S5 Foods and Nutrition Home-Study Material (NCDC, 2020)

The National Curriculum Development Centre and the Ministry of Education and Sports produced this home-study booklet for Senior Five Foods and Nutrition learners in August 2020, during the COVID-19 school closures. It is organised into lessons on proteins. Topics include the structure of amino acids, condensation and hydrolysis reactions, essential and non-essential amino acids, and ways of classifying proteins by biological value, molecular structure, derived forms and tissue roles. It also covers measures of protein quality such as BV, NPU, PER and chemical score, plus the functions of proteins in the body. Each lesson sets out objectives, a glossary, explanatory notes, activities and summaries, so learners can study on their own.