ASSEB HS Community Science study materials
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ASSEB HS Community Science study plan

ASSEB HS Community Science · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Food, Nutrition and Dietetics

  • Classify the six major nutrient groups and state two food sources, one body function and one deficiency sign for each.

  • Trace digestion, absorption and utilisation of carbohydrates, proteins and fats, naming the enzyme and the site at every step.

  • Compute the energy value of a sample day's meals from carbohydrate, protein and fat grams and compare the total with adult reference intakes.

  • Differentiate a balanced diet from the modified diets needed by a pregnant woman, a lactating mother and a school-age child.

  • Sort twenty common market foods into the five food groups and name a cheaper local substitute for each expensive item.

Your checkpoint

A handwritten nutrient-function-deficiency-source chart of 25 rows, plus a timed 25-question self-test scored at 80% or above with every wrong answer rewritten as a correct one-line rule.

Week 2

Food, Nutrition and Dietetics & Human Development and Family Studies

  • Draft one-day therapeutic diet charts for a diabetic and a hypertensive adult, giving gram portions and a one-line justification for each item.

  • Explain three food-preservation methods (drying, salting, canning) by linking each to the principle that stops microbial growth.

  • Identify five food-safety faults in a described kitchen scene and state the correction for each.

  • Sequence the physical, cognitive and social-emotional milestones of infancy, early childhood and adolescence.

  • Compare authoritative, authoritarian and democratic parenting styles by outcome on a child's behaviour.

Your checkpoint

Two completed diet charts (diabetic and hypertensive, one day each) plus a scored 20-item quiz on infancy and adolescence, with a written correction note for every miss.

Week 3

Human Development and Family Studies & Textiles, Clothing and Consumer Studies

  • Map the family life cycle from marriage to old age, listing two typical stresses and one coping resource at each stage.

  • Outline the classification of textile fibres into natural and man-made, with two properties and one end use per fibre family.

  • Sequence cotton and polyester from fibre to finished fabric, naming yarn, weaving and finishing steps.

  • Interpret a care label and a standard mark (ISI/Agmark/hallmark) and state the consumer protection each offers.

  • Demonstrate six stain-removal procedures on paper, naming the reagent and the fabric caution for each.

Your checkpoint

One A4 revision sheet: a fibre classification tree, a fibre-to-finish flow chart, and a 12-stain removal table with reagents and cautions.

Week 4

Textiles, Clothing and Consumer Studies & Family Resource Management and Interior Space

  • Justify fabric and garment choices for a school uniform, a winter coat and a festival outfit using five selection criteria.

  • Prepare a monthly household budget for a family of five on a fixed income, allocating at least 15% to savings.

  • Apply work simplification and time-and-energy management principles to a described household routine and cut three wasteful steps.

  • Explain the principles of house planning (orientation, ventilation, lighting, privacy, circulation) and apply them to a two-room unit.

  • Draft an interior layout that respects the kitchen work triangle and states the recommended distances.

Your checkpoint

A scaled 1:50 floor plan of a two-room kitchen-dining unit with work-triangle measurements annotated, accompanied by the same family's monthly budget showing income, expenditure and savings.

Week 5

Family Resource Management and Interior Space & Community Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

  • Distinguish communicable from non-communicable diseases and name two prevention measures for each of five common community conditions.

  • Describe three household water purification methods and state the limitation of each.

  • Outline safe excreta, refuse and wastewater disposal for a village without a sewer line.

  • Apply personal and food hygiene rules to a described street-food stall and list five violations with corrections.

  • Demonstrate on paper the first-aid steps for a burn, a cut and a suspected fracture.

Your checkpoint

A two-page village health checklist covering water purification, waste disposal, immunisation and first aid, with at least 20 checkable items and a source line for each claim.

Week 6

Community Health, Hygiene and Sanitation & Extension Education and Community Development

  • Sequence the national immunisation schedule for a child from birth to five years and state the disease each dose prevents.

  • Differentiate individual, group and mass extension methods and match three methods to three rural problems.

  • Design a teaching aid (flash card or flip chart script) for a low-literacy audience and justify each visual choice.

  • Draft a community programme plan with objective, target group, activities, resources, timeline and evaluation indicators.

  • Identify leadership styles in a described self-help group and recommend one for a sanitation drive.

Your checkpoint

A 12-session community talk plan on immunisation and household hygiene: objectives, method, teaching aid, and a one-page flip-chart script.

Week 7

Extension Education and Community Development & Communication, Entrepreneurship and Vocational Skills

  • Evaluate a completed extension programme against its stated indicators and write three concrete improvement points.

  • Diagram the communication process and name one barrier at each stage with a remedy.

  • Draft a one-page business plan for a small food-processing or tailoring enterprise with cost, price, break-even and market reach.

  • Assess five vocational skill options against local demand, capital needed and your own aptitude.

  • Deliver a five-minute spoken community talk and rate your own clarity, pace and audience contact on a 10-point checklist.

Your checkpoint

A one-page business plan with a break-even calculation plus a recorded five-minute talk that you self-score on the 10-point delivery checklist at 7 or above.

Week 8

Food, Nutrition and Dietetics & Human Development and Family Studies & Textiles, Clothing and Consumer Studies & Family Resource Management and Interior Space & Community Health, Hygiene and Sanitation & Extension Education and Community Development & Communication, Entrepreneurship and Vocational Skills

  • Sit two full-length timed mock papers and record a separate score for each of the seven domains.

  • Rank the seven domain scores and re-teach the two weakest domains from your own notes only, without new material.

  • Recite from memory the key lists (five food groups, fibre properties, immunisation schedule, extension methods, communication barriers) within ten minutes.

  • Convert every missed mock question into a two-line rule and re-test yourself on those rules the next day.

Your checkpoint

An error log of at least 40 missed questions, each with a corrected rule, plus a re-test score of 70% or above on a half-length repeat mock.

Milestones

Week 2: Score 80%+ on a 25-question mixed Domain 1 test and correctly label all six nutrient groups, their deficiency signs and the digestion enzyme at each step.

Week 4: Score 65%+ on a half-length mock covering Domains 1-4, and submit the 1:50 floor plan and family budget as a complete, checked pair.

Week 6: Explain water purification, waste disposal and the immunisation schedule aloud in under 15 minutes without notes, and score 70%+ on a 30-question test of Domains 5-6.

Week 8: Reach 70%+ overall on two full-length mocks with no domain below 60%, and show an error log with at least 40 corrected rules.