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A beautiful gift to humanity:

We should not distort it
A.P.J Abdul Kalam

The aim of science is to develop inquiring minds and curiosity, acquire knowledge,
conceptual understanding and skills to solve problems and make informed decisions

Life is incredibly varied, yet based on common processes. Intrinsic motivation arises
from a desire to learn a topic due to its inherent interests, for self-fulfilment,
enjoyment and to achieve a mastery of the subject.

Academic Window 2018-19 is planned as a skill-based questionnaire that

emphasizes on thinking skills, experimental skills and application skills.

It consists of the following units– Index, Exam wise syllabus, Glossary, Chapter
names and sample papers for Tests and Exams

This is composed and compiled on the basis of the latest syllabus prescribed by
CBSE and will be updated as and when required .

Design and Conceptualization by

Anubha Kalra
Sr. Supervisor ICT

Content Development by
Ms. Nithya Sunith & Ms. Veani Sharma
RnR Science Department

Graphic Designing by
Mohamed Fareeth
ICT Department

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 GLOSSARY

HAD AN IDEA - Conceptual

NEARLY THERE - Understanding

NAILED IT! - Application

VALUE BASED

CHALLENGE YOURSELF!!

MONTH-WISE SYLLABUS
S.NO CHAPTERS MONTH

4. Sorting materials into groups November

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 Time Management
Don’t say you don’t have time— learn to work smarter.
Type of Question Maximum Time Taken PERIODIC TEST HYRLY/ YRLY EXAM
(for each answer) (No. of Ques. × Time taken)
1 Mark 2 Minutes 3 × 2 = 6 minutes 4 × 2 = 8 minutes

2 Mark 4 Minutes 4 × 4 = 16 minutes 6× 3 = 18 minutes

3 Mark 6 Minutes 3 × 6 = 18 minutes 8 × 4 = 32 minutes

4 Mark 8 Minutes 2 × 8 = 16 minutes 10 × 5 = 50 minutes

TOTAL TIME TAKEN 12 Questions = 56 minutes 28 Ques.=1hr 48 min.

TIME LEFT FOR REVISION 14 minutes 42 minutes

PLAN, PREPARE, PERFORM...

The S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Behind a Successful Dipsite!
Safety is my priority
Calmness of mind I keep
Intellectual and unique in my presentation
Exam fear I have not!
Never distract or get distracted
Concepts are clear
Extraordinary and exemplar
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CHAPTER 4 - SORTING MATERIALS INTO GROUPS

MATERIAL GROUPING
Material: The matter of which an object is
made is called material.eg Glass, steel, wood
etc.
Classification: The process of sorting and
grouping things according to some basic is
called classification. Object can be classified
on different basis. i e. shape, material used,
uses etc.
Basis of grouping: Materials can be grouped based on similarity and differences in their
property. Different type of material have different properties such as
appearance, solubility, transparency, conductivity and behavior towards a magnet.

LUSTER

The property of a substance that describes how shiny or lustrous it is.

A piece of paper is dull because it does not reflect much light,but the chrome on a car is
lustrous /shiny because it reflects a lot of light. Another dull thing is an eraser
and another shiny thing is ______________.

TRANSPARENT TRANSLUCENT OPAQUE

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 * Any substance with a lower density than
liquid water will float in water.
* Wood, oil and wax are examples that
float.
* A metal boat can float because its
shapes provides areas that can fill with
air, which is less dense than water.

Soluble- when one substance (solute) is dissolved by another substance (solvent)”

like dissolves like” Example: Salt is soluble in water.

Insoluble-When one substance does NOT dissolve in another. Example: Oil is soluble in
water.

Appearance

Property Hardness

Property Solubility

Sorting Materials into Groups

WOODEN BOX CLOSELY PACKED SOLID

Definite shape and volume of solid object (wooden box)

Particles in solid state vibrate as they are closely packed.

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Objects around us

HAD AN IDEA

1.Which among the following materials would you identify as soft materials and why? Ice, rubber
band, eraser, pencil, pearl, a piece of wooden board, cooked rice, pulses and fresh chapati. (2)
2.Match the objects given in Column I with the materials given in Column II. (2)

NEARLY THERE
3.a. How does the grouping of objects help the shopkeeper? (2)
b. Why are the window panes of departmental stores made of transparent glass?

NAILED IT
4.Why is a tumbler not made with a piece of cloth? (2)

Properties of Materials
HAD AN IDEA
1.In figure (13), classify the following objects based on their hardness. (1)

2. You are provided with the following materials-turmeric, honey, water, groundnut oil, rice flour,
glucose, mustard oil. Make any three pairs of substances where one substance is soluble in the
other and any three pairs of substances where one substance remains insoluble in the other
substances. (3)

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NEARLY THERE

3.What do you call a substance through which things are partially visible? (1)

4.What is the importance of oxygen dissolved in water? (1)

5.State one property of metals which is used for making jewelry. (1)

NAILED IT!
6.Why do shopkeepers prefer to keep biscuits, sweets and other eatables in transparent contain-
ers? (1)
7.State the conditions when pure water can lose transparency. (Any two) (2)
8.Figure below shows three cases when light from a torch is incident on three surfaces. The ob-
servation for the second case has been written for you. (2)
Write down your observations for the cases shown in (A) and (B) respectively

some light pass-

es through

9. Kumar carried out an experiment to study the amount of light passing through/or detected dif-
ferent materials and the result is as shown in the table.
Which material should he select to make the following and why?
i.Sunglass lens ii.Spectacles lens

Work Requires More

Work Well Done Work Adequately
Practice and Effort
Attempted

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