UPMSP High School Home Science study materials
UPMSP High School Home Science study resources

UPMSP High School Home Science study plan

UPMSP High School Home Science · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Food and Nutrition: Nutrients, Balanced Diet and Meal Planning & Home Science: Meaning, Scope and Importance in Daily Life

  • Define each of the six nutrient classes and list two food sources and one chief function for each from memory

  • Classify ten common Indian foods into energy-giving, body-building and protective groups and justify each placement

  • Compute the energy value of a sample one-day diet using carbohydrate 4, protein 4 and fat 9 kcal per gram

  • Explain the meaning, scope and everyday relevance of Home Science in five original sentences covering food, clothing, shelter, health and family relations

  • Draft a balanced one-day meal plan for an adolescent girl using local, low-cost foods and check it against nutrient-group coverage

Your checkpoint

A one-page table of 20 foods with nutrient group, key nutrient and one deficiency risk each, plus a 1,500 kcal sample day plan

Week 2

Food and Nutrition: Nutrients, Balanced Diet and Meal Planning & Health, Hygiene and Common Deficiency Diseases

  • Distinguish balanced diet, malnutrition, undernutrition and obesity with one Indian dietary example for each

  • List the causes, signs and prevention of protein-energy malnutrition, anaemia, iodine deficiency and vitamin A deficiency

  • Match each deficiency disease to its missing nutrient and one cheap corrective food

  • Apply meal-planning principles to modify a high-fat festival menu into a balanced version without losing palatability

  • Practise ten objective-type questions on nutrients and deficiency diseases and log every wrong answer with the correct fact

Your checkpoint

A deficiency-disease chart of 8 rows (nutrient, disease, sign, corrective food) plus a scored 10-question self-test with corrections

Week 3

Textiles and Clothing: Fibres, Fabrics and Garment Care & Food Preservation, Processing and Storage

  • Classify natural fibres into plant and animal origin and state one property and one use of cotton, silk, wool and jute

  • Differentiate natural from synthetic fibres on absorbency, durability, warmth and care

  • Explain the stages of laundering a cotton garment, including stain removal, washing, rinsing, drying and ironing

  • Describe household preservation methods - sun drying, salting, pickling, sugar preservation and refrigeration - with one suitable food for each

  • Identify three causes of food spoilage and one control measure for each

Your checkpoint

A fibre-property comparison table of 6 fibres and a step-by-step stain-removal card for five common stains

Week 4

Human Development: Stages of Growth and Child Care & Health, Hygiene and Common Deficiency Diseases

  • Sequence the stages of human development from infancy to old age and state one key need at each stage

  • Describe physical, motor, social and emotional milestones of children aged 0–3 years

  • Outline the principles of child care covering breastfeeding, immunisation schedule awareness, hygiene and play

  • Explain personal hygiene practices for skin, teeth, hair and hands and link each to disease prevention

  • Answer a mixed 15-question set on growth stages and hygiene within 20 minutes and review errors

Your checkpoint

A growth-and-care timeline poster (or one-page summary) covering five stages with milestones and care needs

Week 5

Home Management: Resources, Work Simplification and Budgeting & Consumer Education and Community Awareness

  • Classify family resources into human and non-human and give three examples of each

  • Apply work simplification principles - planning, standardising, combining tasks - to redraw a daily kitchen routine

  • Prepare a simple monthly family budget with fixed and flexible expenditure and compute the savings percentage

  • Distinguish between consumer rights and responsibilities and name the forum for redressing a defective-goods complaint

  • Identify three community-awareness issues (immunisation, sanitation, girl-child education) and one message for each

Your checkpoint

A sample monthly budget for a family of four with savings percentage shown, plus a work-simplification chart of a kitchen routine

Week 6

Textiles and Clothing: Fibres, Fabrics and Garment Care & Housing, Interior Decoration and Household Equipment

  • Explain garment-care labels, washing temperature, bleaching and ironing rules for cotton, wool and silk

  • Describe five factors affecting selection of clothing for different seasons and occasions

  • List principles of good housing - light, ventilation, sanitation and privacy - and apply them to evaluate a described room

  • Explain interior decoration basics: colour schemes, balance, rhythm and appropriate furniture placement

  • Suggest low-cost household equipment choices and state three safety rules for their use

Your checkpoint

A garment-care instruction sheet for three fabrics plus a labelled sketch of a well-ventilated, well-lit room plan

Week 7

Family Health, First Aid and Safety & Health, Hygiene and Common Deficiency Diseases

  • Assemble a first-aid kit list of ten items and state the use of each

  • Demonstrate in writing the first-aid steps for burns, cuts, fractures, drowning and snake bite

  • List home and kitchen accident hazards and one preventive measure for each

  • Describe safety measures for electricity, gas and sharp tools in the home

  • Explain how first aid links to infection control and when to refer a casualty to hospital

Your checkpoint

A first-aid quick-reference card for five emergency situations with do's, don'ts and referral triggers

Week 8

Home Science: Meaning, Scope and Importance in Daily Life & Food and Nutrition: Nutrients, Balanced Diet and Meal Planning & Food Preservation, Processing and Storage & Health, Hygiene and Common Deficiency Diseases & Human Development: Stages of Growth and Child Care & Home Management: Resources, Work Simplification and Budgeting & Textiles and Clothing: Fibres, Fabrics and Garment Care & Housing, Interior Decoration and Household Equipment & Family Health, First Aid and Safety & Consumer Education and Community Awareness

  • Revise all ten domains using your own one-page summary per domain

  • Solve two full-length practice papers under timed conditions and score them

  • Re-teach your five weakest facts aloud or in writing without notes

  • Consolidate the deficiency-disease, fibre and first-aid charts into a single revision folder

  • Plan exam-day strategy: question order, time per section and checking routine

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed mock papers with scores recorded and a final one-page 'weak facts' sheet reduced to zero unresolved items

Milestones

Week 2: Can state nutrient, deficiency disease, sign and corrective food for at least 8 deficiencies without notes, and score 7/10 or better on the self-test

Week 4: Can name the developmental stages in order with one need each and list the 0–3 year milestones; mixed test score of 11/15 or better

Week 6: Can produce a balanced monthly budget with correct savings percentage and explain care rules for cotton, wool and silk from memory

Week 8: Both timed mock papers completed within the time limit, with the weak-facts sheet fully resolved and every domain summary written in your own words