysis of household chemicals
- oxidation, combustion, corrosion
- combustion of fuels
- carbon & its oxides

Lab Activities:
- generation of carbon dioxide
- home-made fire extinguisher
- acids, bases & salts
- corrosion
- prevention of corrosion
- combustion of fuels
- activity series
- Demo of rapid oxidation & explosion

Project:
- poster presentation involving Hazard Cards
 
 

Unit II : Electrical Circuits

A study of:
- "Safety First"
- fundamentals of electricity
- "From the power station to you"
- power sources, conductors & insulators, safety features
- problems : current, voltage & power
- "The right tools for the right job"
- basic principles of wiring
- different types of batteries
- schematic circuit diagrams
- ammeter & voltmeter readings
- resistance & Ohm's Law

Lab Activities:
- wiring plugs, receptacles, switches, lamp sockets
- soldering job
- Voltaic cells
- cells in series & cells in parallel
- lamps in series & lamps in parallel

Project:
- activity involving a plywood base for a simulated electrical circuit
  for a room - junction box, receptacle with utility box, switch with
  utility box, lamp socket with octagonal box

Unit III : Microbiology

A study of:
- modern microscope
- plant cell
- animal cell
- bacteria, viruses, fungi, molds
- exponential graph to represent bacteria population growth
- HIV & AIDS
- cells in disease
- animal cell mitosis
- animal parasites of man
- DNA, genetic engineering

Lab Activities:
- microviewer labs for various microbes
- growing mold in the lab

Project:
- Virus Diseases : chicken pox, hepatitis of the liver, influenza,
herpes virus, measles, mumps, multiple sclerosis, rabies

Unit IV : Human Body Systems & Immune System

A study of
- human body systems : skeletal incl human teeth & good dental
  hygiene, muscular, digestive, nervous incl the senses, respiratory,
  reproductive, excretory, circulatory, immune
- homeopathy & alternative medicine

Lab Activities :
- microviewer labs of human tissue samples : bone tissue, muscle
  tissue, heart tissue, cartilage, blood cells, hair, fingernail, cochlea.
- microviewer labs of animal representatives of bronchial tubes,
  capillaries

Project:
- Human Diseases Project : Causes, Symptoms, Cures or Remedies
  & Avoidance for any 12 of : Alzheimer's disease, angina, anemia,
  arthritis, anxiety disorder, asthma, athlete's foot, bronchitis,
  cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, emphysema, epilepsy,
  gall stones, gingivitis, gout, halitosis, hemorrhoids, hepatitis,
  kidney stones, hypertension (high blood pressure), Lou Gehrig's
  disease, meningitis, ms, mononucleosis, Parkinson's disease,
  pneumonia, psoriasis, Rubella, schizophrenia, sciatica, shingles,
  stroke, tetanus, tuberculosis, ulcers, varicose veins, vertigo

- Biology Project : micro-organisms such as fungi, bacteria,yeasts, molds,
  viruses. Diseases : cancers, HIV & AIDS, tuberculosis, pneumonia, influenza,
  herpes, STD's, anthrax, hypertension, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, heart
  diseases, bronchitis, biological & chemical warfare diseases. Remedies &
  cures : vaccines, penicillin & its derivatives, aspirin (acetyl salicylic acid)
  incl. its history.