REPUBLI

COFZAMBI
A

MI
NISTRYOFEDUCATI
ON,
SCI
ENCE,
VOCATI
ONALTRAI
NINGANDEARLYEDUCATI
ON

I
NTEGRATEDSCI
ENCESYLLABUS
GRADE8–9

PREPAREDANDPUBLI
SHEDBYTHECURRI CULUM DEVELOPMENTCENTRE
P.
O.BOX50092
LUSAKA

2013
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SION

Qual
it
y,l
if
e-l
ongeducat
ionf
oral
lwhi
chi
saccessi
ble,
incl
usi
veandr
elev
antt
oindi
vi
dual
,nat
ional
andgl
obal
needsand
val
uesyst
ems.

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Tabl
eofCont
ent
s
PREFACE v
i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
ii

I
NTRODUCTI
ON v
ii
i

METHODOLOGY v
ii
i

GENERALOUTCOMES v
ii
i

At
ti
tudesandVal
ues x

Gener
alAi
m xi

ASSESSMENT xi

TI
MEANDPERI
ODALLOCATI
ON xi
i

8.
1THEHUMANBODY 2

8.
1.1HumanRepr
oduct
iveSy
stem andPuber
ty 2
8.
2HEALTH 3

8.
2.1Nut
ri
ti
on 3

8.
3.THEENVI
RONMENT 4

8.
4 PLANTSANDANI
MALS 5

8.
4.1Pl
antCel
l
s 5
8.
4.2Pl
antGr
owt
hand 5

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ri
ent
s 5
8.
4.3Ani
mal
Cel
l 6
8.
5MATERI
ALS ANDENERGY 7

8.
5.1Composi
ti
onof 7
Mat
ter 7
8.
5.2Phy
sical
ChangeofSt
ate 8
8.
5.3Mi
xtur
es 9
8.
5.4MassandWei
ght 9
8.
5.5Densi
ty 10
8.
5.6Heatt
ransf
er 11
8.
5.7Heatandexpansi
onofsubst
ances 11
8.
5.8Ref
lect
ionandr
efr
act
ionofLi
ght 12
8.
5.9Composi
ti
onofAi
r 13
GRADE9 14

9.
1THEHUMAN BODY 15

9.
1.1Ci
rcul
ator
ySy
stem 15
9.
1.2Respi
rat
orySy
stem 16
9.
2HEALTH 17

9.
3 THEENVI
RONMENT 17

9.
3.1Cy
clesi
ntheBi
ospher
e 17
9.
3.2Wat
er 18
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9.
4PLANTSANDANI
MALS 18

9.
4.1Conser
vat
ionofani
mal
sandPl
ant
s 18
9.
4.2Phot
osy
nthesi
s 19
9.
4.3Tr
anspi
rat
ion 19
9.
5MATERI
ALSANDENERGY 20

9.
5.1Chemi
cal
react
ion 20
9.
5.2Li
ghtandi
tsnat
ure 21
9.
5.3Col
ourFi
l
ter
s 21
9.
5.4El
ect
ri
cCur
rentandVol
tagei
nCi
rcui
t 22
9.
5.5Pr
essur
e 22
9.
5.6Ener
gyandi
tsconser
vat
ion 23
9.
5.7Communi
cat
ion 23
9.
5.8Di
git
alandAnal
ogueTr
ansmi
ssi
on 24
9.
5.9Sat
ell
i
teCommuni
cat
ion 24
I
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act
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Dat
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Appar
atus 25

Reagent
s 26

APPENDI
X1:
SCOPEANDSEQUENCE 27

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PREFACE
Sincet
heabil
i
tytothinksci
enti
fical
lyandunder
standsci
enti
fi
cprocessesisbecomingacondi
ti
onforsur
viv
alinZambi
a,
therei
sneedforthenati
onaleducationpol
i
cytoemphasisetheneedforlear
nerst
odevel
opskil
lst
hattheycanappl
yin
vari
ouswaysinthei
renvir
onment .

TheBasicEducat i
onSy l
labusforGr ade8and9emphasi sesthattheappr oacht obeusedi nteachi
ngofIntegrat
ed
Scienceshouldbelearnercentered.Ther efore,theprimegoal forsciencet eachingatthislevelofeducat
ionshould
developprocessesofscienti
fi
ct hinkinginlearners.Itisnecessary,therefore,i
nintegratedscienceforl
earnerst
obe
enabledtoapplythei
rowni deas, uset hei
rhands, andconductt heirowni nvesti
gations,howev ersi
mple.This
necessit
atesbalanci
ngt hecontentofwhatl earnerslearnwiththepr ocessesbywhi chtheylearn.Thisal
soi mpl
iesan
enhancedr ol
eforguideddiscover yteaching/l
earningmet hods/techniques.

Thissyl
labussuggest
sthatt
hedev el
opmentofsci
enti
ficthoughtpr
ocessesinlear
ner
scanbeapproachedfrom a
numberofst ar
ti
ngpoint
s.Thecrit
eri
onshouldbetherelevanceoft
hemat er
ial
t ot
heenv
ironmentandtothepossi
ble
l
atersphereoftheemploymentofthelear
ner
.

Fi
nall
y,i
tishopedt
hattheproductofI
ntegrat
edSci
encewi
l
lbeabl
etoadaptandusesci
ent
if
icandt
echnol
ogi
cal
devel
opmentsandtogenerat
enewdev elopment
s.

Chi
shi
mbaNkosha(
Mr)
PERMANENTSECRETARY
MI
NISTRYOFEDUCATI
ON,
SCI
ENCE,
VOCATI
ONALTRAI
NINGANDEARLYEDUCATI
ON

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Thesyl
labuspresent
edher
eisar
esul
tofbr
oad-
basedconsul
tat
ioni
nvol
vi
ngsev
eralst
akehol
der
swi
thi
nandout
sidet
he
educat
ionsyst
em.

Manyi ndivi
duals,i
nst
it
utionsandorgani
zati
onswereconsul
tedt
ogat herthei
rv iewsont heexi
sti
ngsy l
labusandto
accordt hem anopportunit
ytomakesuggest i
onsfort
henew syl
l
abus.TheMi nist
ryofEducati
onwishest oexpr
ess
heartf
eltgrat
it
udetoallthosewhoparti
cipat
edfort
hei
rval
uabl
econtr
ibut
ions,whichresul
tedint
hedevelopmentofthi
s
syl
labus.

The Cur r
icul
um Dev elopmentCent re worked closel
ywith othersisterdepart
mentsand inst
it
utionst o creat
et his
document .Wesi ncer
elythanktheDirector
ateofTeacherEducat ionandSpeci
ali
zedServi
ces,t
heDirector
ateofPl anni
ng
andI nf
ormat i
on,theDirector
ateofHumanResour ceandAdmi nistr
ati
on,t
heDirect
orat
eofOpenandDi st
anceEducat i
on
,theExami nati
onsCounci lofZambia,theUniversi
tyofZambia,schoolsandotherinst
it
uti
onstoonumer oust oment i
on,
forthei
rsteadfastsupport.

Wepayspecialt
ri
butet
oco- operat
ingpar
tner
sespeci
all
yJI
CAincoll
abor
ati
onwi
thHi
roshi
maUni
ver
sit
yandUNI
CEFf
or
r
ender
ingf
inanci
alandtechnical
supporti
nthepr
oducti
onofthi
ssy
ll
abus.

C.
N.M Sakala(
Mr s.
)
Di
rector
-St
andardandCurr
icul
um
MI
NI STRYOFEDUCATI ON,SCIENCE,
VOCATI
ONALTRAI
NINGANDEARLYEDUCATI
ON

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NTRODUCTI
ON

I
ntegr
atedSci
encei
ncl
udescrosscutt
ingi
ssuessuchasEnv
ironment
al,
Repr
oduct
iveHeal
th,
HIVandAI
DS,
Hygi
ene,
Nutr
it
ion,
Subst
anceAbuse,
Wat erandSani
tati
on.

METHODOLOGY
ThesuccessofI nt
egrat
edSciencecanbeachi ev edbymaxi mum par ti
cipat
ionbylearners.Thissubject
, enhances
creat
ivi
ty,anal
ysi
s,pr
oblem solv
ingandani nvestigat
iveapproach.Itcanbet aughteffecti
vel
yusingav ariet
yofmet hods
(t
echniques)bothint
heclassroom andoutside.I ti
sadvisablethattheseareintegr
atedwher everpossible.Learner
sare
expectedtoconductexper
iment s,
studyt
our s,f
ieldworkandpr ojectwork.

