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S.NO	CHAPTERS NAME	TOPICS COVERED
1	Crop production and management	Agricultural Practices, Basic Practices Involved in crop production, Preparation of soil, Sowing, Manuring and adding fertilizers, irrigation, protection from weeds, harvesting storage, food from animals
2	Microorganisms: Friend and Foe	Microorganisms, major groups of microorganisms, their living place, microorganisms and us, Food Preservation, Nitrogen Fixation
3	Synthetic fibers and plastics	Natural fibers synthetic fibers, types of synthetic fibers, characteristics of synthetic fibers, plastics, types of plastics, plastics as a material of choice, plastics and the environment
4	Materials metals and non-metals	Physical properties of metals and non-metals chemical properties of metals and non-metals, reaction with oxygen, with water with acids, with bases, displacement reaction, uses of metals and non-metals
5	Coal and petroleum	Inexhaustible natural resources, exhaustible natural resources, coal and petroleum, and natural gas, some natural resources are limited so need their conservation
6	Combustion and flame	Combustion, how do we control fire? Types of combustion, flame, and structure of flame, Fuel, and fuel efficiency
7	Conservation of plants and animals
8	Cell structure and function	Discovery of a cell, organisms, variation in cell shape and size cell structure and function. Parts of the cell comparison of plant and animal cell
9	Reproduction in animals	Modes of reproduction, sexual reproduction, male reproductive organs, female reproductive organs, and fertilization. Development of embryo, viviparous and oviparous animals. From young to adults, asexual reproduction by budding and binary fission
10	Reaching the age of adolescence
11	Force and pressure	Force – a push or a pull, forces are due to interaction, exploring forces. A force can change the state, shape, direction, and speed of an object; contact forces, non-contact forces, pressure, the pressure exerted by liquids and gases; Atmospheric pressure
12	Friction	The force of friction, factors affecting friction, Friction: a necessary evil, increasing and decreasing friction, wheels reduce friction, fluid friction
13	Sound
14	Chemical effects of electric current	Do liquids conduct electricity? Chemical effects of electric currents. Electroplating and its uses, good conductors and bad conductors
15	Some natural phenomena
16	Light	Laws of reflection, regular and diffused reflection, multiple reflections, multiple images, sunlight, white or colored, human eye structure and function, care of eyes, visually challenged persons can read and write – Braille system

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Official Syllabus

S.NO	CHAPTERS NAME	TOPICS COVERED
1	Crop production and management	Agricultural Practices, Basic Practices Involved in crop production, Preparation of soil, Sowing, Manuring and adding fertilizers, irrigation, protection from weeds, harvesting storage, food from animals
2	Microorganisms: Friend and Foe	Microorganisms, major groups of microorganisms, their living place, microorganisms and us, Food Preservation, Nitrogen Fixation
3	Synthetic fibers and plastics	Natural fibers synthetic fibers, types of synthetic fibers, characteristics of synthetic fibers, plastics, types of plastics, plastics as a material of choice, plastics and the environment
4	Materials metals and non-metals	Physical properties of metals and non-metals chemical properties of metals and non-metals, reaction with oxygen, with water with acids, with bases, displacement reaction, uses of metals and non-metals
5	Coal and petroleum	Inexhaustible natural resources, exhaustible natural resources, coal and petroleum, and natural gas, some natural resources are limited so need their conservation
6	Combustion and flame	Combustion, how do we control fire? Types of combustion, flame, and structure of flame, Fuel, and fuel efficiency
7	Conservation of plants and animals
8	Cell structure and function	Discovery of a cell, organisms, variation in cell shape and size cell structure and function. Parts of the cell comparison of plant and animal cell
9	Reproduction in animals	Modes of reproduction, sexual reproduction, male reproductive organs, female reproductive organs, and fertilization. Development of embryo, viviparous and oviparous animals. From young to adults, asexual reproduction by budding and binary fission
10	Reaching the age of adolescence
11	Force and pressure	Force – a push or a pull, forces are due to interaction, exploring forces. A force can change the state, shape, direction, and speed of an object; contact forces, non-contact forces, pressure, the pressure exerted by liquids and gases; Atmospheric pressure
12	Friction	The force of friction, factors affecting friction, Friction: a necessary evil, increasing and decreasing friction, wheels reduce friction, fluid friction
13	Sound
14	Chemical effects of electric current	Do liquids conduct electricity? Chemical effects of electric currents. Electroplating and its uses, good conductors and bad conductors
15	Some natural phenomena
16	Light	Laws of reflection, regular and diffused reflection, multiple reflections, multiple images, sunlight, white or colored, human eye structure and function, care of eyes, visually challenged persons can read and write – Braille system
17	Stars and solar systems
18	Pollution of air and water	Air pollution, how does air get polluted? Case study: Taj Mahal, what can be done to reduce global warming? Ozone depletion. Water pollution, how does water get polluted? What can be done to reduce water pollution

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