OFFICIAL SYLLABUS

Science (Total Marks 200)

SCIENCE I TERM

DETAILED SYLLABUS

TERM 1

SCIENCE – I (PHYSICS)

Unit – I: Motion

Motion is relative, need of origin (reference point) for describing position of an object, Distance and displacement, uniform and non- uniform motion along a straight line, speed, velocity and acceleration, distance – time and velocity- time graphs for uniform and uniformly accelerated motion, equations of motion by graphical method.

Unit – II Force and Laws of Motion

Force and its relation to motion, balanced and unbalanced forces, concept of intertia and its relation with mass. Newton’s Laws of motion, momentum, Force and acceleration, Elementary idea of conservation of momentum. Action and reaction forces.

Unit – III Work, Energy and Power

Scientific concept of work, work done by constant force, concept of positive and negative work, energy and its various forms, potential and kinetic energy, Law of conservation of energy. Definition of Power and its units.

PRACTICAL

1. To plot a distance – time graph from a given data and calculate speed from it.

2. To plot a velocity – time graph from a given data and calculate acceleration from it.

3. To measure the temperature of hot water as it cools and plot a temperature – time graph.

4. To demonstrate:

(i) Equal and opposite forces (ii) Work done in lifting a weight (iii) Work done by a moving body (iv) Work done by a compressed Spring on raised body

Note: Each student will perform atleast three practical.

Suggested areas for Assignment/ Project work

1. To study the motion of a body along an inclined plane.

2. To calculate the work done by a force using a simple toy cart.

Note: Each student needs to work on one assignment.

SCIENCE – II (CHEMISTRY)

Unit – I: Matter in our Surrounding

Physical nature of matter.

Characteristics of particles of nature.

States of Matter (Solid, Liquid and Gaseous).

Can we bring about a change in the state of matter?

Evaporation.

A brief introduction about two more states of matter – Plasma and Bose – Eanstein condensate. (Non- Evaluative).

Unit – II Is Matter around us Pure?

Mixture and its types, Solution and its properties.

Concentration of a solution and how it is expressed.

Colloidal solution and its properties.

Suspension and its properties.

Separating the components of a mixture by different methods: Evaporation, Centrifugation. By using separating funnel, Sublimation. Simple distillation, Fractional distillation. Chromatography, Separation of components of Air.

Physical and Chemical changes.

Types of Pure substances (Elements and Compounds) Difference between a Compound and a Mixture.

PRACTICAL

1. To separate the contents of a mixture:

(i) By sublimation (ii) By crystallization (iii) With the help of a separating funnel

2. To carry out the following processes, record observation and classify them into physical and chemical changes: 

(i) Melting of ice (ii) Adding pieces of iron to copper sulphate solution in a beaker (iii) Burning Magnesium in air (iv) Dissolving common salt in water (v) Adding zinc pieces to dilute Sulphuric acid

3. To Prepare:

OFFICIAL SYLLABUS

Science (Total Marks 200)

SCIENCE I TERM

DETAILED SYLLABUS

TERM 1

SCIENCE – I (PHYSICS)

Unit – I: Motion

Motion is relative, need of origin (reference point) for describing position of an object, Distance and displacement, uniform and non- uniform motion along a straight line, speed, velocity and acceleration, distance – time and velocity- time graphs for uniform and uniformly accelerated motion, equations of motion by graphical method.

Unit – II Force and Laws of Motion

Force and its relation to motion, balanced and unbalanced forces, concept of intertia and its relation with mass. Newton’s Laws of motion, momentum, Force and acceleration, Elementary idea of conservation of momentum. Action and reaction forces.

Unit – III Work, Energy and Power

Scientific concept of work, work done by constant force, concept of positive and negative work, energy and its various forms, potential and kinetic energy, Law of conservation of energy. Definition of Power and its units.

PRACTICAL

1. To plot a distance – time graph from a given data and calculate speed from it.

2. To plot a velocity – time graph from a given data and calculate acceleration from it.

3. To measure the temperature of hot water as it cools and plot a temperature – time graph.

4. To demonstrate:

(i) Equal and opposite forces (ii) Work done in lifting a weight (iii) Work done by a moving body (iv) Work done by a compressed Spring on raised body

Note: Each student will perform atleast three practical.

Suggested areas for Assignment/ Project work

1. To study the motion of a body along an inclined plane.

2. To calculate the work done by a force using a simple toy cart.

Note: Each student needs to work on one assignment.

SCIENCE – II (CHEMISTRY)

Unit – I: Matter in our Surrounding

Physical nature of matter.