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GENERALOUTCOMES

I
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atedSci
encei
sasubj
ecti
nwhi
chl
ear
ner
sar
erequi
redt
oacqui
reknowl
edge,
dev
elopski
l
ls:
-

Cr
it
ical Thi
nki
ngski
l
ls Cr
eat
iv
e

 At
tri
but
ing  Gener
ati
ngi
deas

 compari
ngand  Rel
ati
ng
cont
rast
ing
Reasoni  Maki
ngi
nfer
ences
 Gr
oupi
ngandCl
assi
fyi
ng
ng
 Pr
edi
cti
ng
 Sequenci
ng
 Maki
nghy
pot
heses
 Pr
ior
it
isi
ng
 Sy
nthesi
sing

 Maki
ng
Thinking
Strategies

 Concept
ual
i
sing

 Maki
ngdeci
sions

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Mani
pul
ati
veSki
l
ls

Theseenabl
elear
ner
sto:

 Useandhandl
esci
enceappar
atusandl
abor
ator
ysubst
ancescor
rect
ly;

 Handl
especi
menscor
rect
lyandcar
eful
l
y;

 Dr
awspeci
mens,
appar
atusandl
abor
ator
ysubst
ancesaccur
atel
y;

 Cl
eansci
enceappar
atuscor
rect
ly;

 St
oresci
enceappar
atusandl
abor
ator
ysubst
ancescor
rect
lyandsaf
ely
.

Theyal
soneedt
odev
elopat
ti
tudesandv
alues.

At
ti
tudesandVal
ues

Thesei
ncl
ude:

 Hav
ingani
nter
estandcur
iosi
tyt
owar
dst
heenv
ironment
;

 Bei
nghonestandaccur
atei
nrecor
dingandv
ali
dat
ingdat
a;

 Bei
ngdi
l
igentandper
sev
eri
ng;

 Bei
ngr
esponsi
bleaboutt
hesaf
etyofonesel
f,ot
her
sandt
heenv
ironment
;

 Real
i
singt
hatI
ntegr
atedSci
encei
sameanst
ounder
standnat
ure;

 Appr
eci
ati
ngandpr
act
isi
ngcl
eanandheal
thyl
i
ving;

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  Appr
eci
ati
ngt
hebal
anceofnat
ure;

 Appr
eci
ati
ngt
hecont
ri
but
ionofI
ntegr
atedSci
enceandt
echnol
ogyt
osoci
ety
;

 Hav
ingcr
it
ical
andanal
yti
cal
thi
nki
ng;

 Bei
ngf
lexi
bleandopenmi
nded;

 Bei
ngki
ndhear
tedandcar
ing;

 Bei
ngobj
ect
ive;

 Bei
ngsy
stemat
ic;

 Bei
ngcooper
ati
ve;

 Bei
ngf
airandj
ust
;

 Dar
ingt
otr
y;

 Thi
nki
ngr
ati
onal
l
y;

 Bei
ngconf
identandi
ndependent
.

Thesewi
l
lhel
plear
ner
stoexpl
oreandunder
standt
hei
rimmedi
ateenv
ironmentandt
hewor
ldatl
arge

Gener
alAi
m
Themainaim oft
heInt
egr
atedSciencesy
llabusi
stodevel
opsci
encecompetenci
estoassi
stlearner
scont
ri
but
e
eff
ect
ivel
yint
heirownenv
ironmentandalsofort
hei
rli
fel
ongl
earni
ng.Thesecompet
encesinclude:

 At
ti
tudest
hatenabl
ether
esponsi
bleuseofsci
ent
if
icknowl
edgeandski
l
ls

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  Communi
cat
ionandgr
oupwor
kski
l
lsf
orusei
ncol
l
abor
ati
vet
eam wor
k

 Thesel
ect
ionandappl
i
cat
ionofappr
opr
iat
esci
enceski
l
ls,
appar
atus/
tool
sandst
rat
egi
est
ounder
standand
i
nter
prett
he

wor
ldar
oundt
hem

 Ani
ncr
easedawar
enessoft
hei
mpor
tanceofSci
enceTechnol
ogy
,Soci
etyandt
heEnv
ironment(
STSE)

 Appl
i
cat
ionofsci
enceknowl
edgeski
l
ls,
val
uesandposi
ti
veat
ti
tudest
oev
ery
dayl
i
feandsi
tuat
ions

Eachunitoft
hesy l
l
abusisi
ntr
oducedwithit
sownbr oadergener
alout
comes.Thegener
alout
comesarethenbroken
downtospecifi
coutcomeswhichhi
ghli
ghtthecont
entintermsofknowledge,
ski
l
lsandval
uesthatal
ear
nerisexpect
ed
toexhi
bitasaresul
tofthel
ear
ningexperi
ence.

ASSESSMENT
Consideri
ngthatthesy l
labusforint
ergradedsciencedoesemphasi seteachinginapracticalway,
theassessmentatthi
s
l
ev elwi
llnowincludeapr act
icalpartcoveri
ngtheareasofbasicbiologi
cal andphysi
calsciencesinaddit
iontot
hetwo
theorypapersthatlear
nerssitfor.I
tishopedthatthiswill
form asoundf oundati
onforlearnerst
obegr oundedi
ndoing
sciencewithhandsonexper ienceaswel lasbuil
dconfidenceinteachersinthewaytheyconductpr act
ical.

Cont i
nuousassessmentwi l
lbeemphasisedbyusingv ari
ousmethodsoftestingaccordingtotopi
csandt hemesat
vari
ouslevel
s.TheExami nati
onsCouncilofZambia(ECZ)will
prepar
edetailedproceduresonhowcont inuous
assessmentwillbeconductedbytheteachers.ECZwil
l al
sodevel
opexami nati
onsy l
labustoprovi
deteacherswit
h
guidel
inesontheOutcomest obet est
ed.Theschemeofassessmentwi ll
consi st
sofschool basedassessmentandfi
nal
examinati
onwhichincludesthepracti
caltobeconductedbytheExaminati
onsCounci lofZambia.

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Schoolbasedassessmentwil
lbei
ntheform oft
est
s.Test
swi
l
lbei
nthef
orm ofdi
agnost
ic,
apt
it
ude,
achi
evement
,or
al,
pract
iceatt
it
udeandperfor
mance,l
ear
ners.

Af
terst
udy
ingt
hiscour
sel
ear
ner
sar
eexpect
edt
odev
elopt
hef
oll
owi
ng:

 anat
ti
tudeofsci
ent
if
iccur
iosi
tyandenqui
ry;

 t
heabi
l
ityt
ogener
atenewi
deas;

 abi
l
ityt
oco-
oper
ate;

 wi
l
li
ngnesst
oshar
eknowl
edge;

 anunder
standi
ngofhumanbei
ngsandt
hei
renv
ironment
;

 awar
enessofav
ari
etyofl
i
fe;

 anunder
standi
ngoft
her
elat
ionshi
pofl
i
vingt
hingsi
nthei
renv
ironment
;

 Knowl
edgeandski
l
lsi
nheal
thandnut
ri
ti
on.

Therefor
e,i
tisenv
isagedthatthepr
oductoft
hissubj
ectwi
l
lbeabl
etoadaptandusesci
ent
if
icandt
echnol
ogi
cal
development
sandt ogenerat
enewdev el
opment.

TI
MEANDPERI
ODALLOCATI
ON
Ti
meal
l
ocat
ionf
ort
heef
fect
ivecov
erageoft
hissy
ll
abusi
s:

6per
iodsx40mi
nut
es.Fouroft
hesi
xper
iodsmustbedoubl
es.

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 GRADE8
Gener
alOut
comes: Keycompet
ences
• Demonst rat
eanunder standingofthebasicfactsabout
•Demonstratetheabili
tyt omeasuremass,wei ght,
thehumanbody
temperat
ureandv olume
 Dev elopinvestigati
veskill
sRecogni sethei
mpor tance
•Showbasi cskil
l
sandknowl edgeindeterminingdensi
ty,
ofper sonal healt
h
realandapparentdepth
 Dev elopinvestigati
veskill
sonper sonalheal
th •Demonstrateabil
it
ytor ecordthebreathi
ngr ate
 Dev elopknowl edge, v
aluesandposi ti
veatti
tudesfor •Showbasi cskil
l
sandknowl edgeinprepari
ngoxy gen,
theimmedi ateenv i
ronment
carbondioxi
deandhy dr ogen
 Dev elopinvestigati
veskill
saboutt heimmedi ate
environment
 Demonst rateanunder st
andingoft hebasi
cf act
sabout
plantsandani mals
 Dev elopinvestigati
veskill
saboutpl ant
sandani mals
 Demonst rat
ei nvesti
gativeskil
lsaboutmaterial
sand
ener gy

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TOPI
C SUBTOPI
C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES
8.
1.1.
1I dent i
fyorgansoft hehuman Organsof Obser vi
ng Appreciatin
8.
1THEHUMAN 8.
1.1Human repr oducti
vesy stem. reproduction; Male: par tsof gonesel f
BODY Reproduct
ive testes,sper m duct , r eproduct i
ve Appl ying
Syst
em and scrotum, uret hra, system usi ng knowledge
penis. amodel onhy giene
Puberty Femal e:ovar ies, Communi cat
i t ostay
oviducts,uter us, ng healt
hy
8.
1.1.
2Expl ai
nthef unctionsoft he cervix,vagina. i
nfor mation Beingawar e
par tsofther eproduct i
ve Funct i
onsof on ofone’ s
sy stem. reproductivepar ts: reproduct i
on changesat
penis-deposi ting Communi cat
i puber ty
sperms, ov ary - ng
producingov ules i
nfor mation
8.
1.1.
3I dent i
fychangesassoci ated Changesassoci ated onchangesi n
wi thpubertyf orbot hmal eand withpuber ty : boy sandgi rl
s
femal e Menst ruati
onand atpuber ty
Wetdr eams. usingav ari
ety
Impor t
anceof ofsour ces.
8.
1.1.
4Expl aintheimpor tanceof personal hy giene
obser v
ingper sonal hygieneof E.g.avoidinf ect i
ons,
ther eproductiveor gans diseases

