Official Syllabus
S.NO | CHAPTER |
1 | Physical Quantities And Measurement |
2 | Force And Pressure: Motion |
3 | Energy |
4 | Light Energy |
5 | Heat |
6 | Sound |
7 | Electricity And Magnetism |
Theme 1: Physical Quantities and Measurement
Measurement of Volume (3D concept)
Concept of unit volume
Measurement of Area
Estimate the Area of irregular shape using a Graph paper
Measurement of Density of regular solids
(i) Basic concept
(ii) Formula
(iii) Simple Numericals (SI units not required)
Calculation of Speed
(i) Basic Concept
(ii) Formula
(iii) Simple Numericals (SI units not required).
Theme 2: Force and Pressure: Motion
Motion as a change in position of an object with respect to time.
Types of motion
(i) Translatory
(ii) Circulatory
(iii) Oscillatory
(iv) Repetitive (Periodic and Non Periodic)
(v) Random
(vi) Uniform and Non Uniform Motion: concept of distance and speed (average speed)
Weight
(i) Concept
(ii) Differences between Mass and Weight.
Theme 3: Energy
Energy
(i) Energy as capacity to do work.
(ii) Units of energy (joule and calorie).
(iii) Different forms of energy.
(iv) Inter-conversion of energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Real world examples.
Theme 4: Light Energy
Reflection
(i) Definition and Examples.
(ii) Terms related to reflection - normal, plane, point of incidence, angle of incidence, angle of reflection.
(iii) Laws of Reflection.
Plane mirror
(i) Uses.
(ii) Ray Diagram (no mention of virtual image). Characteristics of the image formed (Lateral Inversion, same size, distance is preserved).
Speed of light (3 x 108 m/s).
Primary colours (RGB).
Formation of secondary colours by colour addition.
Appearance of colour of an object (based on reflection and absorption)
Colour subtraction
Theme 5: Heat
Heat as a form of energy and its units, joule (J) and calorie (cal).
Different units of Temperature (°C, °F, K).
Effects of Heat
(i) Change in Temperature.
(ii) Change in Size (Expansion and contraction).
(iii) Change in State.
(iv) Good Conductors and Bad Conductors of Heat and their examples.
(v) Choice of conductors and insulators in day to day life (Pan handles, metal cooking utensils etc.)
Methods of Heat Transfer
(i) Conduction
(ii) Convection
(iii) Radiation
Thermos Flask: (Application of Heat Transfer)
(i) Construction
(ii) Working
Theme 6: Sound
(i) Sources of sound.
(ii) Sound as a longitudinal wave.
(iii) Characteristics of a sound wave: Amplitude (Relate amplitude with loudness) and Frequency.
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Official Syllabus
S.NO | CHAPTER |
1 | Physical Quantities And Measurement |
2 | Force And Pressure: Motion |
3 | Energy |
4 | Light Energy |
5 | Heat |
6 | Sound |
7 | Electricity And Magnetism |
Theme 1: Physical Quantities and Measurement
Measurement of Volume (3D concept)
Concept of unit volume
Measurement of Area
Estimate the Area of irregular shape using a Graph paper
Measurement of Density of regular solids
(i) Basic concept
(ii) Formula
(iii) Simple Numericals (SI units not required)
Calculation of Speed
(i) Basic Concept
(ii) Formula
(iii) Simple Numericals (SI units not required).
Theme 2: Force and Pressure: Motion
Motion as a change in position of an object with respect to time.
Types of motion
(i) Translatory
(ii) Circulatory
(iii) Oscillatory
(iv) Repetitive (Periodic and Non Periodic)
(v) Random
(vi) Uniform and Non Uniform Motion: concept of distance and speed (average speed)
Weight
(i) Concept
(ii) Differences between Mass and Weight.
Theme 3: Energy
Energy
(i) Energy as capacity to do work.
(ii) Units of energy (joule and calorie).
(iii) Different forms of energy.
(iv) Inter-conversion of energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
Real world examples.
Theme 4: Light Energy
Reflection
(i) Definition and Examples.
(ii) Terms related to reflection - normal, plane, point of incidence, angle of incidence, angle of reflection.
(iii) Laws of Reflection.
Plane mirror
(i) Uses.
(ii) Ray Diagram (no mention of virtual image). Characteristics of the image formed (Lateral Inversion, same size, distance is preserved).
Speed of light (3 x 108 m/s).
Primary colours (RGB).
Formation of secondary colours by colour addition.
Appearance of colour of an object (based on reflection and absorption)
Colour subtraction
Theme 5: Heat
Heat as a form of energy and its units, joule (J) and calorie (cal).
Different units of Temperature (°C, °F, K).
Effects of Heat
(i) Change in Temperature.
(ii) Change in Size (Expansion and contraction).
(iii) Change in State.
(iv) Good Conductors and Bad Conductors of Heat and their examples.
(v) Choice of conductors and insulators in day to day life (Pan handles, metal cooking utensils etc.)
Methods of Heat Transfer
(i) Conduction
(ii) Convection
(iii) Radiation
Thermos Flask: (Application of Heat Transfer)
(i) Construction
(ii) Working
Theme 6: Sound
(i) Sources of sound.
(ii) Sound as a longitudinal wave.
(iii) Characteristics of a sound wave: Amplitude (Relate amplitude with loudness) and Frequency.
(iv) Sound needs a medium to propagate.
(v) Reflection and Absorption of sound.
(vi) Relative speed of sound in different mediums.
Theme 7: Electricity and Magnetism
(i) Law of Magnetism
(ii) Test for a magnet (by repulsion)
(iii) Electromagnetism, Electromagnets and their applications - Electric bell
(iv) Electric current as a flow of charges
(v) Electric cell as source of electricity
(vi) Resistors as components that oppose the flow of current.
(vii) Symbolic representation of electrical components (key, battery, bulb, conducting wire, resistor)
(viii) Simple electric circuit - Series and Parallel
(ix) Battery as a collection of cells connected in series.
(x) Good and Bad conductors of electricity.
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