1.Materials

• Acids and Bases: Acids, Bases andSalts: General properties, examplesand uses.
• Chemical Reactions: Types of chemicalreactions: combination, decomposition,displacement double decomposition,precipitation, and neutralization.
• Oxidation and Reduction: Oxidation andReduction in terms of gain andloss of oxygen and hydrogen.
• Metals and Non-Metals: Briefdiscussion on basic metallurgicalprocesses. Properties of commonmetals. Elementary idea about bonding.
• Carbon Compounds: Elementary ideaabout bonding. Saturatedhydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids(properties only)
• Common chemicals used in daily life:Soap, common salt, Washing soda,Baking soda, bleaching powder,Plaster of Paris.
• Classification of Elements: Briefhistorical account, Mendeleev's periodictable, gradation in properties.

2.The World of the Living

• Life Processes: Definition of "Livingthings". Basic concept of nutrition,respiration, transport and excretion inplants and animals.
• Control in the Living: Tropic movementsn plants .Introduction to plant hormones;control and coordination in animals;voluntary, involuntary and reflex action,nervous system, chemical coordination,animal hormones.
• Reproduction in the Living:Reproduction in plants and animals.Need for and methods of familyplanning. Safe Sex vs-. HIV/AIDS. Childbearing and women's health.
• Heredity and Evolution: Heredity, originof life- brief introduction, Basic conceptsof evolution.

3.Moving things. People and Ideas

• Electric Circuits: Potential and potentialdifference. Ohm's Law, Resistancesin series and parallel. Power dissipateddue to current. Inter relation between P,V, I and R.
• Magnets: Magnetic field, field lines.Field due to a current carrying wire, coil,solenoid. Force on current carryingconductor. Fleming's Left Hand Rule.Electric motor, electromagneticinduction. Induced potential differences,induced current. Electric generator,principle and working.
• Direct and Alternating current.Frequency of AC. Advantages of ACover DC. Domestic Electric Circuits.

4.Natural Phenomena

• Light: Convergence and Divergenceof Light.
• Spherical Mirrors: Images formed by aconcave mirror. Related concepts:centre of curvature, principal axis,optical centre, focus, focal length.
• Refraction: appreciation of the conceptof refraction. Laws of refraction. Velocityof light. Refractive index; twinkling ofstars; dispersion of light. Scattering oflight.
• Lenses: Images formed by a convexlens; functioning of the lens in thehuman problems of vision and theirremedies. Application of sphericalmirrors and lenses.

5.Pollution

• Types of pollution - air, water, (fresh andmarine), soil, radiation, and noise.
• Sources of pollution and majorpollutants, oil spills
• Effect of pollution on -environment,human health and other organisms
• Abatement of pollution

6.Striving for a Better Environment

• Use of efficient and eco-friendlytechnology
• Sustainable use of resources.
• Enforcement of acts, laws and policies