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TOPI
C SUBTOPI
C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES
8.
1.2Fer
ti
li
zat
io 8.
1.2.
1Descr ibetheprocessof  Ferti
l
isation:fusingofa Communi cati
n Appreci
ati
ng
nand fert
il
isat i
oninhuman sperm andaneggi nov i s gf
duct uncti
onsof humanl i
fe
Embr yo beings. toform azy gote part
sinvolved fr
om
8.
1.2.
2 Explai
nthe  Functionsof: placent a, inembryo concepti
onto
devel
opme functionsoft hepart
s amnion, amni oticfluids, devel
opment bi
rth
nt i
mpor tantfordevel
opment umbilicalcord,ut erusand Predi
cti
ngt he Askingmore
oftheembr yo. cervi
x bir
thdategiven questi
onsfor
 Gestation:Per i
odi nmont hs thegestat
ion bett
er
8.
1.2.
3Descr ibegestati
onperi
od orday sfrom fer t
ili
zationto peri
od underst
andin
andbi rth. bir
th.Stagesofembr yo g
development :Zy got e;Embryo;
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2.1Nut
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2.1.
1 Descri
bethe Thedi ffer enttypesoff ood Compar ing Appr eciati
ng
8.
2HEALTH di
ff
erenttypesoffood nutri
ent s: carbohy drates, thedi etary theneedf or
nut
ri
ents. proteins, fats,mi ner alsand needsof diff
er ent
vit
ami ns differ
ent dietary
8.
2.1.
2Descr ibet hedi etar
y Dietaryneedsf ordi fferent pe ople requirement s
needsf ordiff
er ent persons: e.g.Baby–mor e Participati
ng
persons. proteinandmi ner als,Pr egnant Classi f
ying acti
v elyin
mot her–mor epr otein, def i
ciency groupwor k
calcium, ironandv i
tami nD, diseases Beingawar e
8.
2.1.
3 I
dent i
fycommon etc. ofdi ffer
ent
nutrit
ional deficiency Nut r
itional deficiencydi seases I
nf err
ingt he food
diseasesofsy mpt omsand andt hei rsy mpt om suchas typesof nutrients
theirdiseases. kwashi or kor,mar asmus, def i
ciency
ri
cket s, anemi a,scur vy. diseases.
Ther ol esofchi l
dr en’scl i
nics
8.
2.1.
4 Describet he fornut rition; growt h
i
mpor tanceofchi ldr
en’
s moni tor ingandi mmuni zation,
cli
nics providingsuppl ementand
providingnut ri
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3.1Water, 8.
3.1.
1 Explainwhat Pol l
ut i
onast headdi t
ionof  Communi cati
n
8.
3.THE Airand poll
uti
oni s. har mf ulsubst ancest ot he ginformat on  Awar
i eness
ENVI
RONMENT Land env ironment onpol l
ution. ofpollution
Poll
uti
o Ty pesofpol lut i
on: Wat er,Air  Obser vi
ng  Applyi
ng
n 8.
3.1.
2Identif
ydi f
ferentt
ypes andLandpol lution. effectsof knowledge
ofpoll
utionoft he Causesofpol lution: Wat er p ol
luti
ono n on t
he three
envir
onment pol l
ut i
on- Untreat edsewage, the Rsto
8.
3.1.
3Identi
fycausesof washi ngcl othesi nr iversand env i
ronment conserve
poll
uti
onoft he streams, chemi cal sf rom I nvesti
gating ma t
eri
a ls
envir
onment . fact oriesandf arml and.Ai r way sof
pol l
ut i
on- Smoke, dust ,fumes reducing,re-
etc.Landpol lution- gar bage, usingand
effluent sf r
om f act ories, recycli
ngof
gar bage used
Effect sofpol l
ut i
on: wat er mat eri
als.
8.
3.1.
4 Descr
ibethe pol l
ut i
on-outbr eaksof
eff
ectsofpol l
uti
onon diseases, poisonous, af fects
theenvir
onment aquat i
clife.Ai rpol lution-
Breat hingdi fficulties, global
war mi ng, andaci dr ain.Land
pol l
ut i
on-out br eakof
diseases, unpl easantsmel ls,
unpr oduct i
vel and.
8.
3.1.
5Descri
beway sof Wa ysofpr event ingpol lut i
on:
prev
enti
ngpoll
uti
onof (conser vati
onofr esour ces-
theenv
ironment 3Rs: Reduce, Re- useand
Recy cleofpol l
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8.
4.1Plant 8.4.1.
1Ident i
fythemai npartsof Par t
sofami cr oscope: mirr , Demonst
or r
at ing Cooper at
ing
8.
4 PLANTS Cells ami croscope Stem, lens, st age, ey epi ece, howt ousea i
ngr oup
adjus t
me nt kn o b. mi croscope acti
v i
ti
es
AND Askingmor e
8.
4.1.
2Exami nethepl antcell Thest ruct ureofpl antcel l:Cell Obser vingt he
ANIMALS structureusi nga wal l
,cel lmembr ane, cytoplasm, cel l structur e questionsfor
microscope. better
nucleusandchl oropl ast, usingt he understandin
vacuol e mi croscope g
8.
4.1.
3Descr ibethef uncti
onsof Funct i
onsofcel lpar ts: cell l Communi
wal cat in Respect i
ng
thepar tsoft hecel l -protection, cel lmembr ane- ginf ormat ion other
selectivelyper meabl et o ont he people’s
mat erials,nucl eus-cont rolsall funct i
onsof i
deas
cellact i
viti
es, Chlor oplast s- thecel lpar ts.
containchl orophy ll
8.
4.2.
1Ident i
fyregionsofgr owth Regionsofpl antgr owt h:e.g. I
nv est igating Cooper ati
ng
8.
4.2Plant ofapl ant Shoot ,root s,st em themov ement ingr oup
Growth 8.
4.2.
2Demonst rater esponses Responsest ost imul i: ofmi ner al
s activit
ies
and tos ti
mu l
iins h ootsand Phot otropism andgeot ropism salts in p l
ant s Applying
roots knowl edget o
Plantnut r
ient s: pot assium, Recor dingdat a
caref orthe
Nut r
ients 8.
4.2.
3Descr ibenut rients nitr
ogen, phosphor ous. onapl anned envir
onment
impor tanttopl antgrowth Howpl antobt ainmi ner al
s: i
nv est igations whenusi ng
8.
4.2.
4Inv estigatehowpl ants Root st othest em t ot hel eaves Communi cat in fer
ti
lisers
obtaindi ssolv edmi neral Sour ces: Or gani cf ertil
isers g so urc es o f Askingmor e
saltsfrom thesoi l (manur es,compost )and plantnut ri
ent s questionsf or
84.
2.5I
dent i
fysour cesofpl ant Inorgani cfer ti
lizers( Ur ea, D bett
er
nutrients Compound) under st
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8.
4.2.
6Explainthe Adv antagesanddi
sadv ages  I
ant dentifyi
ng Applying
advantagesand ofinorganicandor
gani
c way sof knowl edgeto
fer
tili
zers reducingthe caref orthe
disadvantagesof
adv er
se envir
onment
i
nor gani
cand whenusi ng
effectsof
organicfert
il
iser
s fer
ti
lizers
ferti
li
seruse
Askingmor e
8.
4.2.
7Explai
ntheeffect Ef
fectsofexcessivefer
ti
li
sers: questionsfor
ofexcessi
veuseof pl
antsdie,
soilbecomeacidic, bett
er
under st
andin
i
norganicf
ert
il
isert
o overgr owi
ngofpl ant
s g
thesoil
.