Characteristics of particles of nature.

States of Matter (Solid, Liquid and Gaseous).

Can we bring about a change in the state of matter?

Evaporation.

A brief introduction about two more states of matter – Plasma and Bose – Eanstein condensate. (Non- Evaluative).

Unit – II Is Matter around us Pure?

Mixture and its types, Solution and its properties.

Concentration of a solution and how it is expressed.

Colloidal solution and its properties.

Suspension and its properties.

Separating the components of a mixture by different methods: Evaporation, Centrifugation. By using separating funnel, Sublimation. Simple distillation, Fractional distillation. Chromatography, Separation of components of Air.

Physical and Chemical changes.

Types of Pure substances (Elements and Compounds) Difference between a Compound and a Mixture.

PRACTICAL

1. To separate the contents of a mixture:

(i) By sublimation (ii) By crystallization (iii) With the help of a separating funnel

2. To carry out the following processes, record observation and classify them into physical and chemical changes: 

(i) Melting of ice (ii) Adding pieces of iron to copper sulphate solution in a beaker (iii) Burning Magnesium in air (iv) Dissolving common salt in water (v) Adding zinc pieces to dilute Sulphuric acid

3. To Prepare:

(i) A true solution of sugar and alum (ii) A suspension of chalk powder and fine sand in water

(iii) A colloidal solution of starch in water and distinguish between these on the basis of: (a) Filtration criterion and (b) Stability

Project work

To study the solubility of three different available substances in water at different temperature and determine.

(i) Effect of temperature on solubility (ii) Magnitude of solubility at different temperature and (iii) Orders of solubility

SCIENCE – III (LIFE SCIENCE)

Unit – I: The Fundamental Unit of Life

What are Living organisms made up of? Structural organization of a cell. Plasma membrane, its relationship with Isotonic, Hypotonic solution, Osmosis: Cell wall plasmolysis and deplasmolysis.

Nucleus – Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells; cytoplasm. Cell organelles- Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Plastids and Vocuoles.

Unit – II: Tissues

Types of plants and animals tissues. Meristematic, Permanent tissue and their types, (Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma, Xylem and Phloem with their elements).

Animal tissues, Epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscular tissue, and nervous tissue.

Unit – III: Diversity in Living organisms

Basis of Classification. Classification and evaluation; the Hierarchy of classification groups. Characteristics of Monera, Prostista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Major group of Plantae anad Animalia, Nomenclature (Binomial).

PRACTICALS

1. To study the various parts of a Compound Microscope.

2. To Prepare and study Plant cell from Onion peel and Animal Cell from cheek cells.

3. To study different types of Cell from permanent slides/charts/ models of Bacterial cell, Plant cell and Animal Cell.

4. To study different types of Plant Tissues from permanent slides/charts/models of Parenchyma, Arenchyma, Collenchymas, Sclerenchyma, Xylem and Phloem.

5. To study different types of Animals Tissues from permanent slides/charts/models of Squamous, Cubiodal, Columnar, (Ciliated), Stratified (Squamous) Epithelial tissues, Adipose tissue, Adipose tissue, Tendon, Hyaline cartilage, Erythrocytes, Leucocytes, Striated muscle, Smooth muscle, Cardiac muscle and Neuron.

PROJECT WORKS/ ASSIGNMENT WORK

1. Collect and preserve the specimen of Lichens, Marchantia, Ferns, Cacti and other plants in your locality.

2. Visit to a botanical garden/locality and study the local flora.

3. Visit to lake/pond and study various aquatic plants.

4. Prepare culture of Algae, Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena.

5. Preservation of local fish varieties (Schizothorax and Cyprinus caprio).

SCIENCE II TERM

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SCIENCE – I(PHYSICS)

Unit – IV: Gravitation

Gravity and Gravitation, universal law of gravitation and its importance, Acceleration due to gravity, relation between acceleration due to gravity (g) and gravitational constant (G), Difference between mass and weight, Motion of gravity (use of in equations of motion).

Unit – V: Floatation

Thrust and Pressure, Buoyancy, condition of flotation, Archimedes Principle and its applications, Elementary idea of relative density and specific gravity.

Unit – VI: Sound

Nature of sound and its propagation in various media, Necessity of material medium for propagation of sound, speed of sound, reflection of sound, Echo, range of hearing in humans, infrasonic and ultrasonic sounds; Sonar: structure of human ear (auditory aspect only).

