COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHEMES OF WORK

FORM ONE 2021

REFERENCES:
COMPUTER SCIENCE BOOK 1
WK TOPIC OBJECTIVES LESSON LESSON AIDS GENERAL INDIVIDUAL
EVALUATION
ACTIVITIES EVALUATION

1 LAST TERM EXAMS REVISION

8.5 Security outline the Discussing on cyber use • Multimedia

and Ethics characteristics and tutorials
(Unhu/Ubuntu of cyber culture and culture
/Vumunhu its impact • Checking for safety of
• describe the websites
characteristics • Blocking unsafe
of safe and unsafe websites
sites • Discussing social
• suggest effects of impact of online
online content and behaviors
content and behavior • Carrying out
• explain the campaigns on online
2
importance of relationships
copyrights • Discussing the
• describe consequences copyrights act
Week
of plagiarism and • Case studies on
ending
piracy copyrights issues
10
• Researching and
Sept
reporting on
consequences of
plagiarism and
piracy
• Using anti plagiarism
software to
check for plagiarism in
a document
3 System Outline the stages in the Discussing the stages • Print media
Analysis and systems development involved in • Multimedia
Design life system development tutorials
cycle (SDLC) • Stating the activities
• identify problems of under problem
the identification
existing system • Conducting case
studies on
problem identification

Practical:
Introduction
to MS word
and Excel
4 Algorithm • define an algorithm Giving examples of • Multimedia
Design and • explain the purpose of algorithms tutorials
Problem- algorithms • Discussing sequence • Print media puzzles
solving • explain sequence construct • Puzzles
construct • Interpreting a
• apply the sequence sequence algorithm
algorithm • Solving problems
structure using a sequence
algorithm structure
• Dry running a
sequence algorithm

Practical :
introduction to
Publisher and
Powerpoint
5 Programming • explain the syntax and Discussing the syntax Case studies
Concepts semantics of the and • Software
programming semantics of the development
language programming tools such as
language Python, VB.Net,
Java

6 • declare variables and • Using variables and Case studies

constants constants in • Software
• apply operators to a program development
solve • Solving basic tools such as
Problems mathematical problems Python, VB.Net,
• Testing and Java
debugging

Practical:
MS Access
8 Databases • create a database • Developing a database Database packages
• create a file structure • Setting fields, data such as MS Access,
• design forms, reports types, formats,
and queries field sizes, validation
checks and input masks
• Comparing database
models

Practical MS
Access
9 Databases • create a database • Performing CRUD
• create a file structure (Create, Retrieve,
• design forms, reports Update, Delete)
and queries operations
on a table
• Creating forms
• Designing queries
• Running queries
• Designing reports

Practical MS
Access
10 Web design • navigate a webpage • Navigating a chosen • Web development
• customize web pages webpage tools such as Joomla,
• use webpage • Modifying existing WordPress, MS
templates web pages Front Page,
to create web pages • Designing web pages Notepad++
• generate web content using templates • Web Browsers
• Creating and such
uploading web page as Firefox
content

Practical:
Web design
11 Techno- • describe the elements Discussing the elements • Internet
preneurship of of intellectual • Print and elctronic
intellectual capital capital media such as
• explain the attributes • Discussing the journals
of attributes of business • Case study
business ethics ethics • CZI organization
• identify the marketing • Creating an ICT based
and business strategies business
elements plan
• explain the elements • Discussing the
of elements of marketing
marketing and business and business strategies

Practical:
Web design