8.
4.3.
1Describethebasi c  St r
uctur eofanani mal cel: Compar
l ing Appreciati
n
8.
4.3Ani
mal
Cel
l struct
ureofan Cellmembr ane,cy t
oplasm, plantand gthe
animalcell nucl
eus animalcells st
ructureof
Observingpar s cel
t ls
8.
4.3.
2Descr i
bet he ofcell
s
functi
onsoft he Part
ici
pat i
n
partsofthecel l  Functionsofcellparts: cel
l Recor gactivelyi
n
ding
membr ane-
sel
ectively fi
ndingsdur i
ng cl
ass
8.
4.3.
3Identi
fydif
f erent act
ivit
ies
permeabl etomat eri
als, theobser v
ation
featur
esi nthe
nucl
eus-cont r
olsal l
cel l
basicstruct
ur eofan acti
vit
ies
animalcellandpl ant  Dif
ferencesbetweenpl ant
cell andani malcel
l:Cellwal l,
chl
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8.
5.1Composi
ti
on 8.
5.1.
1Descr i
bethe Composi t
ionofmat t
er:All Communi cati
ng Par ti
cipatin
8.
5MATERI
ALS of composit
ionof mat terismadeupofpar t
icl
es thecomposi t
ion g act
ivelyin
ANDENERGY Mat t
er matter calledat oms(basi cbuil
ding ofmat ter . cl
as s
blockofmat t
er).Mostat oms acti
viti
es
Obser vi
ngt he
cancombi newithot heratoms Quest i
oning
tof orm mol ecules.Anel ement basi cst ructure newi deas,
i
saf orm ofmat termadeupof oft heat om concepts
onlyoneki ndofat om. usingamodel . andmodel s
8.
5.1.
2Descr ibethebasic Structureofanat om: Formul ating
struct
ureofan Nucl eus(centre)sur roundedby model sof
atom. electronsi nshells
simple
CommonAt omssuchas
mol ecules
Car bon(C) ,Hydrogen( H),
8.
5.1.
3I denti
fycommon
Oxy gen( O),Nit
rogen( N),
atomsusi ng Copper (Cu) ,I
ron(Fe) ,
symbol s Alumi nium( Al)
.
Mol ecules: Oxygen( O2),
Hy drogen( H2),Nit r
ogen( N2),
8.
5.1.
4Demonst ratethe Wa te r
(H 2O),Carbo n
formationof dioxide(CO2)
simplemol ecules
usingmodel sof
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8.
5.2Physi
cal 8.
5.2.
1St at ewhat WhatPhy sicalchangei s: Communi cating Appl yi
ng
Changeof phy sicalchangeis cha ngefrom one stateto the safety rul
es
another arrangementof when
State
8.
5.2.
2Descr i
bethe ato msi nthe exper i
ment i
n
ArrangementofAt oms: Sold- t
i hreest atesof g
arrangementof
Atomsv erycloset ogether; mat ter. Cooper ating
atomsi nthethree Liqui d-Closet ogether;Gas- Exper iment i
ng duringgr oup
statesofmat t
er Atomsspr eadf arapart. changeofst ate wor k
ofwat er. Partici
pat i
ng
8.
5.2.
3I dent i
fythe Temper aturesatwhi chwat er Measur i
ng activelyin
temper at
uresat changesst ate: Melti
ngand accur atelythe class
whi chwat er boili
ngp oints(plot
tinga temp e ratureo f ac t
ivit
ies
graphoft emper at
ureagai nst wat er.
changesst at
e.
Time) Recor dingdat a
Organi singdat a
intablesand
graphs
Inferri
ngt he
mel ti
ngand
boili
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8.
5.3Mi
xtur
e 8.
5.3.
1Expl
ainwhatami
xtur
e Subst
ancemadeupoft woormor e Communi
ca Appl
yingthe
s i
s subst
ancesthatar
e notchemi
cal
lycombi
ned. ti
ng separ
a t
ionof
different mixturesin
8.
5.3.
2I dent
if
ydiff
erentt
ypes Mixt
uressuchassoil
,ai
r,cor
ksandmar
bles,
seawater,
fr
uitsal
ads typesof everydaylife
ofmixtur
es mi xtures Cooper ati
ngi n
Met hodsofsepar ati
ngmixtur
es: Fil
tr
ati
on, Invest i
gati
n classact i
vit
ies
5.
3.3Identif
ymet hodsof Simpledi sti
l
lati
on,evapor
ati
on, magneti
sati
on, gt he Taking
Indust r
ialappli
cati
onofseparation sep ara t
ion precautions
Separatingmixtur
es.
techniques:E.g.makingsugar,saltfr
om sea ofmi xtur
es whencar r
ying
8.
5.3.
4Expl ai
nsomeoft he water,scrapmet al Planni ngan out
i
ndust ri
alappl
icat
ions i
nv est i
gati
o inv esti
gation
ofsepar at
ion nt o
techniques separ ate
mi xtures
8.
5.4Mass 8.
5.4.
1Statewhatmassis Massast heamountofmat terina Measur i
ng  Applyingt he
and 8.
5.4.
2Measur ethemassof subst ance. massand measur i
ngof
Weight di
ff
erentobj
ect
s Recor dingmassandi tsuni t
s(flour,
rice, weightof massand
8.
5.4.
3Statewhatweighti
s salt
)i nKgandg given weighti n
Wei ghtast hepul lofgravit
yona object
s everydayl i
f e
mass( Wei ght=massxaccel erationduet o Compar i
ng  Parti
ci pating
gravity ) massand activ
el yin
Notet hatt heaccel erat
ionduet ogravityis weight group
8.
5.4.
4Measur ethewei ghtof 10N/ kgonear th Calcul
ating activ
ities
agiv
enobj ectcorrect
ly Recor dingwei ghtandi t
suni tsin theweight  Parti
ci pating
8.
5.4.
5Calculatethewei ghtof Newt on(N) ofdiff
erent activ
el yin
asubstancegi v
ent he Cal cul ati
ngt hewei ghtofdi f
ferent object
s group
mass subst ancesgi venthemasses giventhe activ
ities
8.
5.4.
6Disti
nguishbet ween Diff
er encebet weenmassandwei ghtin mass.
massandwei ght termsof ;nature,measur inginst r
ument s,
units, andmassi sconst antwhi leweight

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KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES
8.
5.5Densi
ty 8.
5.5.
1Expl ai
nt hemeaningof Densi
tyasmassperuni tvolume: Designing Appr eciati
ng
densit
y Mass/vol
umeandi tsunit
s(cubi
c the densi t
iesof
8.
5.5.
2Demonst r
atehowt o cent
imeter) experiment di
fferent
determinethe  todetermi ne mater ials
densiti
es Cooper at
ing
densit
iesofdiff ent Fact
er orsofdensitysuchasmassand
vol
umet ocalculat
edensiti
esof:stone,Measur ing i
ncl ass
substances. themass acti
v i
ties
woodwat er
andv olume Aski ngmor e
8.
5.5.
3Demonstratethatan Si nki
ngandfloati
ng:Denserobj
ect
ssi nk o fobj
ec ts quest i
onsf or
obj
ectwi
l
l si
nkorf l
oat andlessdenserobject
sfloati
nrel
ati
ont o Investi
gatin bett
er
onali
qui
d. thedensi
tyofliqui
d gt he under standin
densiti
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4Describehowv
essel
s diff erent
f
loat
. Howv essel
sfl
oat
:Lar
gerv
olume-
less mat erial s
dense Obser ving
8.
5.5.
5Explaintheef
fect
sof thesi nki ng
andf loat ing
ov
erloadingv
essels.
Eff
ectsofov
erl
oadi
ngv
essel
s:si
nki
ng, ofmat er ial
s
acci
dents Inf erri
ng
sinki ngand
float i
ng
basedon
obser v ation
s
Cl assi fying
mat erial s
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5.6Heat 8.
5.6.
1 Demonstr
atethe Ty pesofheatt r
ansf er
: Communi cati
ng Applyingthe
t
ransf
er ty
pesofheatt
ransfer conduct ion,conv ecti
onand i
nformat i
onon useofheat
radiation heattransfer tr
ansferin
8.
5.6.
2Invest
igatet
hemov ement Mov ementofheati nsoli
d anditsuse ever
y daylif
e
(conduct ion)
, l
i
qui d Experi
ment ing Cooper at
ing
ofheatinmat t
er
(conv ect i
on)andai r ontheheat i
nclass
8.
5.6.
2 Describehowthe (conv ect i
on) tr
ansfer acti
viti
es
vacuum fl
askworks. Theappl i
cationofheat Observingthe Part
icipati
ng
transfer ;Howav acuum fl
ask mov ementof acti
velyin
wor ks: Mai ntai
ning heattransfer cl
ass
acti
viti
es
temper atureconst ant,et
c
8.
5.7Heatand 8. 5.7.
1Demonst r
ate Expansi onofsubst ances Investigati
ng Part
icipat
ing
expansion expansionofsubst
ances suchascopper ,aluminum, theexpansi on acti
velyin
of 8.
5.7.
2Descr ibetheuseofthe steel,br ass,bronze ofdi f
ferent cl
ass
substance expansionofdif
fer
ent subst ances acti
vit
ies
Useofexpansioninever
yday Compar ingthe Applyi
ng
s substancesinever
ydayli
fe
l
ife:
E.g.t
hermomet er
s, expansi onof knowledge
ther
mostats,
engines diff
erent onthe
8.
5.7.
3Explainthe subst ances expansionof
eff
ectofexpansi
onand Eff
ectsofexpansi
onand Recor di
ngdata subst ances
contracti
onof contr
act
ion:e.
g.fract
ureof onexpansi on
Substances. bri
dges,gl
assbreaks,rai
l correctl
y
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8.
5.8 8.
5.8.
1Descr i
bewhatr ef
lection Reflectionofl i
ght:Bounci ng Obser vi
ng Appr eciati
ng
Refl
ecti
on is. ofli
ghtof fasmoot hsurface reflectionand theuseof
and such a s ami r
ror refrac ti
onof l
ighti n
ref
racti
on Thechar acteri
sti
csof li
ght every daylif
e
8.
5.8.
2I nv
est i
gatethe refl
ect i
onofmi rr
or Predi ctingt he Appl ying
ofLight char acter
isti
csofr eflecti
on pat hofl ight knowl edge
oflightonmi rror. dur i
ng onl i
ghti n
Refractionofl i
ght: The refract i
onand every daylif
e
bending, orchangi ngof reflection Participati
ng
8.
5.8.
3 Describewhat dir
ect i
on, ofli
ghtray swhen Communi cating activelyin
refr
act i
oni s. theypassf rom onemat erial informat i
onon classwor k
i
ntoanot her the Cooper at
ing
char acter i
stics i
ngr oupwor k
Refractioninwat er: Realand oflight Listeningt o
appar entdept h Accur ately fri
ends’
8.
5.8.
4 I
dent i
fyt hereal and recor dingt he opinionwi th
appar entdept hsofan Appl i
cationofr efl
ect i
onand angl esof respect s
objectunderwat er. refr
act i
on: Refl
ection-. incidenceand
Searchlights,headlamps, refract i
on
8.
5.8.
5Expl aintheappl i
cationof magni fyingmi rr
ors.Ref r
act on Pl
i anni ngt o
refl
ect i
onandr efraction. -i
nlenses conf irmr eal
andappar ent
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5.9Composi
ti
o 8.
5.9.
1 Identi
fythe Component sofai r:Nit
rogen, Communi cating Apply ing
nofAir component sofai r carbondi oxide,oxygenand the knowl edge
waterv apour component sof on
air component s
8.
5.9.
2Investi
gat ethepropor
ti
on Proportionofsubst ancesi nair Invest
igat
ing ofairi n
ofeachsubst anceinair : Oxygen21%, Nit
rogen78% the%ofox gen ev
y ery dayli
fe
andot hergases1% i
nai r Participati
ng
8.
5.9.
3Descr i
bet henatureof Propertiesintermsofcol our, Communi cating act i
v elyin
eachsubst anceinair odour,sol ubil
i
ty,density usesof groupwor k
substancesof Aski ngmor e
8.
5.9.
4Descr i
bet heusesofeach Theuseofsubst ances: air quest ionsfor
substanceinai r Oxygen; i
nhospi t
als,steel better
works, etc,Carbondi oxide;f
ir
e under standin
exti
ngui sher,fi
zzydr i
nksetc g
,hydrogen; ‘Harden’vegetable
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•Demonst rateanunder standingofthebasicfactsabout •Demonst ratetheabil

