CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X

Grade - VI
Term 1 Term 2
1: Food: Where Does It Come From? 4: Sorting Materials into Groups
 Food variety  Objects around us
 Food materials and sources  Properties of materials
 Plant parts and animal products as food o Appearance
 What do animals eat? o Hardness
o Herbivores o Soluble or Insoluble?
o Carnivores o Objects may float or sink in water
o Omnivores o Transparency
o Scavengers 6: Changes Around Us
o Decomposers  Can all changes always be reversed?
2: Components of Food  Could there be other ways to bring a change?
 What do different food items contain? 7: Getting To Know Plants
o Carbohydrates  Herbs, Shrubs and Trees
o Proteins  Stem
o Vitamins
 Leaf
o Minerals
o Fibres  Root
 What do various nutrients do for our body?  Flower
 Balanced diet 9: The Living Organisms and Their Surroundings
 Deficiency diseases  Organisms and the surroundings where they live
3: Fibre to Fabric  Habitat and Adaptation
 Variety in fabrics  A journey through different habitats
 Fibre o Some terrestrial habitats
o Some aquatic habitats
 Some Plant fibres
 Characteristics of organisms
 Spinning cotton yarn
o Do all organisms need food?
 Yarn to fabric o Do all organisms show growth?
 History of clothing material o Do all organisms respire?

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5: Separation of Substances o Do all organisms respond to stimuli?
 Methods of separation o Living organisms and excretion
o Hand picking o Do all organisms reproduce their own kind?
o Threshing o Do all organisms move?
o Winnowing 12: Electricity and Circuits
o Sieving  Electric cell
o Sedimentation, Decantation and Filtration  A bulb connected to an electric cell
o Evaporation  An electric circuit
 Use of more than one method of separation  Electric switch
 Can water dissolve any amount of a substance?  Electric conductors and insulators
8: Body Movements 13: Fun with Magnets
 Human body and its movements  How magnets were discovered
o Ball and socket joints
 Magnetic and Non-magnetic materials
o Pivotal joints
o Hinge joints  Poles of magnet
o Fixed joints  Finding directions
 Gait of animals  Make your own magnet
o Earthworm  Attraction and repulsion between magnets
o Snail  A few cautions
o Cockroach 15: Air Around us
o Birds
 Is air present everywhere around us?
o Fish
o How do snakes move?  What is air made up of?
10: Motion and Measurement of Distances  How does oxygen become available to animals and plants living in water
 Story of transport and soil?
 How wide is this desk?  How is the oxygen in the atmosphere replaced?
 Some measurements
 Standard units of measurements
 Correct measurement of length
 Measuring the length of a curved line
 Moving things around us

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 Types of motion
11: Light, Shadows and Reflections
 Transparent, Opaque and Translucent objects
 What exactly are shadows?
 A pinhole camera
 Mirrors and Reflections
14: Water
 How much water do we use?
 Where do we get water from?
 Water Cycle
o Disappearing trick of water
o Loss of water by plants
o How are clouds formed?
 Back to the oceans
 What if it rains heavily?
 What happens if it does not rain for a long period?
 How can we conserve water?
 Rainwater Harvesting
16: Garbage in, Garbage out
 Dealing with garbage
 Vermicomposting
 Think and Throw
 Recycling of paper
 Plastics- Boon or a curse?

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CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X

Grade - VII
Term 1 Term 2
1: Nutrition in Plants 5: Acids, Bases and Salts
 Mode of nutrition in plants  Acids and Bases
 Photosynthesis- Food making process in plants  Natural indicators around us
 Other modes of nutrition in plants  Neutralisation
 Saprotrophs  Neutralisation in everyday life
 How nutrients are replenished in the soil 7: Weather, Climate and Adaptations of Animals to Climate
2: Nutrition in Animals  Weather
 Different ways of taking food  Climate
 Digestion in humans  Climate and Adaptation
 Digestion in grass-eating animals 8: Winds, Storms and Cyclones
 Feeding and digestion in amoeba  Air exerts pressure
3: Fibre to Fabric  High speed winds are accompanied by reduced air pressure
 Wool  Air expands on heating
 Silk  Wind currents are generated due to uneven heating on the Earth
4: Heat  Thunderstorms and cyclones
 Hot and cold  Destruction caused by cyclones
 Measuring temperature  Effective safety measures
 Laboratory thermometer  Advanced technology has helped
 Transfer of heat 9: Soil
 Kinds of clothes we wear in summer and winter  Soil teeming with life
6: Physical and Chemical Changes  Soil profile
 Physical change  Soil types
 Chemical change  Properties of soil
 Rusting of iron  Moisture in soil
 Crystallisation  Absorption of water by soil

