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SUBJECT TOTAL TOPICS TOTAL DURATION

Science 267 13.54.02

Mathematics 153 06.00.10

TOTAL 420 19.54.12

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CATEGORY TOTAL TOPICS TOTAL DURATION

Science 267 13.54.02

Biology 110 05.21.06
Physical Science 157 08.32.56

Mathematics 153 06.00.10

TOTAL TOPICS 420 19.54.12

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Biology

 Chapter 02: Cell - The Basic Unit of Life

1. Cell and cell theory 00.02.01

2. Structure of Onion peel and Cork cells 00.01.34

3. Preparation of temporary mount of an onion peel 00.00.00

4. Preparation of temporary mount of cheek cells 00.00.00

5. Cell (shapes and functions) 00.04.05

6. Temporary Mount of Leaf Peel 00.00.00

7. Identification from permanent slides (4 tissues) 00.00.00

8. Number and size of cells 00.03.38

9. Compound Microscope 00.02.02

 Chapter 03: Story of Micro Organisms (Part-I)

1. Microorganisms – Friends or Foe? 00.06.00

2. Algae and diatoms 00.02.59

3. Yeast and fungi 00.03.29

4. Types of Viruses 00.03.42

5. Protozoans 00.02.39

6. Structure of fungi 00.01.42

7. Identification of Bacteria 00.00.00

8. Oscillatoria 00.00.00

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9. Spirogyra 00.00.00

10. Observing protoctista in water using the hanging drop 00.00.00

technique
11. Soil decomposers 00.02.59

 Chapter 03: Story of Micro Organisms (Part-II)

1. Microorganisms – Friends or Foe? 00.06.00

2. Useful microbes 00.04.23

3. Anaerobic respiration 00.03.10

4. Vaccines 00.03.32

5. Soil decomposers 00.02.59

6. Microbes - Tiny but Deadly 00.03.31

7. Diseases 00.05.12

8. How Germs enter the Human Body 00.06.41

9. Germs and Diseases 00.04.27

10. Chickenpox 00.03.36

11. Malaria 00.04.22

12. Viral diseases (Measles, Mumps, Rabies) 00.05.12

13. Viral diseases (Influenza and polio) 00.04.42

14. Bacteria and Virus 00.03.38

15. Bacterial diseases (Typhoid and Cholera) 00.02.09

16. Micro-organisms as foes and friends 00.06.05

17. Types of Viruses 00.03.42

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Topic Name Duration

18. Preservation of Food 00.00.00

19. Sterilization 00.01.41

20. Nitrogen fixation 00.03.34

 Chapter 04: Reproduction in Animals

1. Sexual reproduction in animals 00.03.15

2. Types of reproduction (Asexual reproduction) 00.03.40

3. Binary Fission in Amoeba 00.00.00

4. Plant reproduction 00.05.05

5. Male reproductive system 00.02.56

6. Female reproductive system 00.02.48

7. Fertilization 00.03.16

8. In vitro fertilization 00.04.34

9. Life cycle of frog 00.00.00

10. Identification of frog eggs 00.00.00

 Chapter 05: Reaching the Age of Adolescence

1. Adolescence 00.06.05

2. Menstrual cycle in females 00.02.02

3. Chemical coordination in animals 00.03.23

4. Importance of roughage 00.02.29

5. Components of food 00.03.14

6. Good Health 00.01.20

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 Chapter 07: Different Ecosystems

1. Living organisms and their environment 00.02.12

2. Ecosystem 00.02.17

3. Factors affecting ecosystem 00.04.13

4. Food Chain 00.04.00

5. Food Web 00.00.00

6. Maintenance of Environment and Balance in Nature 00.01.22

7. Aquatic ecosystem 00.02.30

8. Mangrove 00.03.06

9. What is a Habitat 00.05.43

10. Forest ecosystem 00.02.12

11. Energy flow 00.02.21

 Chapter 08: Food Production from Plants Methods

of Management
1. Crop production and improvement 00.02.30

2. Cultivation of crops 00.01.43

3. Farming 00.07.01

4. Seed to seedling 00.02.06

5. Pesticides and weed control 00.03.05

6. Aphids 00.01.27

7. Crop protection 00.01.55

8. Fertilizers 00.02.18

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9. Manuring, Weeding and Irrigation 00.02.38

10. Storage of grains 00.03.42

 Chapter 09: Production and Management of Food

from Animals
1. Animal husbandry 00.04.02

2. Food for Health 00.03.13

3. Bee-keeping (Apiculture) 00.02.50

 Chapter 10: Not for Drink Not for Breath

1. Pollution 00.02.03

2. Air pollution 00.02.59

3. Air Pollutants 00.00.00

4. Sources of Air Pollution 00.01.36

5. Methods of controlling air pollution 00.05.20

6. Methods of preventing air pollution naturally 00.02.28

7. Study of different water samples for pH 00.00.00

8. Water pollution 00.03.16

9. Causes and prevention of water pollution 00.03.04

10. Water pollution and its effect (Eutrophication) 00.03.14

11. Wastewater Treatment 00.05.10

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 Chapter 11: Why do We Fall Ill?