it
ytorecordthepulserate,
elect
ri
c
thehumanbody cur
rentandv olt
age
 Dev elopi nvesti
gativ
eski l
ls •Demonst r
atetheabili
tytopuri
fywater
 Recogniset hei mpor t
anceofper sonalheal
th •Showunder st
andingandknowl edgeontheformationof
• Dev el
opknowl edge,valuesandposi ti
veatti
tudesfort
he i
mages, r
ainbow
i
mmedi ateenv i
ronment •Demonst ratetheabil
i
tytocareandpr ot
ectplantsand
 Demonst rat
eanunder standingofthebasicfactsabout animals
plantsandani mals
 Acquireknowl edge,valuesandposi t
iveatt
it
udesabout
mat eri
alsandener gy

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KNOWLEDGE SKI
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1.1.
1Descr i
bet he Theci rculatorysy stem i nv olves Communi cati
n Appr eciati
ng
9.
1THEHUMAN 9.
1.1Ci
rcul
ator
y bloodci rculatory themov ementofbl oodi nv essels gt heor gansof t heci r
culat ory
BODY Syst
em syst em. ar oundt hebody .Itinv olves thecirculatory system
or ganssuchast heHear tand system Apply i
ngt he
9.
1.1.
2Ident ifyt he lungs.  Compar ing recordingof
component sof Component sofbl ood: RedBl ood veinsand thepul ser ate
bloodandt heir Cel ls-Tr anspor toxy genand art
eries i
nev erydayl if
e
funct i
ons car bondi oxide, Whi teBl oodCel ls- Predictingt he Cooper atingi n
Fightdi sease; Pl at elets-For pulser ate groupwor k
clot ting; andPl asma- Transpor ts whenatr est Aski ngmor e
wat er ,bodywast es, Food andaf teran quest i
onsf or
9.
1.1.
3Descr ibet he nut rient s(glucose, ami noaci ds, exercise better
i
nt ernal li
pi ds) I nvestigating under standi ng
structur eoft he Inter nal str
uct ureoft hehear t: thepul ser ate
hear t. At ri
a, Vent ri
cles, Valv es, Vessel s,
9.
1.1.
4Illustrat ethe muscl e
mov ementof Mov ementofbl ood: Hear tto
bloodi nt he lungs, andv icev er sa; Hear tto
doubl e restoft hebody ,andv icev ersa.
circulator y Funct i
onsofor gansi nt he
syst em. circul at orysy stem suchashear t:
9.
1.1.
5Ident ifyt her ol
e pumpbl ood, valv espr eventback
oft hehear t, flowofbl ood; Lungsaddoxy gen
l
ungsandbl ood tot hebl oodandr emov eCar bon
vessel si nbl ood Di oxi de; Arteriescar rybloodf rom
circulation thehear ttothebodywhi lev eins
9.
1.1.
6Taket hepul se takebl oodt ot hehear t.
ratesatr est  Pul ser ates: t
aki ngpul seatr est
andaf ter andaf terexer ci sing
phy sical
exer cises.

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KNOWLEDGE SKI LLS VALUES
9.
1.2Respi
rat
or 9.
1.2.
1I dentifyorgans oft he  Organsofr espi rati
on: Mout h, Communi cat i
ng  Appr eci
ati
ng
ySyst
em respiratorysy stem ofa nose, tr
achea, bronchi ,
lungs, r
ibs, informat i
onon the
humanbei ng. diaphr agm andai rsac. theor gansof respirat
ory
9.
1.2.
2 Explaint he Funct ionsof :nose, lungs,ribs, therespi r
at ory system
funct i
onsoft heor gansof di aphr agm, ai
rsac system  Cooper ati
ng
ther espi r
ator ysy stem Mechani sm ofv ent i
lati
on: I nvestigating i
ngr oup
9.
1.2.
3 Demonst ratethe I nhaling-Di aphr agm cont r
acts; the proces s of w ork
mechani sm ofv entil
ati
on Ext er nal I
ntercost al muscles ventil
at i
on  As ki
ngmor e
i
nahumanbei ng. cont ractandpul lri
bcage usingamodel quest i
ons
upwar dsandout war ds;Lungs Communi cat ing forbet t
er
expanddr awingai rinsi
de. informat ionon under st
andi
Exhal ing-Theopposi t
eofi nhalng t
i hedi ffusionof ng
9.
1.2.
4 Descr ibet he happens oxy genand
exchangeofoxy genand  Gaseousexchangei nthel ungs: car bondi oxi de
carbondi oxidei nt he D i
ffus es out i
n toth e bl
oo d a cross the
l
ungs. stream andcar bondi oxide lungs.
diffusesi ntot hel ungsf rom the Investigati
ng
9.
1.2.
5 Explaint issue blood. e ff
ects of
respiration Tissuer espiration: Chemi cal smoki ngon
heal t
h.
processi ncel lsbywhi chener gy
9.
1.2.
6 Expl aint heef f
ect i
spr oducedf rom f ood( glucose).
ofcigar ettesmoki ngon  Effect sofsmoki ng: Lungcancer ,
ther espiratorysy stem Bronchi tis.

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LLS VALUES

9.
2.1Sexually 9.
2.1.
1 I
dent i
fythe CommonSTI s:e.g.HI V, Ident
if
ying Awar eness
9.
2HEALTH Transmitt
e commonsexual ly syphili
s,gonor rhea, warts common ofthe
d transmi ttedinfecti
ons Transmi ssi onofSexual ly STIs prevalenceof
I
nfecti
ons 9.2.1.
2 Expl ain Transmi ttedI nfections: E.g. i
nfectious
(STIs) transmi ssionof unprotect edsex, bl
ood I
nf err
ingthe di
seasesi .e.
Sexual l
yTr ansmitt
ed tr
ansf usionwi thcont ami nated trendofSTI HIVandAI DS
Infecti
ons blood i
nZ a mb i
a
i
nf ecti
ons
9.
2.1.
3Descr i
bet he PreventionofSexual ly Cooper ati
ng
preventi
onofSTI s. given
Transmi ttedI nfections: E.g. i
ngr oup
relevantdat
a act i
viti
es
correctandconsi stenceof
condom use, onef aithful
partner,av oidingcasual sex
9.
2.1.
4Expl ai
nt hei mpactof I mpactofHI VandAI DS: E.g.
HIVandAI DSont he poverty,incr easeofor phans,
population. pressureofheal t
hser vi
ces.

