Grade 10 - Science

Curriculum is designed to provide comprehensive coverage for ICSE, CBSE, IB & IGCSE boards and various Olympiads.

Section 1 - Academic

Physics

1. Force: Understanding the interaction that changes an object's motion, including concepts like types of forces and Newton's laws.
2. Work, Energy, and Power: Study of how work is done by forces, the concept of energy and its conservation, and the rate at which work is done (power).
3. Machines: Study of devices that make work easier by changing the direction or magnitude of a force, including levers, pulleys, and gears.
4. Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces: Understanding how light bends when it passes through a flat surface, including Snell's law and refraction indices.
5. Refraction through a Lens: Study of how lenses bend light to form images, including concepts of focal length and magnification.
6. Spectrum: Analysis of the range of different colours of light or other electromagnetic waves, produced by dispersion through a prism.
7. Sound: Understanding the nature of sound waves, their propagation, frequency, pitch, and the Doppler effect.
8. Current Electricity: Study of electric current, resistance, Ohm's law, and electrical circuits.
9. Household Circuits: Understanding electrical wiring and safety in domestic settings, including series and parallel circuits.
10. Electromagnetism: Study of the relationship between electricity and magnetism, including electromagnetic fields and induction.
11. Calorimetry: Measurement of heat transfer in chemical reactions and physical processes.
12. Radioactivity: Study of radioactive decay, types of radiation, and nuclear reactions.
13. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Our Environment: Strategies for conserving resources and protecting the environment, including renewable energy and pollution control.
14. Human Eye: Understanding the structure and function of the human eye, including vision and common visual defects.

Chemistry

1. Periodic Table, Periodic Properties, and Variation in Properties: Study of the arrangement of elements and their periodic properties, such as atomic size and ionisation energy.
2. Chemical Bonding: Understanding how atoms bond to form molecules, including ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds.
3. Acids, Bases, and Salts: Study of the properties, reactions, and uses of acids, bases, and their salts.
4. Analytic Chemistry: Uses of Ammonium Hydroxide and Sodium Hydroxide: Applications and reactions of these chemicals in qualitative analysis and industry.
5. Mole Concept and Stoichiometry: Study of the mole as a unit of measurement and its use in calculating reactants and products in chemical reactions.
6. Electrolysis: Process of using electrical energy to drive chemical reactions, including the decomposition of compounds.
7. Metallurgy: Study of the extraction and processing of metals from ores.
8. Study of Compounds: Hydrogen Chloride, Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Sulphuric Acid: Properties, reactions, and uses of these important chemical compounds.
9. Organic Chemistry - Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Alcohols, Carboxylic Acids: Study of hydrocarbons and their derivatives, including their properties and reactions.
10. Petrochemicals and Polymers: Study of chemicals derived from petroleum and the synthesis of polymer materials.

Biology

1. Cell: The Structural and Functional Unit of Life: Study of cell structure and functions, including organelles and cell processes.
2. Structure of Chromosomes, Cell Cycle, and Cell Division: Understanding chromosome structure, stages of cell division (mitosis and meiosis), and the cell cycle.
3. Genetics: Study of heredity and genetic variation, including Mendelian genetics and genetic disorders.
4. Absorption by Roots: Understanding how plants absorb water and nutrients from the soil through their root systems.
5. Transpiration: Process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through their leaves.
6. Photosynthesis: Process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy, including the light-dependent and light-independent reactions.
7. The Circulatory System: Study of the heart, blood vessels, and blood flow throughout the body.
8. The Excretory System: Understanding the organs and processes involved in removing waste from the body.
9. The Nervous System: Study of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, and their role in controlling body functions and responding to stimuli.
10. Endocrine Glands: Understanding glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream to regulate various bodily functions.
11. The Reproductive System: Study of human reproduction, including reproductive organs, processes, and development.
12. Population, Health, Health Organisations: Understanding population dynamics, health issues, and the role of health organisations in improving public health.
13. Pollution: Study of environmental pollutants, their sources, effects, and control measures.

Section 2 - Olympiad

1. Verbal Reasoning: Problems requiring the use of language and logic to solve questions involving verbal patterns and relationships.
2. Logical Order of Words: Arranging words to form coherent sentences or logical sequences.
3. Syllogism: Drawing conclusions from premises based on logical reasoning.
4. Analogy: Identifying relationships between pairs and applying the same relationship to other pairs.
5. Blood Relation Test: Solving problems related to familial relationships.
6. Series Completion: Identifying and completing sequences in numbers, letters, or symbols.
7. Data Sufficiency: Determining if the given data is enough to answer a specific question.
8. Arithmetic Reasoning: Using arithmetic operations and logical reasoning to solve problems.
9. Verification of Truth: Assessing the truthfulness of statements or arguments.
10. Classification: Grouping items based on shared attributes.
11. Character Puzzles: Solving puzzles involving symbols or characters to uncover hidden patterns.
12. Seating Arrangement: Determining the arrangement of objects or people based on given conditions.
13. Cube and Cuboid: Solving problems related to the properties and measurements of cubes and cuboids.
14. Logical Venn Diagrams: Using Venn diagrams to analyse relationships between sets.
15. Dice: Analysing problems involving dice, including probability and outcomes.
16. Direction Sense Test: Solving problems related to direction and navigation.
17. Coding-Decoding: Translating or interpreting coded information.
18. Word Formation: Creating or identifying words from given letters.
19. Eligibility Test: Assessing whether specific conditions or criteria are met.
20. Number, Ranking, and Time Sequence Test: Solving problems involving numerical sequences, ranking, and time-based scenarios.
21. Matrix Coding: Encoding or decoding information using matrices.

CBSE Exclusions : 

Physics - 3. Machines, 9. Household Circuits, 10. Calorimetry, 11. Radioactivity

Chemistry - 4. Analytic Chemistry, 5. Mole concept and stoichimoetry, 6. Electrolysis, 8. Study of compounds, 9. Sulphuric acid, 10. Organic Chemistry, 11. Petrochemical and polymers

Biology - 3. Genetics, 4. Absorption by roots, 5.Transpiration, 6. Photosynthesis, 7.The circulatory system, 8 .The Excretory system,10. Endocrine glands