It is a learner’s book built for Grade 9 under the current Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Kenya.

It’s meant to give a broad, foundational introduction to science — not just one branch (like biology or physics), but an integrated survey across multiple disciplines: biology, chemistry, physics, and health science.

🎯 Purpose & Educational Approach

The book aims to:

Help learners build scientific knowledge, problem-solving skills, and scientific literacy that they can apply in everyday life and future studies.

Encourage inquiry-based learning (asking questions, doing experiments, observing results, analyzing) — not just memorizing facts.

Promote critical thinking, creativity, and innovation, by having learners do experiments, investigations, projects, and real-life application tasks.

Integrate cross-cutting themes beyond science: environmental awareness, ICT (digital literacy), and even entrepreneurship, linking science to real-world contexts.

Offer a learner-friendly format: explanations illustrated with diagrams, charts, and photographs; plus a mix of class activities, homework projects, and self-assessment exercises.

✏️ What’s Inside — Typical Topics & Structure

While topics may vary slightly by syllabus edition, typical content includes:

Living things and their environment — nutrition in plants, photosynthesis, reproduction in plants, seed/fruit dispersal, ecology, energy flow, food chains/webs.

Basic biology and ecosystems — classification of organisms, interdependence of life, symbiosis, parasitism, saprophytism.

Fundamental chemistry — matter, mixtures, chemical reactions, maybe periodic table and basic chemical concepts (though detailed chemistry comes later). The integrated design means chemistry is introduced alongside biology and physics.

Basic physics/physical science — energy, matter, possibly concepts related to physical phenomena and forces (since Integrated Science spans physical world understanding).

Health science and everyday science applications — hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, environmental conservation, and using science knowledge for real-life wellbeing and sustainability.

Each section tends to include: explanations + illustrations, practical experiments or investigations, group work or project work, self-assessment or class assessment tasks.

📈 Why It Matters

It lays the foundation for STEM pathways at senior school level — giving learners strong grounding before they specialize.

It fosters a scientific mindset: curiosity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and evidence-based decision making — useful beyond school, in everyday life.

By integrating ICT, environment and entrepreneurship themes, it bridges school science with real-world challenges — preparing learners to apply science creatively and responsibly.

“Daughter of Nature and Other Poems grapples with issues of social justice, environmental degradation, and the enduring power of the human spirit, offering a timeless perspective on the challenges and triumphs of our time.