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3.1.
1Describewhat Whatoxy genandcar bon Compar i
ng  Aski ngmor e
9.
3 THE 9.
3.1Cycl
esi
n OxygenandCarbon dioxidecy cl
ei ntheenv i
ronment t heprocess questi
o ns for
ENVI
RONMENT t
he cycl
e ar
e i
s of bett
er
Bi
ospher
e Fact orsofOxy genandCar bon understandin
9.
3.1.
2I dent i
fyfactor
s photosynthe
cycle; Pl
ant s:takinginCar bon g
affect i
ngOxy genand sisand
dioxideandgi vi
ngof fOxy gen,  Applyi
ng
Car boncy cle. Other s:takingi nOxy genand respi
rati
on knowledge
9.
3.1.
3Descr i
bet heni
trogen givi
n go ff Carbon D i
oxide onc yclesto
Nitrogency cle:Lightni
ng, Invest
igati
ng avoi
d
cy cle
nitr
ogenf ixi
ngbact eri
a,planting the harmingt he
oflegumes, useofni tr
ogenr i
ch processes envi
ron me nt
fert
iliser
s that  Part
icipati
ng
9.
3.1.
4Expl aint
henat ural Correctpr oporti
onsofoxy gen, acti
vely i
n
contri
buteto
bal anceofgasesi n nitr
ogenandcar bondi oxidein cl
ass
theat mosphere thebalance
theat mospher e acti
vit
ies
ofnature

CONTENT
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C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKI
LLS VALUES
9.
3.2.
1 Descri
bethe Theimportanceofwater  Communi cati
ng  Appr eci
ati
ng
9.
3.2Wat
er i
mportanceofwater management ;sour
ceof i
nformationon water
managementinourdai
l
y water
,generati
ngelect
ri
cit
y, water management
Managemen l
if
e. et
c man agement system inthei
r
 Compar ingt
he l
ife
t di
fferentwater  Parti
cipati
ng
9.
3.2.
2 Descri
beeff
ect
ive Wa t
ermanagementsyst
em;
management acti
v el
yin
wat
ermanagementsy
stem constr
uct
ionofdam, systems cl
assact iv
iti
es
r
eser
voi
r,pur
if
icat
ionpl
ant

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4.1.
1Explai
ntheimpor tanceof Impor t
anceof Communi cati
ng Appreciati
ng
9.4.
1 domest i
cati
ngani malsand domest icatingani mal s thei mpor t
ance pl
ant sand
9.
4PLANTS Conservat
io plant
s. andpl ants:conser ving, f
ood, ofpl antsand ani
mal s
AND nofanimals 9.
4.1.
2 Expl
ainway sof pets animal s Part
icipati
ng
i
mpr ovi
ngdomest i
cbreeds Way sofi mpr ov i
ngpl antand Investigating acti
velyin
ANIMALS andPlants ofanimalsandpl ants. animal breeds: E.g.cr ossing, way sof cl
asswor k
9.
4.1.
3 I
dentifyanimalsand cross- poll
inat i
on, i
mpr ovingplant Askingmor e
plant
sthreatenedby Animal sandpl ant snear andani mal questionsfor
exti
ncti
on. extinction: e.g.Rhi no, breeds bett
er
elephant( animal s),sausage, Investigating understandin
mut ondo, mukwa( plants). animal sand g
9.
4.1.
4 Descri
bethe Impor t
anceofpr otect i
ng plants
i
mpor t
anceofprotect
ing endanger edpl ant sand threatenedwi th
endangeredanimalsand animal sE. g.t our ism, food, extinction
pl
ant s. shelt er Recor dingdat a
Met hodsofpr ot ect i
on: from the
9.
4.1.
5 Explai
nmet hodsof gamepar ks, for estr eserves, obser vati
ons
protecti
ngendangered gamemanagement made
animalsandplants. areas( GMA) Communi cati
ng
i
nf ormat i
onon
themet hodsof
protecting
endanger ed
animal sand
plants

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4.2.
1I denti
fythe Condi t
ions: Sunli
ght , Experiment i
ngon Appr eciati
ng
9.
4.2Phot
osy
nthesi condi ti
onsnecessary carbondi oxide,wat erand factorsnecessar y phot osy nt
he
s for temper ature. forphot osy nt
hesis sis
phot osynthesis Pr oduct sof I
nv estigat ingthe Cooper ati
ng
9.
4.2.
2 I
dentifythe photosy nthesis:Starch presenceofst arch i
ngr oupwor k
pr oductsof (
Not e:testforst ar
chusi ng i
npl ant s Askingmor e
phot osynthesisina i
odinesol ution) Obser vingt heblue- quest i
onsf or
leaf  Processof blackcol our better
Photosy nthesis(uses Recor dingdat a under standin
9.
4.2.
3Relatet
heprocessof carbondi oxidefrom ai r from the g
photosy
nthesi
sto andr el
easesoxy gen) observ ationsmade Appr eciati
ng
respi
rat
ion whileRespi rati
on(uses I
nf err
ingt he respiration
oxygenandr el
eases presenceofst arch Par t
icipati
ng
carbondi oxide) i
nl eaves. activelyin
Compar ing classwor k
photosy nt hesisand Askingmor e
respir
at ion quest i
onsf or
better
under standin
g
9.
4.3.
1Descr i
bet hepr ocess Tr anspirati
on: Lossof I
nv estigatingthe Appr eciati
ng
9.
4.3Tr
anspi
rat
ion oft r
anspi rat
ion. wat erbypl antst hr
ough factorst hataffect transpirati
on
thest omat a. therat eof Par t
icipati
ng
9.
4.3.
2Investigatet he Fa ctorsaff ecti
ng transpirati
oni n activelyin
factorst hataffectthe transpiration:E. g..humi d, plant classwor k
rateoft ranspirat
ion stomat a, t
emper at
ur e Recor dingdat a Askingmor e
Impor tanceof from obser v
ati
ons quest i
onsf or
9.
4.3.
3Expl ai
nt he Tr anspirati
on: made better
impor t
anceof Tr anspor t
at i
onofwat er under standin
transpirati
oni nplants andmi neral sfrom r ootsto g
theupperpar toft hepl ant

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KNOWLEDGE SKI LLS VALUES
9.
5.1.
1Descr
ibewhat Whatchemi cal reactionis; Communi cat i
ngthe Appl ying
9.
5.1Chemi
c chemi
calr
eact
ioni
s Format i
onofnew format i
onofnew safetyrul
es
9.
5MATERI
ALS al
reacti
on substancessuchasbur ning subst ancesand when
9.
5.1.
2Descri
bet henature ofsugarpaper natureofchemi cal experimentin
ANDENERGY ofchemicalreact
ions Natureofchemi cal reacti
ons g
reacti
onssuchas Classifyingdi ff
erent
endothermi cand typesofchemi cal Cooper at
ing
9.
5.1.
3Classi
fydi
ff
erent exothermic reacti
ons i
ngr oupwor k
t
ypesofchemical Diff
erentTy pesofchemi cal Recor di ngdat a
r
eacti
ons reacti
ons: Synthesi s, from the Askingmor e
Decomposi t
ion, Single observ ations questionsfor
repl
acement ,Doubl e Observ ingt he better
9.
5.1.
4Descr i
bethe Replacement chemi cal reaction understandin
chemicalr
eact
ionof Thesy nthesisofcopper : ofsynt hesi s g
synt
hesis Coppercombi nedwi th Measur i
ngt he
Oxygen. massof List
eningt o
Copper+Oxy gen→ Copper substancesbef ore otherswith
Oxide andaf terchemi cal respect
9.
5.1.
5Demonst r
atethe Theelect r
olysisofaci di
fi
ed reacti
on
chemicalr
eacti
onof water:spli
ttingwat erint
oi t
s For mul atingt he
waterwit
helectr
ici
ty component( twiceasmuch model sofchemi cal
hydrogenasoxy gen)by equation
meansofanel ect r
iccurrent Obser v ingt he
Thelawofconser v ati
onof amountofeachgas
9.
5.1.
6Expl ai
nthelawof mat t
er;thetotal massof coll
ectedt hrough
conservat
ionof substancesbef orea theelect rolysi
sof
matter chemical reacti
oni sequal acidi
fi
edwat er
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 tothetotalmassofthe
substancesthatar
e
produced.

CONTENT
TOPI
C SUBTOPI
C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKI LLS VALUES
9.
5.2.
1Descr i
bet hedi fferentt ypes Ty pesofl enses: Conv er ng I
gi nvestigating t he Parti
cipat i
ng
9.
5.2Light ofl enses. anddi v er gingl enses focal l
engt hand i
n
andit
s 9.
5.2.
2Demonst r
at et helocat i
onof Locat ingt heposi tionsof positionoft he experi
ment s
natur
e thef ocal poi ntandf ocal Focal poi ntandf ocal lengt h focal point acti
vely
lengt hofal ens. Real andv irtualimagesof P l
ann ing an Cooper ating
9.
5.2.
3Expl ainthemechani sm ofa conv er gi ngl enses exper i
mentt o i
ngr oupwor k
conv ergi
ngl enst opr oduce Usesof :Conv ergi ngl ens- findre ala nd Taking
real andv irtuei mages. mi croscope, f
il
m pr oject or; virt
ual imagesof precautions
9.
5.2.
4Expl aintheusesof Div ergi ngl ens-spect acl es a nob j
e ctusi ng whenusi ng
conv ergi
nganddi ver ging Product ionofaspect r um of conv erging l
ightsour ces
lenses l
ight :Di sper singofwhi telight lenses Respect i
ng
9.
5.2.
5Demonst r
at et hepr oduct i
on usingapr i
sm Exper i
ment i
ngt o thev i
ewsof
ofaspect rum f rom whi t
e Combi ningspect rum col ours s eethe co lou rs others
li
ght . i
nt owhi tel ight:Twopr isms ofwhi tel i
ght Applyi
ng
9.
5.2.
6Demonst r
at et he ,oneupsi dedownt o Investigatingt he knowledge
combi nationofcol our sof disper sewhi telight combi nationof onspect rum
thespect rum t opr oduce For mat ionofar ainbow: the sev en i
nev eryday
whi telight. Spl it
tingofsunl ightbyar ai
n colour sinto l
ife
9.
5.2.
7Descr i
bet hepr oduct ionof drops. w hit
e light
ar ainbow. Whysunset sappearr ed: Red Communi cat ing
9.
5.2.
8Expl ainwhysunset sand i
sr eflect ed, othercol our sare i nformat i
onon
sunr iseappearr ed. absor bed colourf il
ters

