Forms

M.O.I

Periods per week

and

duration per period

S.3 Compulsory Subjects

English

2.16 Periods ( 40 mins/period )

Chinese

2 periods ( 40 mins/period )

S.4 Electives (NSS Curriculum)

Chinese

5 periods ( 40 mins/period )

S.5 Electives (NSS Curriculum)

Chinese

5 periods ( 40 mins/period )

S.6 Electives (NSS Curriculum)

Chinese

6 periods ( 40 mins/period )

S.3

A Healthy Body

How do we maintain a healthy body

• food compositions
• balanced diet
• natural food and artificial food
• digestion and absorption of food
• how the digested food processed
• our circulation system
• fatty food and health
• sports and health
• importance of rest

S.4-S.6(NSS Curriculum)

Compulsory

Part
（200 hours

in total）

I.  Cells and Molecules of Life
a. Molecules of life
b. Cellular organisation
c. Movement of substance across

    membrane
d. Cell cycle and division
e. Cellular energetics

II. Genetics and Evolution 
a. Basic genetics
b. Molecular genetics
c. Biodiversity and evolution

III. Organisms and Environment
a. Essential life processes in plants
b. Essential life processes in

    animals
c. Reproduction, growth and  

    development
d. Coordination and response
e. Homeostasis
f. Ecosystems

IV. Health and Diseases
a. Personal health
b. Diseases
c. Body defence mechanisms

Elective

Part
（50 hours

in total）

V.   Human Physiology: 

       Regulation and Control  
a. Regulation of water content

    (osmoregulation)
b. Regulation of body temperature
c. Regulation of gas content in

    blood
d. Hormonal control of

    reproductive cycle

VI. Applied Ecology
a. Human impact on the

    environment
b. Pollution Control
c. Conservation
d. Sustainable Development

Scientific Inquiry ( 20 hours in total)