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13: Motion and Time  Soil and crops
 Slow or fast 10: Respiration in Organisms
 Speed  Why do we respire?
 Measurement of time  Breathing
 Measuring speed  How do we breathe?
 Distance- Time graph  What do we breathe out?
14: Electric Current and its Effects  Breathing in other animals
 Symbols of electric components  Breathing under water
 Heating effect of electric current  Do plants also respire?
 Magnetic effect of electric current 11: Transportation in Animals and Plants
 Electromagnet  Circulatory system
 Electric bell  Excretion in animals
16: Water: A Precious Resource  Transport of substances in plants
 How much water is available 12: Reproduction in Plants
 Forms of water  Modes of reproduction
 Groundwater as an important source of water o Asexual reproduction
 Depletion of water table  Vegetative propagation
 Budding
 Distribution of water
 Fragmentation
 Water management  Spore formation
 What role you can play o Sexual reproduction
 Effect of water scarcity on plants  Pollination
17: Forests: Our Lifeline  Fertilisation
 Visit to a forest  Fruits and seed formation
18: Wastewater Story  Seed dispersal
 Water, our lifeline 15: Light
 What is sewage?  Light travels along a straight line
 Water freshens up- an eventful journey  Reflection of light
 Wastewater treatment plant  Right or left
 Better house keeping practices  Playing with spherical mirrors

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 Sanitation and disease  Images formed by lenses
 Alternative arrangement for sewage disposal  Sunlight- white or coloured?
 Sanitation at public places

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CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X

Grade - VIII
Term 1 Term 2
1: Crop production and management 7: Conservation of Plants and Animals
 Agricultural practices  Deforestation and its causes
 Basic practices of crop production  Consequences of deforestation
 Preparation of soil  Conservation of forest and wildlife
 Sowing  Biosphere Reserve
 Adding manure and fertilisers  Flora and Fauna
 Irrigation  Endemic Species
 Protection from weeds  Wildlife Sanctuary
 Harvesting  National Park
 Storage  Red Data Book
 Food from animals  Migration
2: Microorganisms: Friend And Foe  Recycling of paper
 Microorganisms  Reforestation
 Where do microorganisms live? 9: Reproduction in Animals
 Microorganisms and us  Modes of Reproduction
 Harmful Microorganisms  Sexual Reproduction
 Food Preservation  Asexual Reproduction
 Nitrogen Fixation 10: Reaching the Age of Adolescence
3: Synthetic Fibres and Plastics  Adolescence and Puberty
 What are synthetic fibres?  Changes at puberty
 Types of synthetic fibres  Secondary sexual characters
 Characteristics of synthetic fibres  Role of hormones in initiating reproductive function
 Plastics  Reproductive phase of life in humans
 Plastics and the environment  How is the sex of the baby determined?
 Hormones other than sex hormones

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4: Materials: Metals and Non-Metals  Role of hormones in completing the life history of insects and frogs
 Physical properties of metals and non-metals  Reproductive health
 Chemical properties of metals and non-metals 13: Sound
 Uses of metals and non-metals  Sound is produced by a vibrating body
5: Coal and Petroleum  Sound produced by humans
 Coal  Sound needs a medium for propagation
 Petroleum  We hear sound through our ears
 Natural Gas  Amplitude, Time Period and Frequency of a vibration
 Some natural resources are limited  Audible and Inaudible sounds
6: Combustion and Flame  Noise and Music
 What is combustion?  Noise Pollution
 How do we control fire? 14: Chemical Effects of Electric Current
 Types of combustion  Do liquids conduct electricity?
 Flame  Chemical effects of electric current
 Structure of a flame  Electroplating
 What is a fuel? 17: Stars and the Solar System
 Fuel efficiency  The Moon
8: Cell — Structure and Functions  The Stars
 Discovery of the cell  Constellations
 The Cell  The Solar System
 Organisms show variety in cell number, shape and size  Some other members of the solar system
 Cell structure and function 18: Pollution of Air and Water
 Parts of the cell  Air Pollution
 Comparison of plant and animal cells  How does air get polluted?
11: Force and Pressure  Case study : The Taj Mahal
 Force – A Push or a Pull  Greenhouse Effect
 Forces are due to an interaction  What can be done?
 Exploring Forces  Water Pollution
 A force can change the state of motion  How does water get polluted?

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 Force can change the shape of an object  What is potable water and how is water purified?
 Contact Forces  What can be done?
o Muscular force
o Friction
 Non-contact Forces
o Magnetic Force
o Electrostatic Force
o Gravitational Force
 Pressure
 Pressure exerted by liquids and gases
 Atmospheric Pressure
12: Friction
 Force of Friction
 Factors affecting friction
 Friction : A necessary evil
 Increasing and reducing friction
 Wheels reduce friction
 Fluid Friction
15: Some Natural Phenomena
 Lightning
 Charging by rubbing
 Types of charges and their interaction
 Transfer of charge
 The story of lightning
 Lightning Safety
 Earthquakes
16: Light
 What makes things visible
 Laws of Reflection

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 Regular and diffused reflection
 Reflected light can be reflected again
 Multiple Images
 Sunlight — White or Coloured
 What is inside our eyes?
 Care of eyes
 Visually challenged persons can read and write
 What is a Braille System?