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9.
5.3Col
our 9.
5.3.
1Explainthatcoloursofan dependsont hecolourit
Fi
lt
ers objectdependont hecol
our ref
lects
oflightitref
lect
s. Theef fect
sofcolourfil
ters:
9.
5.3.
2Descr i
bet heeff
ectsof Fil
ter
ingofcoloursonlight
col
ourf ilt
ersonlightr
ays. rays

CONTENT
TOPI
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C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES
9.
5.4.
1Explainthedi f
ference Thedef i
niti
onofel ectr
ic Compar ing currentin Apply ing
9.
5.4Electri
c betweenel ectri
ccur rent currentandv ol
t age aser i
esandpar al
lel i
nformat ion
Current andv oltage Useofanammet ert o circuit oncur rent
and 9.
5.4.
2Demonst ratet heuseofan measur ecurrenti n Invest igatingthe andpot ent i
al
ammet ertomeasur e amper es(A) relationshi pbetween dif
fer encei n
Volt
age el
ect r
iccur rentsi naci rcui
t. cur r
entandpot ential every dayl if
e
i
nCi rcui
t difference Cooper ating
Measur i
ngel ectri
c i
ngr oupwor k
Measur ingpot ential cur r
entandv olt
agei n Participating
9.
5.4.
3Demonst ratehowt o diff
erencei naci r
cuitin aci rcuit i
ncl ass
measur epot ential volt
s( V) Accur atelyrecording works
dif
ferencei naci rcuit. Relationshipbet ween i
nf ormat i
onf rom an acti
v ely
currentandpot ent i
al exper iment Apply ing
9.
5.4.
4Describet her elationship diff
erence Plot t
inggr aphsgiven safetyr ules
betweenpot ent i
al relevantdat afrom when
dif
ferenceandcur rent. exper iment exper iment in
Usesofel ectri
ccur r
ent: Inferringt he g
9.
5.4.
6Explaintheuseofel ectr
ic E.g.li
ght i
ng,heat ing, relationshi pbetween
curr
enti nt helocal cooking elect r
iccur r
entand
envir
onment . voltage

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5.5.
1St
atewhatpr
essur
eis Pressureasf orceper Obser v
inghow Appl
ying
9.
5.5 unitarea,(pressure= pressuredependson pr
essurein
Pr
essur
e force/area)inN/ m2 thesurfaceareaand ever
ydaylif
e
9.
5.5.
2Identi
fyfactor
saffect
ing Factorsaf fecti
ng forceappli
ed Cooperat
ing
pressur
ei ngases pressure:t emperature I
nv esti
gati
nghow i
ngroupwor k
andv olume. pressureisaff
ected
byt emperat
ureand
volume.

CONTENT
TOPI
C SUBTOPI
C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKI LLS VALUES
9.
5.6.
1Expl
ainwhatener gyis. Energyast heabi lit
ytodo Compar i
ng Applyingf orms
9.
5.6Energyandit
s wor k dif
ferentener gy ofener gy
conserv
ati
on 9.
5.6.
2Identi
fydif
ferentfor
ms Formsofener gy: e.
g. resou r
c es con servati
oni n
ofenergy Potential ener gy,Kinetic Communi cating everydayl i
fe
energy ,Chemi cal energy, i
nfor mat ionon P ar
ti
cip ati
ng
Electri
cener gyandHeat dif
ferentf or
ms acti
velyi nclass
energy ofener gy wor k
9.
5.6.
3Describehowdi ff
erent Conv ersionofener gy sources Appreci ati
ng
for
msofener gycanbe Investigat i
ngt he diff
erentf orms
changed conv ersionof ofener gy
9.
5.6.
4Expl
ainthelawof Lawofener gy energyf r
om one Appl yingsaf ety
energyconservati
on conser vation for
mi nt o rul
eswhen
9.
5.6.
5Expl
aintheeffectsof dif
ferentf or
ms experiment i
ng
energyproducti
onon Effectsofener gy withdifferent
theenvir
onment . generat i
one. g.land formsofener gy
9.
5.6.
6Expl
ainway sof degradat ion, polluti
on.
conservi
ngener gy
. Conser vingener gy :useof
al
ter
nativ
esources,avoi
d
wastageener
gy,usethree
Rsofconserv
ation.
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5.7.
1Identif
yway sof  Way sofr eceivi
ngand Communi cati
ng Awarenessof
9.
5.7Communi
cat
io sendingandr ecei
ving sendi ngmessages: E.
g. inf ormationon di
ffer
entway s
n informa t
ionoverl
on g Cel lphones, radi
os, sendingand of
distances. telev i
sion,mai l receivi
ng communi cati
ng
9.
5.7.
2Descr ibethe  Adv ant agesand me s sages Applyi
ngway s
advant agesand disadv antagesofeach Compar i
ng ofsending
disadvantagesofthe dev ice:
.refertodist
ance, differ
entway s messagesi n
diff
erentway sof signal strength, ofsendi ng every
daylife
sendingmessages net workf ail
ure. messages groupwor k
Cooperati
ngin
groupwor k

CONTENT
TOPI
C SUBTOPI
C SPECI
FICOUTCOMES
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS VALUES
9.
5.8.
1Descr i
bet he  Transmi ssion: r
adio Obser vi
ngt he Appr eciating
9.
5.8Digi
taland transmi ssionofr adio tr
ansmi tssoundsi gnal
s stagesofTVand bot hTVand
Analogue andt el
ev isionsignals andt el
ev i
siont r
ansmi t
s radio radio
Transmissi
on sou n da ndima gesignal
s bro adcasti
ng transmi ssion
9.
5.8.
2Explaint he  Ampl if
icatonofsound: Compar
i ing Apply i
ngway s
ampl i
ficationof Strengt heningoft he digit
aland ofst ori
ngdat a
sound. si
gnal . analogue i
nev ery
dayl if
e
transmission Cooper atingin
9.
5.8.
3Explaint hedi ff
erence  Differencesbet ween: groupwor k
betweendi gi
taland Digitaland
analogue Anal oguet ransmi ssion
transmi ssion
informat i
on.
9.
5.9.
1Explaint heuseof  UseofSat ell
ite:inlong Communi cati
ng Awar enessof
9.
5.9Satel
li
te satell
it
ei nl ong di
st ance i
nf ormati
onon satelli
te
Communi cati
o d i
stance communi cation. satell
it
e communi cati
on
communi cati
on. communi cati
on
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 n 9.
5.9.
2Describethe  Tr
ansmissi
onofaLiv
e Compar i
ngliv
e Awar enessof
tr
ansmi ssi
onofalive br
oadcastofanev
ent andrecorded digi
taland
broadcastofanevent broadcasti
ng analogoue
fr
om Af ri
catoEur
ope tr
ansmi ssi
on
usingrawblock Part
icipati
ng
di
agrams acti
velyinclass
acti
viti
es

I
ntegr
atedSci
encePr
act
ical
Dat
a
Thef
ollowingpoi ntsshouldbeconsi dereddur ingpr act
icalinIntegr atedSci ence:
(i
) Thel earnershouldhav et heknowl edgei nmeasur ementofsubst ances.
Thel earnerisexpect edt ocompr ehendr ecordingofbr eathingr ate,measur ementofmass,wei ght,t
emperature
andv olume.Exper imentsoft hisnat ur
ewi llrelyontheuseofor di
nar yappar atusi nthelabor at
ory.
(i
i
) Exper i
ment sinvol
v i
ngt esti
ngofgasesorsepar ati
ngmi xturecoul dbeset .Al earnerisexpectedt oobserveand
i
nv esti
gat etheexpect ed out come. Thi smaycompr iseel ement arydi stil
lation,chromat ography,Magnetism,
Floatati
onandFi l
trat
ion.Det ail
edanal ysisisnotnecessar ybutal earnerisexpect edtohav et heknowledgeon
how mi xturescanbesepar ated.Al ear nershoul dalsocar r
youtt het est
sf orChemi calt est
sf orgaseswhi ch
shouldi ncl
udecar bondi oxide, hy
dr ogenandoxy gendioxi de.
Organicsubst ancesandi onsnotment ionedabov emaybei ncludedi nt hepr acticalsessions.Alearnerisexpected
tohav esuf f
ici
entknowl edgei nthi sarea.Exami nat
ioni nv ol
v i
ngdi f
fer entsubst ancessi milartotheonesspecif i
ed
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atedSci
enceGr
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 abovemaybesetbutcandi datesareexpectedt
odrawoutt hei
rconclusi
onsfrom t
heobser v
ati
ons.
N.B. No not e books,course books,inf
ormati
on booklet
s and textbooks willbe all
owed i
nt he pr
act
ical
examinati
on.
Alearnershal
lbeexpectedtoperform si
mplecal
culat
ionsasoutl
inedbytheIntegr
atedSciencesyl
l
abus.