PRACTICALS

1. To determine the density of s solid (denser than water) by using a spring balance and measuring cylinder.

2. To verify Archimedes Principle.

3. To verify the laws of reflection of sound.

4. To study the oscillations of a:

(i) Simple pendulum (ii) Tunning fork (iii) Stretched string (iv) Slinky.

Note: Each student will perform at least three practicals in each term

Project/Assignment work

1. To demonstrate the phenomenon of weightlessness.

2. To study the change in frequency of a Simple pendulum due to change in length of the pendulum.

Note: Each student needs to work on one assignment in each term.

SCIENCE – I (CHEMISTRY)

Unit – III: Atoms and Molecules

Laws of Chemical combination:- Law of conservation of Mass, Law of constant Proportion, Numerical problems on laws of chemical combination. Atom, Atomic Mass. Molecules (Molecules of elements and molecules of compounds).

Ions (simple and Polyatomic). Chemical Formulae, writing chemical formulae of simple compounds. Molecular mass and Mole concept, Formula unit mass. Numerical Problems on Mole concept.

Unit- IV: Structure and Molecules

Charged particles of matter (Electrons and Protons). Thomson Model of atom and its drawbacks. Rutherford’s Model of Atom and drawbacks. Bohr’s Model of atom (A Brief description). Neutral Particle of Matter (Neutron). Distribution of Electrons in various orbits (shells). Electronic concept of valency. Atomic number and Mass Number. Isotopes and Isobars.

PRACTICALS

1. To experimentally prove the law of conservation of mass.

2. To prepare a chart depicting the distribution of electrons in various orbits (shells) around the nucleus for elements with atomic no’s 1 to 20 according to Bohr’s Model of Atom.

Project Work

To develop a low cost model for writing Chemical Formulae.

LIFE SCIENCE

Unit – IV: Why do we fall ill

Health and its failure. Disease and causes – Acute and Chronic disease; Causes of Diseases, Infectious and Non- infectious diseases. Infectious diseases – Agents; Means of spread. Organ specific and tissue specific manifestation.

Principles of treatment and prevention.

Unit – V: Natural Resources

Resources of Earth – Air, Air Pollution, Rain, Water, Water pollution, Mineral Riches in the soil, soil pollution Biogeochemical cycles-water cycle, oxygen cycle, carbon cycle and Nitrogen cycle. Green Houses Effect, Ozone layer depletion (Brief).

Unit – VI Improvement in Food Resources

Improvement in Crop yield- variety improvement, crop production management. Nutrient Management (Macro and Micro nutrient). Manures, fertilizers, Irrigation; cropping pattern; crop protection management, Storage of grains. Animal husbandry – Cattle farming Poultry farming, Egg and Broiler Production.

Fish production, Bee keeping.

Unit – VII Prevention of Drug Abuse and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Adolescents and Substance Abuse – Their Effects and Therapeutic Effects: Introduction, Withdrawal Symptoms and Reasons of Drug Abuse, Signs & Symptoms of Drug Addiction, Human Brain and Drug Addiction, Different Types of Drugs: Alcohol, Tobacco Opioids, Cannabinoids, Coca Alkeloid or Cocaine, Therapeutic Measures against Addiction.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases with Special Reference to AIDS: Introduction, Modes of Transmission and prevention, AIDS: Causes, Affect on person. Spread and Symptoms of AIDS, Diagnoses of HIV infection, Prevention of Spread of Disease, Social Stigma Associated with AIDS.

PRACTICAL

1. To study permanent slides/charts/models of Amoeba, Paramecium, Spirogyra and Rhizopus.

2. Identification of Specimens- Ascaris, Earthworm, Leech, Butterfly, Octopus, Starfish Torpedo, Labeo rohita, Frog, Lizard, Crow and Rat.

3. To demonstrate the Osmosis, Plasmolysis and deplasmolysis using Potato.

4. Prepare a slide of blood film showing R.B.C’s and clood platelets.

5. Prepare a slide of striated muscle taken from frog, cockroach things.

Assignment/ Project Work

1. Obtain silk moth eggs from Sericulture Department and observe growth of Larvae, Caterpillar up to Cocoon formation.

2. Surveying neighborhood to collect information on disease occurrence and pattern.

3. Visit a weed infested filed in the month of July or August and makes a list of the weeds and insect pests in the fields.

4. Make a herbarium of Careals, Pulses and oil seeds and indentify the seasons of their sowing.

5. Collect and preserve insect like Grasshopper, Dragon files and butterflies.

Note: At least two projects to be complete in each term, preferably one project and flora and one of fauna.

BOOK PRESCRIBED

“Science for Class IX” Published by J and K State Board of School Education.

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