ARKA - The Green School

SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS

SESSION 2020-21

NCERT TEXTBOOK: Science       CLASS: VIII       SUBJECT: Science
S.NoExam NameChapterPeriods RequiredMonth
1PT IBIOLOGY:
Crop production and management: - Agricultural practices - Basic practices of crop production - preparation of soil - Sewing - Adding manure and fertilizers - Irrigation - Production from weeds - Harvesting - Storage

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Synthetic fibres and plastics: Synthetic fibres - Types of synthetic fibres: nylon, rayon, polyester and acrylic - Characteristics of synthetic fibres - Plastics - Plastics as materials of choice - Characteristic properties of plastics - Plastics and the environment

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
Olympiad: Biology - Crop Production and management & Microorganisms, Physical Science -










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		June
2PT 2BIOLOGY:
Microorganisms friend and foe: Microorganisms - Where do microorganisms live? - Microorganisms and us: friendly microorganisms - Harmful microorganisms - Food preservation - Nitrogen fixation - Nitrogen cycle

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Materials, metals and non - metals: Physical properties of metals and nonmetals - Chemical properties of metals and non-metals - Displacement reactions - Uses of metals and nonmetals

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
Olympiad: Biology - Conservation of plants and animals & Cell, Physical Science -










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		July
3PT 3BIOLOGY:
Conservation of plants and animals: Deforestation and its causes - Consequences of deforestation - Conservation of forest and wildlife - Biosphere reserve - Flora and fauna - Endemic species - Wildlife sanctuary - National Park - Red Data Book - Migration - Recycling of paper - Reforestation

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Coal and Petroleum: Natural resources and types - Coal, story of coal and products - Petroleum and refining of petroleum - Natural gas - Some natural resources are limited

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
Olympiad: Biology - Reproduction and endocrine system, Physical Science -








(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		August
4PMT
(Cumulative)		BIOLOGY:
Cell structure and functions: - Discovery of the cell - The cell - Organisms show variety in cell number, shape and size - Cell structure and function - Parts of the cell - Comparison of plant and animal cells

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Combustion and Flame: Combustion - Ignition temperature - How do we control fire? - Types of combustion - Flame and structure of a flame - Fuel and fuel efficiency - Burning of fuels leads to harmful products

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
Olympiad: Biology - Pollution of air and water, Physical Science -










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		September
5MT
(Cumulative)		BIOLOGY:
Reproduction of animals: Modes of reproduction - Sexual reproduction - Male reproductive organs - Female reproductive organs - Fertilization - Development of embryo - Viviporous and oviporous animals - Asexual reproduction

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Force and Pressure: Force: A Push or a pull - Forces are due to an interaction - A force can change the state of motion - Force can change the shape of an object - Contact forces - Friction - Non contact forces - Pressure - Atmospheric pressure

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Revision & Class Test










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		October
6PT 4BIOLOGY:
Reaching the age of adolescence: Adolescence and puberty - Changes at puberty - Secondary sexual characters - Role of hormones in initiating reproductive function - Reproductive phase of life in humans - How is the sex of the baby determined - Hormones other than sex hormones - Role of hormones in completing the life history of insects and frogs - Reproductive health

PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Friction: Force of friction - Factors affecting friction - Friction: a necessary evil - Increasing and reducing friction - Wheels reduce friction - Fluid friction

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Revision & Class Test










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		November
7PT 5BIOLOGY:
Pollution of air and water: Air pollution - How does air get polluted? - Case study: the Taj Mahal - Greenhouse effect - What can be done? - Water pollution - How does water get polluted? - What is potable water and how is water purified? - What can be done?

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Sound: Sound is produced by a vibrating body - Sound produced by humans - Sound needs a medium for propagation - We hears sound through our ears - Amplitude, time period and frequency of a vibration - Audible and inaudible sounds - Noise and music - Noise pollution

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Revision & Class Test












(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		December
8PT 6BIOLOGY:
Revisioin

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Chemical effects of electric current & Some natural phenomena: Do liquids conduct electricity - Make a tester using the magnetic effect of currents - Chemical effects of electric current - Electroplating - Lightning - Charging by rubbing - Types of charges and their interaction - Transfer of charge - The story of lightning - Lightning safety - Earthquakes

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Revision & Class Test










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		January
9PMT
(Cumulative)		BIOLOGY : Revision

PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
Light & Stars and the solar system: What makes things visible - Laws of reflection - Regular and diffused reflection - Reflected light can be reflected again - Multiple images and Kaleidoscope - Structure and function of eye - Care of the eyes - Braille system - The moon - The stars - Constellations - The solar system: Sun, planet: mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - Some other members of the solar system - Aasteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites - Artificial satellites

- Activity Lerning: Explain with Real Time Activities, Read, and Learn
- Concept map/Pictorical learning: Read, Form pictorical/concept map and learn
- Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Revision & Class Test










(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours

(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		February
10ANNUAL
(Cumulative)		BIOLOGY & PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
- Revision of Real Time Activities
- Revision of Concept map/Pictoricals
- Revision of Numericals/Real Time Questions
- Overall Revision & Class Test
(4+4) hours
(4+4) hours
(2+2) hours
(1+1) hour		March