1. Health 00.01.46

2. Healthy life 00.00.58

3. Diarrhoea 00.03.12

4. Filariasis 00.02.45

5. Microbes - Tiny but Deadly 00.03.31

6. How Germs enter the Human Body 00.06.41

7. Diseases 00.05.12

8. Harmful micro-organisms 00.00.00

9. Germs and Diseases 00.04.27

10. Spread of communicable diseases 00.04.14

11. Bacterial diseases (Typhoid and Cholera) 00.02.09

12. Viral diseases (Measles, Mumps, Rabies) 00.05.12

13. Viral diseases (Influenza and polio) 00.04.42

14. Chickenpox 00.03.36

15. Malaria 00.04.22

16. Sexually Transmitted Disease - AIDS 00.01.26

17. Effect of Antibiotics 00.02.44

18. Vaccination 00.03.28

19. Vaccines 00.03.32

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Topic Name Duration

Physical Science

 Chapter 01: Force

1. Force: A Push or a Pull 00.02.22

2. Force 00.01.17

3. Types of Force (Part-1) 00.02.49

4. Types of Force (Part-2) 00.01.51

5. Electrostatic Force (A Non-contact Force) 00.04.49

6. Muscular Force 00.00.34

7. Interacting Forces 00.02.27

8. Fundamental Forces in Nature 00.05.08

9. Rolling Friction and Sliding Friction 00.04.10

10. Increasing and Reducing Friction 00.04.54

11. Frictional Force 00.02.49

12. Inclined Plane 00.02.34

13. To find the downward force acting on a roller, along an 00.00.00

inclined plane
14. Tension Produced in a String 00.02.37

15. Limiting Friction 00.01.00

16. Electromagnetic Force 00.02.06

17. Treasure Hunt using Magnetic Compass 00.00.00

18. Magnetic compass 00.00.48

19. Gravitational force 00.00.52

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20. Gravity 00.02.33

21. Force in a Magnetic Field 00.06.21

22. Magnetic Field 00.00.42

23. Effects of magnetic poles 00.01.06

24. Balanced Forces 00.04.24

25. Free-body diagram 00.04.35

26. Effects of Force 00.03.01

27. Thrust and Pressure 00.03.18

28. Applications of Thrust and Pressure 00.03.00

29. Pressure Exerted by a Solid 00.00.00

 Chapter 02: Friction

1. Frictional Force 00.02.49

2. Factors Affecting Friction 00.04.20

3. Relation Between Force of Limiting Friction and Normal 00.00.00

Reaction
4. Increasing and Reducing Friction 00.04.54

5. Rolling Friction 00.02.58

6. Rolling Friction and Sliding Friction 00.04.10

7. Fluid Friction 00.07.01

8. Advantages & disadvantages of friction and lubrication 00.01.38

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 Chapter 03: Synthetic Fibres and Plastics

1. Synthetic Fibres 00.03.45

2. Effect of Heat on Polythene 00.02.45

3. Synthetic Polymers 00.04.47

4. Properties and Uses of Plastics 00.02.58

5. Classification of polymers (Based on their Structures) 00.01.35

6. Polythene 00.04.00

7. Characteristics of Polymers 00.02.37

 Chapter 04: Metals and Non-metals

1. Physical Properties of Non-metals 00.04.21

2. Metals and Non Metals (Reaction with Oxygen) 00.03.42

3. Properties of Materials 00.07.59

4. Physical Properties of Metals 00.06.56

5. Malleability in Metals 00.02.52

6. Conduction of Electricity 00.02.38

7. Conduction of Heat 00.02.24

8. Chemical Properties of Metals 00.01.34

9. Chemical Properties of Metals (Part - 2) 00.05.41

10. Reaction of Metals with Oxygen 00.04.46

11. Corrosion 00.04.23

12. Physical and Chemical Changes 00.03.14

13. Reaction of Metals with Water 00.02.37

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14. Reaction of Metal Oxides with Acid 00.01.19

