This document outlines the curriculum for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) courses over four school years. It details the topics that will be covered in each term, including introductions to computer hardware, software applications like MS Word and Paint, programming languages like Scratch and QB64, HTML, and cybersecurity concepts. Students will learn about input/output devices, operating systems, application software, networking, databases, and troubleshooting over the course of the four years.
This document outlines the curriculum for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) courses over four school years. It details the topics that will be covered in each term, including introductions to computer hardware, software applications like MS Word and Paint, programming languages like Scratch and QB64, HTML, and cybersecurity concepts. Students will learn about input/output devices, operating systems, application software, networking, databases, and troubleshooting over the course of the four years.
This document outlines the curriculum for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) courses over four school years. It details the topics that will be covered in each term, including introductions to computer hardware, software applications like MS Word and Paint, programming languages like Scratch and QB64, HTML, and cybersecurity concepts. Students will learn about input/output devices, operating systems, application software, networking, databases, and troubleshooting over the course of the four years.
- Input devices - Process devices - Storage devices 02. Working with Windows - Starting a computer - OS - Desktop - Opening an application - Shutting down a computer Term 2 03. Applications of a Computer - Difference between human and computers - Types of computers - Uses of computers Term 3 04. The Keyboard and the Mouse - Keys on a keyboard - The computer mouse and its functions 05. Fun with Paint - Starting Paint - Components of Paint and its tools - Opening new window - Saving and opening a picture - Closing paint Term 4 06. Introduction to MS Word - Opening MS Word - Components of MS Word - Creating, Opening, Saving a document - Closing a document School Year 2023-2024 Subject – ICT 3 Term 1 01. Know Your Computer - IPO cycle - Differences between hardware and software - Types of software 02. Using Windows - Starting windows, desktop, icons, gadgets - Components of a window - Accessories - Shutting down a computer 03. MS Word Interface - Components of MS Word - Inserting text, selecting and editing - Undo and redo options - Find and replace, spelling and grammar, changing Case Term 2 04. Using Paint Tools - Shapes and filing colors - More tools 05. Using Text Tool in Paint - Text tool, Text tab, Component of text 06. Advanced Paint - Editing images, Image group - Resize and skew, View tab Term 3 07. Tux Paint - Features of Tux Paint, Starting Tux Paint and Components - Drawing Tools, saving, opening, erasing a picture - Closing Tux Paint 08. MSW Logo - Introduction - Starting MSW Logo and its Window - Component of MSWLogo screen and Commander window - Exiting MSW Logo Term 4 09. MSWLogo- Basic Commands - Basic commands of MSWLogo School Year 2023-2024 Subject – ICT 4 Term 1 01. Know Your Computer - IPO devices - Computer memory - Specific application and limitations of computers 02. Using Windows - Desktop background - Screen saver - Setting date and time - Windows explorer and accessories Term 2 03. MS Word – Formatting Text - Font, highlighting text - Border and shading - Text alignment 04. Fun with Tux Paint - Using stamp tool - Opening a new drawing canvas, viewing pictures as slide show, printing a picture Term 3 05. MSWLogo -Drawing Polygons and Circles - Drawing two lines with an angle, square, triangle - Advanced command - Repeat command - Drawing circles and arc - Saving as BMP or GIF 06. MSWLogo – PenColors and PenSizes Term 4 07. Text Commands and Arithmetic Commands - Make, show, print, label, type and arithmetic operators 08. Introduction to MS PowerPoint - Starting MS PowerPoint - Components - Creating and saving a presentation - Running a slide show - Opening an existing presentation - Printing a presentation School Year 2023-2024 Subject – ICT 7 Term 1 01. Network Communication and Mobile OS - Computer network, types and topography, transmission channels and mobile OS 02. Creating Tables in MS Word - Creating and modifying tables, styles and borders and shadings 03. MS Excel Advanced Features - Cell reference, data soring and filtering, conditional formatting and charts Term 2 04. Introduction to Programming Concepts - Generations of programming languages, computer language translators and terms and definitions 05. Scratch 06. QB64 – Programming Statements II - FOR…Next, Do While… Loop, Do Until… Loop, While… Wend, Exit Term 3 07. QB64 – Graphic and Sound 08. Introduction to HTML - HTML Editor and tags, structures of HTML document 09. Elementary HTML - Creating list and inserting table, changing text font, color and size, page margin Term 4 10. Creating Forms in HTML 11. Flash – Tweening and Publishing - Tweening in Flash, publishing flash movies 12. World Wide Web - Protocols on the web, components and how the web works, web hosting and uses of the web School Year 2023-2024 Subject – ICT 8 Term 1 01. MS Access - Terms, functions and database objects - Creating table, data types, primary view and changing views - Saving database, queries, forms and reports 02. Introduction to OpenOffice 1 - OpenOffice Write and Impress 03. Introduction to OpenOffice II - OpenOffice Calc and Base Term 2 04. Frames in HTML - Frames, frameset tag, nested frameset 05. JavaScript in HTML Documents - Javascript program, variables, opertors - Window object, ParseInt and Parsefloat methods 06. HTML 5 - Introduction - Features of HTML 5, backward and compatibility, points to remember in HTML codes - Tags, attributes, inserting images, audio and vide Term 3 07. Introduction to Python - Features of python, writing and executing commands, exiting python shell, operators, variables and conditional contructs 08. More About Python - Loops and jumps statements 09. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Goals of AI, applications of AI, domains of AI, tool problem solving AI and limitations of AI Term 4 10. Virus and Antivirus - Computer viruses, limitations of viruses, how is it spread, types of viruses, harmful program and protection against computer virus 11. Troubleshooting - Why maintenance is important, areas to troubleshoot, steps to troubleshooting common problems and their troubleshooting School Year 2023-2024 Subject – ICT 9 Term 1 01. MS Access - Creating simple table, queries, forms and reports - Linking different tables, queries through a shared field to create reports or queries - Designing forms, query forms and reports Term 2 02. MS Word - Advance features of MS Word – tables, layout and design, page numbering and references, Term 3 03. Introduction to Python - Features of python, writing and executing commands, exiting python shell, operators, variables and conditional contructs 04. More About Python - Loops and jumps statements 05. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Goals of AI, applications of AI, domains of AI, tool problem solving AI and limitations of AI Term 4 06. Virus and Antivirus - Computer viruses, limitations of viruses, how is it spread, types of viruses, harmful program and protection against computer virus 07. Troubleshooting - Why maintenance is important, areas to troubleshoot, steps to troubleshooting common problems and their troubleshooting School Year 2023-2024 Subject – Math 7 Term 1 01. Integers - Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers - LCM and HCF, divisibility - Square roots and cube roots 02. Expressions, Formulae and Equations - Constructing expressions, collecting like terms, expanding brackets, solving equations and inequalities 03. Place Value and Rounding - Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 and rounding 04. Decimals - Ordering decimals, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals 05. Angles and Constructions - Sum of 360 degrees, intersecting lines and quadrilateral lines Term 2 06. Collecting Data - Conducting investigations and taking pictures 07. Fractions - Ordering fractions, adding, multiplying and dividing fractions 08. Shapes and Symmetry - Symmetry of 2D shapes, circles and polygons - Congruent shapes and 3D shapes 09. Sequences and Functions - Generating sequence, using the nth term, representing simple functions Term 3 10. Percentages - Fractions, decimals and percentages 11. Graphs - Functions, graphs of functions, lines parallel to axis and intercepting lines 12. Ratio and Proportion 13. Probability 14. Position and Transformation - Maps and plans, distance between two points, translating 2D shapes, reflecting, rotating and enlarging shapes Term 4 15. Shapes, Area and Volume - Converting between units for area, calculating volumes and surface area of cubes and cuboid 16. Interpreting Results - 2-way table, dual and compound bar chart, pie chart, infographic, statistics School Year 2023-2024 Subject – Science 8 Term 1 01. Respiration - Human respirator system, gas exchange, breathing, respiration, blood 02. Properties of Materials - Dissolving, solutions and solubility, paper chromatography 03. Forces and Energy - Forces and motion, speed, movement, turning forces, pressure between solids and gases, particles on the move Term 2 04. Ecosystem - The Sonoran Desert, ecosystems, intruders in an ecosystem, bioaccumulation 05. Materials and Cycles of Earth - Structure of the atom, purity, weather and climate, climate and ice ages, atmosphere and climate Term 3 06. Light - Reflection, refraction, making rainbows, colors of light, galaxies, rocks in space 07. Diet and Growth - Nutrients, a balanced diet, growth, development and health, moving the body Term 4 08. Chemical Reactions - Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reactions of metals with oxygen and dilute acid 09. Magnetism - Magnetic fields, the Earth is a giant magnet, electromagnets, investigating electromagnets School Year 2023-2024 Subject – Science 9 Term 1 01. Photosynthesis and the Carbon Cycle 02. Properties of Materials - Atomic structure of the periodic table, trends in group, why elements react to compounds, simple and giant structures 03. Forces and Energy - Density, heat and temperature, conversion of energy, moving from hot to cold, ways of transferring thermal energy, cooling by evaporation Term 2 04. Maintaining Life - Plants and water, transpiration, excretion in humans, keeping a fetus healthy 05. Reactivity - Reactivity and displacement reactions, using reactivity series and displacement reactions, salts, rearranging atoms Term 3 06. Sound and Space - Loudness and pitch of sound, interference sound, formation of the Moon, Nebulae, tectonics 07. Genes and Inheritance - Chromosomes, genes and DNA, gametes and inheritance, variation, natural selection Term 4 08. Rates and Reaction - Measuring the rate of reaction, surface area and the rate of reaction, temperature and the rate of reaction, concentration and the rate of reaction 09. Electricity - Parallel circuits, current, voltage - Resistance and practical circuits