1. MATTER IN OUR SURROUNDINGS  

• Physical Nature of Matter
• Characteristics of Particles of
• Matter
• States of Matter
• Can Matter Change its State?
• Evaporation

2. IS MATTER AROUND US PURE? 

• What is a Mixture?
  • types of mixtures
• What is a Solution?
  • concentration of a solution
  • what is a suspension?
  • what is a colloidal solution?
• Separating the components of a mixture
• Physical and chemical changes
• What are the types of pure substances?
  • Elements
  • compounds

3. ATOMS AND MOLECULES

• Laws of Chemical Combination
  • law of conservation of mass
  • law of constant proportions
• What is an Atom?
• What is a Molecule?
  • molecules of elements
  • molecules of compounds
  • what is an ion?
• Writing Chemical Formulae
  • formulae of simple compounds
• Molecular Mass and Mole Concept
  • molecular mass
  • formula unit mass
  • mole concept

4. STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM

• Charged Particles in Matter
• The Structure of an Atom
  • Thomson’s model of an atom
  • Rutherford’s model of an atom
  • Bohr’s model of an atom
  • Neutrons
• How are Electrons Distributed in Different Orbits (Shells)?
  • Valency
• Atomic Number and Mass Number
  • Atomic number
  • Mass number
• Isotopes
  • Isobars

5. THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE

• What are Living Organisms Made Up of?
• What is a Cell Made Up of?
• What is the Structural organization of a Cell?
  • plasma membrane or cell membrane
  • cell wall
  • nucleus
  • cytoplasm
  • cell organelles

6. TISSUES

• Are Plants and Animals Made of Same Types of Tissues?
• Plant Tissues
  • meristematic tissue
  • permanent tissue
• Animal Tissues
  • epithelial tissue
  • connective tissue
  • muscular tissue
  • nervous tissue

7. DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS

• What is the Basis of Classification?
• Classification and Evolution
• Classification and Evolution
  • Monera
  • Protista
  • Fungi
  • Plantae
  • Animalia
• Plantae
  • Thallophyta 
  • Bryophyta
  • Pteridophyta
  • Gymnosperms
  • Angiosperms
• Animalia
  • Porifera
  • Coelenterata (cnidaria)
  • Platyhelminthes
  • Nematoda
  • Annelida
  • Arthropoda
  • Mollusca
  • Echinodermata
  • Protochordate
  • Vertebrata
• Nomenclature

8. MOTION

• Describing Motion
  • Motion along a straight line
  • Uniform motion and non-uniform motion
• Measuring the rate of motion
• Rate of Change of velocity
• Graphical Representation of Motion
• Equations of Motion by Graphical Method
  • Equation for velocity-time relation
  • Equation for position-time relation
  • Equation for a position–velocity relation
• Uniform circular motion

9. FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

• Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
• First Law of Motion
• Inertia and Mass
• Second Law of Motion
  • Mathematical formulation of the second law of motion
• Third Law of motion
• Conservation of momentum

10. GRAVITATION

• Gravitation
  • Universal law of gravitation
  • Importance of the universal law of gravitation
• Free Fall
  • To calculate the value of g
  • motion of objects under the influence of the gravitational force of the earth
• Mass
• Weight
  • Weight of an object on the moon
• Thrust and Pressure
  • pressure in fluids
  • Buoyancy
  • Why objects float or sink when placed on the surface of the water?
• Archimedes’ Principle
• Relative Density

11. WORK AND ENERGY 

• Work
• Energy
  • Forms of energy
  • kinetic energy
  • Potential energy
  • Potential energy of an object  at a height
  • Are various energy forms interconvertible?
  • Law of conservation of energy
• Rate of doing work
  • Commercial unit of energy

12. SOUND 

• Production of Sound
• Propagation of Sound
  • Sound needs a medium to travel
  • Sound waves are longitudinal waves
  • Characteristics of a sound wave
  • Speed of sound in different media

• Reflection of Sound
  • Echo
  • Reverberation
  • Uses of multiple reflections of sound
• Range of Hearing
• Applications of Ultrasound
  • Sonar
• Structure of Human Ear

13. WHY DO WE FALL ILL?

• Health and its Failure
  • The significance of ‘health’
  • Personal and community issues both matter for   health
  • Distinctions between ‘healthy’  and ‘disease-free’
• Disease and Its Causes
  • What does disease look like?
  • Acute and chronic diseases
  • Chronic diseases  and  poor  health
  • Causes of diseases
  • Infectious and non-infectious  causes
• Infectious Diseases
  • Infectious agents
  • Means of spread
  • Organ-specific and tissue-specific
  • manifestations
  • principles of treatment
  • principles of prevention

14. NATURAL RESOURCES

• The Breath of Life: Air
  • The role of the atmosphere in climate control
  • The movement of air: winds
  • Rain
  • Air pollution
• Water: A wonder Liquid
  • water pollution
• Mineral riches in the Soil
• Biogeochemical Cycles
  • The water-cycle
  • The nitrogen-cycle
  • The carbon-cycle
  • The oxygen-cycle
• Ozone Layer

15. IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD RESOURCES

• Improvement in Crop Yields
  • Crop variety improvement
  • Crop production management
  • Crop protection management
• Animal Husbandry
  • Cattle farming
  • Poultry farming
  • Fish production
  • Bee - keeping