15. Reaction of Metals with Acids 00.04.05

16. Relative Reactivity of Metals 00.00.00

17. Displacement Reactions 00.02.42

18. Uses of Metals and Non Metals 00.02.39

 Chapter 05: Sound

1. Sound 00.03.52

2. Nature of Propagation of Sound 00.02.31

3. Sound and Hearing 00.04.48

4. Loud and Soft Sound 00.03.12

5. Transmission of Sound 00.05.12

6. Need for Modulation 00.03.58

7. Sound Produced from a Tuning Fork 00.02.24

8. Sound from Stringed Instruments 00.05.16

9. The Propagation of Sound Waves through Air 00.04.35

10. Sound Propagation in Air 00.02.40

11. Propagation of Sound Waves through Different Media 00.02.47

12. Longitudinal and Transverse Waves 00.01.27

13. Characteristics of Sound Wave 00.08.11

14. Sound Quality or Timbre 00.03.48

15. Musical Sound and Noise 00.01.15

16. Loudness and Pitch 00.02.29

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17. Noise Pollution 00.03.54

18. Infrasonics and Ultrasonics 00.05.13

 Chapter 06: Coal and Petroleum

1. Properties of Materials 00.07.59

2. Windmills 00.06.46

3. Renewable Sources of Energy 00.02.06

4. Non-conventional Sources of Energy 00.01.43

5. Biodiesel 00.04.56

6. Source of Hydrocarbons 00.01.54

7. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) 00.04.18

8. Types of Coal 00.01.58

9. Refining of Petroleum 00.01.01

10. Constituents of Petroleum 00.04.58

11. Destructive Distillation of Coal 00.02.49

12. Destructive Distillation of Wood 00.01.13

13. Liquid Fuels 00.05.09

14. Types of Fuels 00.02.18

15. Synthetic Fibres 00.03.45

16. Polythene 00.04.00

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 Chapter 07: Combustion, Fuels and Flame

1. Combustible and Non Combustible Substance 00.00.00

2. The Chemistry of Fire 00.05.36

3. Ignition Temperature 00.02.50

4. Combustion and its Types 00.01.51

5. Types of Fuels 00.02.18

6. Liquid Fuels 00.05.09

7. Rocket Propellants 00.03.14

8. Fire Extinguisher 00.00.00

9. Flames 00.04.58

 Chapter 08: Electrical Conductivity of Liquids

1. Electric Conductors and Insulators 00.03.20

2. Conduction of Electricity 00.02.38

3. Electrical Conductivity : Liquids 00.00.00

4. Conduction of Electricity in Water 00.00.50

5. Electrolysis of Water 00.03.54

6. Difference Between Electrochemical Cell and 00.01.58

Electrolytic Cell
7. Electrolysis 00.05.16

8. Electroplating Activity 00.00.00

9. Applications of Electrolysis (Part-I) 00.03.55

10. Chemical Effect of an Electric Current 00.01.51

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 Chapter 09: Some Natural Phenomena

1. Lightning and thunder in the sky 00.01.35

2. Electric Charge 00.05.15

3. Pith Ball Electroscope 00.03.41

4. Gold-Leaf Electroscope 00.08.35

5. Identifying Conducting and Non-Conducting Materials 00.04.13

Using Gold-leaf Electroscopes
6. Lightning Conductor 00.01.59

 Chapter 10: Stars and the Solar System

1. Light and Shadow 00.03.39

2. Day and Night 00.02.30

3. Diurnal Motion 00.01.50

4. Stars in the Sky 00.02.46

5. Earth and the Sun 00.00.55

6. The True North-South Direction 00.01.09

7. Sundial 00.01.06

8. Sand clock 00.01.37

9. Phases of the Moon 00.03.35

10. Solar Eclipse 00.06.05

11. Eclipse 00.00.00

12. Lunar Eclipse 00.05.26

13. Stars (A) 00.04.46

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14. Stars (B) 00.03.54

15. Stars (C) 00.03.58

16. Constellations 00.04.02

17. Galaxy 00.03.51

18. Our Universe 00.05.40

19. The origin of universe and big bang theory 00.01.31

20. The Sun (Part-1) 00.05.15

21. The Sun (Part-2) 00.05.25

22. Evolution of Solar System 00.01.57

23. Some important informations about sun 00.04.55

24. Solar System (The Inner Planets) 00.06.22

25. Solar System (The Outer Planets) 00.04.42

26. Planets in Our Solar System 00.05.59

27. Planetary orbits 00.00.00

28. Story of the earth 00.03.13

29. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors and Meteorites 00.03.19

