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Basic 7 Career Technology Notes

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Personal Hygiene and Food Hygiene

  1. Staying HealthyIn this topic you will explain what it means to be healthy, why good health matters, and the daily practices that help you live a full and healthy life.
  2. Personal Hygiene and Food HygieneIn this topic you will describe practices for keeping the body clean and explain the conditions and measures that keep food safe from production to consumption.

Personal

  1. Workshop Accidents and SafetyIn this topic you will describe the accidents that happen in workshops, sites and laboratories, explain their causes, and explain how to keep these places safe.

Environmental Health

  1. Factors of Environmental HealthIn this topic you will explain environmental health, discuss the factors in the environment that affect human health, and describe the consequences of poor environmental health.
  2. Causes and Prevention of Poor Environmental HealthIn this topic you will analyse the causes of poor environmental health in your community and demonstrate practical measures to prevent it, including proper waste management.

Compliant Materials

  1. Compliant MaterialsIn this topic you will describe compliant materials, identify their properties and uses, and classify them into paper, card, board and fabrics.
  2. How Paper and Fabric Are MadeIn this topic you will explain how compliant materials are produced, tracing paper from wood to sheet and fabric from fibre to finished cloth.

Resistant Materials

  1. Resistant MaterialsIn this topic you will describe resistant materials and their properties, identify them in buildings and products, and distinguish between wood, metals, plastics, ceramics and glass.
  2. How Resistant Materials Are ProducedIn this topic you will explain how timber, plastics, manufactured boards, ceramics and glass are produced, and relate each production process to the properties and uses of the material.

Smart and Modern Materials

  1. Smart and Modern MaterialsIn this topic you will explore smart and modern materials, describe how they respond to light, heat and force, and identify their uses in everyday products.

Food Commodities

  1. Food CommoditiesIn this topic you will explain the meaning of food and food commodities, give examples of common food commodities in Ghana and classify them according to their plant and animal sources.

Term Revision

  1. Term Revision in Career TechnologyIn this topic you will recall and summarise the main ideas of health and safety and materials for production covered during the term, and practise answering end-of-term questions.
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