Grade 11

Concept and Scope of Home Science
(i) Introduction to the four streams in Home Science and how they integrate to form a meaningful whole.
(ii) Importance and relevance of the study of Home Science.
(iii) Career options in Home Science.

Food and Nutrition
(i) A review of the relationship between food and health, the importance of a balanced diet for everyday life.
(ii) Elementary study of macro and micronutrients.
(iii) Introduction to Enzymes.
(iv) Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins and fat.
(v) Metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the human body.

Human Development
(i) Introduction to the study of Human Development.
(ii) Periods of Development.
(iii) Philosophy of Human Development.
(iv) Understanding special needs.

The Home and its Management
(i) Management: meaning and need for Management at home. Components of Management – Planning, Organising, Controlling, Implementing and Evaluation.
(ii) Managerial skills for managing a home effectively.
(iii) Efficient management of resources – material and human.
(iv) Recycling – its need and relevance.

Management of Money
(i) Fundamentals of banking.
(ii) Importance of budgeting, saving, types of savings.
(iii) Use of credit in purchase, hire purchase, installment plans.
(iv) Availing schemes offered.

Textiles and Clothing
(i) Textile terminology.
(ii) Fibres and fabric.
(iii) Care of fabrics.

Prenatal development, childbirth and infancy
(i) Prenatal development.
(ii) Complications of pregnancy.
(iii) Labour and delivery.
(iv) Infancy.