30. Artificial Satellites 00.03.14

31. Polar Satellite 00.02.17

32. Satellites 00.03.32

33. Temperature of the Earth 00.04.22

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Topic Name Duration

34. Latitude and Longitude 00.07.17

35. Application of Latitude and Longitude 00.00.00

36. Time Zones 00.07.10

TOTAL TOPICS IN SCIENCE – 267 13.54.02

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Topic Name Duration

 Chapter 01: Rational Numbers

1. Introduction to Rational Numbers 00.06.40

2. Rational Number: Introduction 00.00.51

3. Properties of Addition of Rational Numbers 00.02.56

4. Properties of multiplication of rational numbers 00.06.00

5. Properties of Real Numbers: Closure and Commutative 00.04.46

6. Properties of Real Numbers: Associative Law and 00.03.49

Existence of Identity
7. Properties of Real Numbers: Existence of Inverse and 00.02.57
Distributive Property
8. Representation of Rational Numbers on the Number 00.02.17
Line
9. Representing numbers on number line: Example 00.01.35

10. Rational Numbers on the Number Line and their Order 00.01.33
Relationship
11. Recurring Decimals 00.03.41

12. Fractions to Decimals and Decimals to Fractions 00.06.11

 Chapter 02: Linear Equations in One Variable

1. Solving linear equation: Example 00.01.21

2. Solving a Linear Equation in One Variable (Adding 00.01.20

Opposite of a Number)
3. Solving an Equation in One Variable (Multiplying by 00.02.48
Inverse)

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4. Solving a Linear Equation in One Variable (Adding 00.01.21

Opposite and Multiplying by Inverse)
5. Solving a linear equation (Example) 00.01.24

6. Solving Linear Equations 00.00.00

7. Solving a Linear Equation in One Variable: Illustrations 00.01.30

8. Word problem on linear equation (Age) 00.01.12

 Chapter 03: Construction of Quadrilaterals

1. Quadrilateral 00.04.02

2. Types of Quadrilaterals 00.03.35

3. Construction: Quadrilateral 00.00.00

4. Construction of quadrilateral (Two adjacent sides and 00.00.00

three angles are known)
5. Construction of a Quadrilateral (Three adjacent sides 00.00.00
and two angles are known)
6. Construction of a Quadrilateral: Given Three Sides and 00.03.21
Two diagonals
7. Construction: Rectangle and Square 00.00.00

8. Construction: Rhombus and Kite 00.00.00

 Chapter 04: Exponents and Powers

1. Base and exponent 00.02.00

2. Exponent Rule: Multiplication and Division 00.04.13

3. Law of multiplication 00.01.25

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4. Exponent Rule: Law of Division 00.01.50

5. Role of exponents: Illustration 00.00.51

6. Exponent Rule (Power Rule) 00.01.50

7. Laws of Indices for Integral Indices 00.02.00

8. Property of Indices 00.01.38

9. Numbers in Standard Form 00.00.00

 Chapter 05: Comparing Quantities Using

Proportion
1. Ratio 00.03.31

2. Proportion 00.04.42

3. Percentage 00.02.09

4. Percentage: Illustration 00.02.14

5. Discount and Percentage 00.03.05

6. Profit and Loss 00.03.26

7. Profit and loss percent 00.01.40

8. To find sale price 00.02.11

9. Example - 6 00.01.54

10. Compound interest 00.00.31

11. Comparison of Simple and Compound Interest 00.02.49

12. Compound interest and amount 00.01.59

13. Simple interest and compound interest: Illustration 00.02.33

14. Rate Compounded Annually and Half-Yearly 00.00.00

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 Chapter 06: Square Roots and Cube Roots

1. Some Interesting Patterns of Perfect Squares 00.00.00

2. Perfect Squares and their Square Roots 00.01.38

3. Method of finding square root 00.03.05

4. Square-root of a fraction 00.03.10

5. Finding square root: Example 00.01.00

6. Perfect Squares: Illustrations 00.02.39

7. The method of division to find square root 00.01.59

8. Square root of a number upto two decimal places 00.01.26

9. SQUARE RIDER 00.00.00

10. Cubes and Cube roots 00.00.00

11. Cube Root of a Number 00.04.28

12. Cube roots of rational numbers 00.00.41

13. Cube roots of smaller number 00.04.28

 Chapter 07: Frequency Distribution Tables and

Graphs
1. Data and its Types 00.02.20

2. Mean of the data 00.00.48

3. Mean: Illustration - 1 00.01.46

4. Median of Ungrouped Data 00.01.29

5. Median of Ungrouped Data: Illustration 00.03.07

6. Mode 00.03.25

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7. The classification of qualitative data and quantitative 00.01.10