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CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X

Grade - IX
Term 1 Term 2
3: Atoms and Molecules
1: Matter in Our Surrounding
 Laws of chemical combination
 Physical nature of matter
 What is an atom?
 Characteristics of particles of matter
 What is a molecule?
 States of matter
 Writing chemical formulae
 Can matter change its state?
 Molecular mass and mole concept
 Evaporation
4: Structure of the Atom
2. Is Matter around Us Pure
 Charged particles in matter
 What is a mixture?
 The structure of an atom
 What is a solution?
 How are electrons distributed in different orbits (shells)?
 Separating the components of a mixture
 Valency
 Physical and chemical changes
 Atomic number and mass number
 What are the types of pure substances?
 Isotopes
 Isobars
5: The Fundamental Unit of Life 7: Diversity in Living Organisms
 What are living organisms made up of?  What is the basis of classification?
 What is a cell made up of? What is the structural organization of a cell?  Classification and evolution
 Cell division  The hierarchy of classification-groups
6: Tissues  Plantae
 Are plants and animals made of same types of tissues?  Animalia
 Plant Tissues  Nomenclature
 Animal Tissues 13: Why do We Fall Ill?
 Health and its failure
 Disease and its causes
 Infectious diseases

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CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X
8: Motion 10: Gravitation
 Describing Motion  Gravitation
 Measuring the rate of motion  Free Fall
 Rate of change of velocity  Mass
 Graphical representation of motion  Weight
 Equations of motion by graphical method  Thrust and Pressure
 Uniform circular motion  Archimedes’ Principle
9: Force and Laws of Motion  Relative density
 Balanced and unbalanced forces 11: Work and Energy
 First law of motion  Work
 Inertia and Mass  Energy
 Second law of motion  Rate of doing work
 Third law of motion
 Conservation of momentum
12: Sound
 Production of sound
 Propagation of sound
 Reflection of sound
 Range of hearing
 Applications of ultrasound
 Structure of human ear
15: Improvement in Food Resources 14: Natural Resources
 Improvement in crop yields  The breath of life: air
 Animal Husbandry  Water: A wonder liquid
 Water pollution
 Mineral Riches in the soil
 Biogeochemical Cycles

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CBSE 2019 - 20 Subject Overview - Science Grades VI - X

Grade - X
Term 1 Term 2
1: Chemical Reactions and Equations 4: Carbon and its Compounds
 Chemical equations  Bonding in carbon- the covalent bond
 Types of chemical reactions  Versatile nature of carbon
 Have you observed the effects of oxidation reactions in everyday life?  Chemical properties of carbon compounds
2: Acids, Bases and Salts  Some important carbon compounds – ethanol and ethanoic acid
 Understanding the chemical properties of acids and bases  Soaps and detergents
 What do all acids and all bases have in common? 5: Periodic Classification of Elements
 How strong are acid or base solutions?  Making order out of chaos- early attempts at the classification of elements
 More about salts  Making order out of chaos – Mendeleev’s periodic table
3: Metals and Non-metals  Making order out of chaos – the modern periodic table
 Physical properties
 Chemical properties of metals
 How do metals and non-metals react?
 Occurrence of metals
 Corrosion
6: Life Processes 8: How do Organisms Reproduce?
 What are life processes?  Do organisms create exact copies of themselves?
 Nutrition  Modes of reproduction used by single organisms
 Respiration  Sexual reproduction
 Transportation 9: Heredity and Evolution
 Excretion  Accumulation of variation during reproduction
7: Control and Coordination  Heredity
 Animals- nervous system  Evolution
 Coordination in plants  Speciation
 Hormones in animals  Evolution and classification

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 Endocrine glands  Evolution should not be equated with ‘progress’

12: Electricity 10: Light-Reflection and Refraction

 Electric current and circuit  Reflection of light
 Electric potential and potential difference  Spherical mirrors
 Circuit diagram  Refraction of light
 Ohm’s law 11: Human Eye and the Colourful World
 Factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends  The human eye
 Resistance of a system of resistors  Defects of vision and their correction
 Heating effect of electric current  Refraction of light through a prism
 Electric power  Dispersion of white light by a glass prism
13: Magnetic Effects of Electric Current  Atmospheric refraction
 Magnetic field and field lines  Scattering of light
 Magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor
 Force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
 Electric motor
 Electromagnetic induction
 Electric generator
 Domestic electric circuits
14: Sources of Energy 15: Our Environment
 What is a good source of energy?  Eco-system - What are its components?
 Conventional sources of energy  How do our activities affect the environment?
 Alternative or non-conventional sources of energy 16: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
 Environmental consequences  Why do we need to manage our resources?
 How long will an energy source last us?  Forests and wild life
 Water for all
 Coal and petroleum
 An overview of natural resource management

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