CONTENTS

 

Home Science Curriculum


Lesson Number               Lesson Name

 

Module 1    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1.     Scope of Home Science

2.     Consumer Education

3.    Work Ethics

4.  Income Management

5.  Savings and Investments

6.     Work Organisation

7.     Space Organisation

8.    Conservation of Energy

9.  Environment Management

 

Module 2     DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

10. Development in Middle Childhood

11. Adolescence

12.  Special Issues in Child Development

 

Module 3      FABRIC SCIENCE

13.  Introduction to Fabric Science

14.   Yarns

15.   Fabric Construction

16.   Textile Finishes

17.   Selection of Textiles and Clothing

18.    Care and Maintenance of Textiles

 

Module 4

19.   You And Your Food

20.   Nutrition

21.   Adequate Meals

22.   Natritional Status And Health

23.   Nutritional Care of Sick in the Family

24.   Purchase And Storage of Food

25.    Food Preservation

OPTIONAL MODULES You have to, select and study only one, Module from -- A,B,C according to your choice:

OPTIONAL A       COMMUNITY NUTRITION

26.   Nutritional Status : Methods of Assessment

27.    Nutrition Education Methods

28.    Major Nutritional Problems in India

OPTIONAL B   HOME BASED CARE FOR UNDER FIVES

26.  Development Patterns in Early Childhood

27.    Play Centre-Organisation

28.   Play Centre-Structural Details

29.    Planning and Conducting Programmes

30.     Involvement of Parents and Community

OPTIONAL C      LAUNDRY SERVICE

26. Fabrics in the Market

27.   Cleansers and Auxiliaries

28.   Preparation Before Laundering

29.   Washing and Finishing

30.  Equipment and Space for Laundering

31.  Setting up of a Laundry Service

Sample Question Paper

List of Practicals

       Topic

.1.        To prepare simple dishes using the following methods of food

enrichment : i) Combination, ii) Fermentation, iii) Germination                                                                               

2.    To develop a plan to set up a laundary unit to provide door to

door service in: i) rural area ii) area with government fats

iii) posh Soddy.                                                                                                               

3.    To identify various types of fibers using: i) burning test

ii) Visual Inspection

4.    To tie and dye a cotton fabric using various methods of tying                                            

5.       To remove the following stains from white cotton fabrics:

i) curry, ii) blood, iii) mud, iv) Ink, v) tea/coffee

6.    To block print the fabric                                                                                                  

7.      To prepare a label depicting each of the following marks of

standardisation: i) IS1 ii) FPO iii) Agmark                                                                                                              

8.       To list habits of members of your family and neighbours which degrade the  

environment and suggest ways to conserve it.

9.     To fill in various forms at a bank: i) cheque, ii) Pay-in-slip, iii) Withdrawal forms

10.     To study the nutritional intake and its effect on the nutritional

status of family by maintaining a food diary.

11.      To find out the thread count of different types of fabrics

12.     To develop a questionnaire to study a family's efforts in helping

an adolescent achieve the developmental tasks.

13.    To study the programme at a play centre to determine the center's

role in: i) socio-emotional development ii) physical motor

development m) cognitive development.

14.      To identify a discriminations against a girl child (if any) in your family and find

justifications for the same.

      15.    To identify a child labour in your locality and develop a [rofile of the child.

16.      To identify a child with special needs and study the family's efforts

in his/her achieving independence.