data
8. Frequency of Data: Illustration 00.06.47

9. Classification of quantitative data and frequency 00.01.06

distribution
10. Introduction to Bar Graphs 00.02.37

11. Reading a Bar Graph 00.02.38

12. Drawing a Bar Graph 00.01.02

13. Graphical Representation of Data: Histogram 00.03.45

14. Frequency Polygon 00.02.07

15. Frequency polygon 00.00.00

 Chapter 08: Exploring Geometrical Figures

1. Congruent Figures 00.07.12

2. Similarity 00.08.28

3. Some idea about symmetry 00.01.30

4. Symmetry 00.03.38

5. Rotation 00.00.00

6. Reflection 00.03.17

7. Tessellations 00.05.02

8. Translation 00.04.22

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 Chapter 09: Area of Plane Figures

1. Areas of Plane Figures 00.05.54

2. Rhombus 00.00.00

3. Area of a Circle 00.02.44

4. Area of Circular Disc and Annular Region 00.02.12

5. Area of Annular Region: Examples 00.03.12

6. Area and the Perimeter of a Sector 00.04.00

7. Areas of a Sector and a Segment of a Circle 00.05.57

 Chapter 10: Direct and Inverse Proportions

1. Direct and Inverse Proportion 00.03.53

 Chapter 11: Algebraic Expressions

1. Like and Unlike Terms 00.02.34

2. Monomial, Binomial, and Trinomial 00.03.02

3. Like and unlike terms 00.03.02

4. Addition of polynomials 00.01.29

5. Addition of Polynomials 00.00.00

6. Subtraction of polynomials 00.00.57

7. Multiplication of Polynomials 00.00.00

8. Multiplying a Monomial by a Monomial 00.00.00

9. (a + b)² 00.01.48

10. Expansion of (a - b)² 00.02.37

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11. a² - b² 00.02.39

12. (a - b)² 00.02.13

 Chapter 12: Factorisation

1. Factors of a Monomial 00.02.51

2. Factors of a Binomial 00.02.38

3. Factors of a polynomial 00.03.41

4. Factorization of Algebraic Expressions 00.00.45

5. Factorization Using Algebraic Identities 00.02.54

6. Perfect Square Polynomial 00.02.35

7. Factors of a square polynomial 00.01.18

8. Factors of the difference of two perfect squares 00.01.12

(illustrations)
9. Factorize (Difference of two squares): Examples 00.02.02

10. Factorize (Difference of two squares):Illustrations 00.02.07

11. Factorize (Difference of two squares): Illustration 00.01.34

12. Factorization by Writing the Polynomial as Difference of 00.02.28

Two Squares
13. Factors of a Trinomial 00.02.40

14. To divide a monomial by a monomial 00.01.55

15. Division of a Polynomial by a Binomial 00.01.49

16. To divide a Polynomial by a Polynomial 00.00.54

17. The Division of a Trinomial by a Trinomial 00.02.36

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18. Dividing polynomial by a polynomial: Division Method 00.00.41

19. Factorization method: illustration 00.04.08

 Chapter 13: Visualising 3-D in 2-D

1. Visualizing Solid Shapes 00.03.47

2. Three Dimensional Shapes 00.03.15

3. Prism 00.02.21

4. Introduction to a Prism 00.05.31

5. Pyramids 00.02.16

6. Introduction to Pyramid 00.04.32

7. Regular Octahedron 00.02.30

8. Euler's Formula 00.00.00

9. Geometric figures and their dimensions 00.00.00

 Chapter 14: Surface Areas and Volume (Cube and

Cuboid)
1. Practical problems involving the area of the four walls 00.01.23

2. Surface area of Cuboid: Practical Problem 00.01.25

3. Surface Area of a Cuboid 00.00.00

4. Calculation of volume: Cube and Cuboid 00.03.58

5. How many can fit in 00.02.00

6. Volume of a Solid 00.03.55

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7. Practical problems of volume : Cubes and Cuboids 00.01.42

8. Volume 00.00.00

 Chapter 15: Playing with Numbers

1. Place Value of Numbers: Example 00.05.16

2. Factors of a Number 00.03.22

3. Factor tree 00.02.00

4. Multiple 00.02.58

5. Test for Divisibility by 10 00.01.26

6. Test for Divisibility by 9 00.03.49

7. Test for Divisibility by 3 00.03.34

8. Test for divisibility by 6 00.01.16

9. Test for Divisibility by 4 and 8 00.03.02

10. Divisibility Rules 00.00.00

TOTAL TOPICS IN MATHEMATICS – 153 06.00.10

TOTAL TOPICS IN STANDARD VIII – 420 19.54.12

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