Appar
atus
Thef oll
owingappar at usshoul dbest ockedforteachi
ngandexaminati
onpur
poses.Eachl
ear
nershoul
dbepr
ovi
dedwi
th
thenecessar yappar at ust oconductt heexperi
ment s.
Test-t
ubes
Measur i
ngcy l
indercal ibrated25cm3or50cm3.
Fil
terfunnel.
Beaker( polystyr
ene, gl ass)v umeof250cm3.
ol
Conicalflaskswi thv olumeof250cm3.
Thermomet erscalibrat ed-10oCt o110oCati nt
erv sof1oC.
al
Stopclocks/ stopwat cheswhi chrecordtimeinseconds.
Washbot tl
es.
Py r
extestt ubesar eessent ialforheati
ngpurposeswithcapaci
ti
es125mmx16mm.
Boili
ngtubesi .e.ofdi mensi on150mm x25mm.
Stir
ri
ngr odsf orstir
ringormi xi
ngpur poses.
Electr
onicbal ances/ triplebeam bal ances.
Lenses, Ammet er
s, Vol tmet ers

Reagent
s
Thef
oll
owi
ngst
andar
dreagent
sshoul
dbest
ockedamongot
her
s.Thesear
eofpar
amounti
mpor
tancedur
ingpr
act
ical
.

Sul
phuri
cacid.0.5mol/dm3
Aqueoussodium hy
droxi
de1.0mol
/dm3
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enceGr
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mewat er(asolutionofcal
cium hy
droxi
de)
AqueousHy drogenperoxi
de
Di
luteHydrochlori
cacid
I
odinesoluti
on

Testf
orgases

Gas Test Testr

esul
t

Car
bondi
oxi
de Bubbl
ethegast
hroughl
i
mewat
er Whi
tepr
eci
pit
atef
ormed

Hy
drogen(
H2) I
ntr
oduceal
i
ght
edspl
i
nti
ntot
hegas Putsouttheli
ghtedspli
ntwi
tha
‘
pop’sound
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gen(
O2) I
ntr
oduceagl
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ngspl
i
nti
ntot
hegas Glowingspl
intr
elight
ed

APPENDI
X1:
SCOPEANDSEQUENCE
Thef
oll
owi
ngt
abl
eshowst
he“
ScopeandSequence”ofi
ntegr
atedsci
encesy
ll
abusf
rom G1t
oG9.

Sub-
Topi
cs&Knowl
edge
G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 G9

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enceGr
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cs&Knowl
edge
1.1.
1Ext
ernal
part
sof 2.
1.1TheInt
ernal 5.
1.1TheHear
t 6.
1.1TheBl
ood 9.
1.1Circulatory
thehumanbody par
tsofthehuman System
Body •Funct
ionofthehear
t •Compositi
onof •Thebl ood
•Ext
ernal
par
tsof •Str
uct
ureoftheheart bl
ood ci
rculatorysy st
em
humanbody •Majorint
ernal
part
s •Howtot akethe •Funct
ionsofblood •Component sof
•Funct
ionsofmajor pul
se •Doubl
ecircul
ati
onof bl
ood
part
s bl
oodinthebody : •I
nt er
nal str
ucture
Art
eryandVeins ofthehear t
•Mov ementofbl ood
•Functionsof
organsi nthe
ci
rculatorysy st
em
1.
1.2Thesenses 3.
1.1Mout
h 7.
1.1TheDi
gest
ive
Sy
stem
TheHumanBody

•Part
sassoci
ated •Funct
ionsofmout
h
wit
hthefi
vesenses •WhatDi gest
ive
syst
em is
•Organsofdigesti
ve
syst
em
•Thepar t
sof
al
imentarycanal
•Undigestedfood
3.
1.2Nose 5.
1.2Br
eat
hing 9.
1.2Respi
rat
ory
Sy
stem
•Funct
ionoft
henose ・ Therolesof
br
eathi
ng: •Organsof
・ Thetypesofor gans respir
ation
T1:

i
nbreathing •Functionsof
・ Thefunctionof organsint he
or
gansinbr eat
hing respir
atorysystem
UNI

•Mechani sm of
ventil
ati
on
•Thef unctionof
l
ungs
•Tissuer espi
rati
on
•Effectsofsmoki ng
4.
1.1Eyes
•Basicpar
tsofeyes
•Functi
onofeyes
4.
1.2TheEar
•Basicpar
tsofears
•Functi
onofears

4.
1.3Theskin
•Part
softheskin
•Funct
ionsoftheski
n

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cs&Knowl
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3.
1.3St
ruct
ureoft
he
Body

•Mov ementofarms
andlegs
•Mov ablej
oint
s
•Functionofbones
andmuscl es
•Brokenarm orleg
•Partsofthehuman
skel
eton
1.
1.3St agesofhuman 5.
1.3Pubert
y 6.
1.2Feat ur
esof 8.1.
1Human
l
if
e •Maleandfemale pregnancy ReproductiveSystem
•Stagesint hehuman part
softhebody •Featuresof andPuber t
l
if
ecy cle •Changesofhuman pregnancy •Organsof
•Activ
iti
esatdi f
fer
ent bodyatpubert
y •Signsandsy mpt
oms reproducti
on
st
agesofhuman ofpregnancy •Functionsof
growth reproducti
veparts
•Roleofclinics •Changesassoci ated
withpuberty
•Impor t
anceof
personalhygiene
6.
1.3Heal
thr
isks 8.
1.2Fer
ti
li
zat
ionand
embryodevel
opment
•Healthandsocial
ri
sksforteenage •ThePr ocessof
pregnancy Ferti
li
sation
•Healthri
sks •Functionsofthe
associat
edwi t
hearl
y parts
sexualdebut •Gestationperiodand
bi
r t
h
2.
2.1FoodHy
giene 3.
2.1Food 6.
2.1FoodNut
ri
ent
s 7.
2.2Fr
uit
s 8.2.1Nutrit
ion

•Impor t
anceoffood •Importanceoffood •Sour cesofv i
tamins •Frui
tsusedasfood •Thedi fferenttypesof
hygiene •Foodnut r
ient
s andmi neral
s •Seedsusedasfood foodnut rients
•Dangerofexposed •Composi ti
onof •Rol esofv i
taminsand •Import
anceoffrui
ts •Dietaryneedsf or
food balanceddiet mi nerals andseedsforhealt
h diff
erentper sons
h

•Thei mport
anceof •Wel l-bal
anceddiets •Nut r
iti
onal defi
ciency
t
Heal

cleanandsafewat er •Foodl abel

li
ng diseasesandt heir
•Commondi etary sympt om
diseases •Ther olesof
•Interpreti
ngthe chil
dren’scl i
nicsfor
T2:

children’scl
ini
ccards nutri
ti
on
1.
2.1Hygiene 4.
2.1Per
sonal
UNI

•Impor
tanceofcl ean Hygi
ene
bodi
esinPr eventi
on
•Howt ocaref
orEyes,
ofdi
seases
ear
s,Feetandski
ns
•WaysofCl eaning
•Impor
tanceofhand

washi
ng

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4.
2.2Wat
eri
nthe
body

•Impor
tanceofwat
er
fort
hebody
•Import
anceofcl
ean
surr
ounding •Eff
ectsof
dehydr
ati
on

•Prevent
ionand
tr
eatmentof
dehydrat
ion

5.2.1Fr eshAi r
•Thei mpor tanceof
vent i
l
ation
•Theway sofgood
vent i
l
ation
•FirstAi dtreat ment
forasuf focat ed
person
1.
2.2Common 5.2.3Mal ari
a
Di
seases •Causesofmal ari
a
•Sy mpt omsofmal ar
ia
•Communicabl
e •Way sofpr ev enti
ng
di
seases mal aria
3.2.3Il
lnessesand 5.2.2Ai randwat er 7.2.
1Di seases 9.
2.1Sexual l
y
diseases borneDi seases •Differencesbet ween Transmitt
ed
•Commoncausesof •Commonai rand av i
rusandbact eri
a I
nfecti
ons( STIs)
diseases wat erbornedi seases •Effectofv irusesand •CommonSTI s
•Commondi seasesi
n •Sy mpt omsof bacteria •Transmissionof
thecommuni ty commonai rbor neand •Effectofdi sease Sexuall
y
•Infecti
onandNon- wat erbor nedi seases prevalenceonheal th Transmitt
ed
i
nf ect
iondisease •Way sofpr ev enti
ng servi
ces I
nfecti
on
•Theway sfor airandwat er bor ne •Preventi
onof
preventingdisease diseases Sexuall
y
Transmitt
ed
2.2.
2HI VandAI DS 5.2.
4HIVandAI DS 6.2.
3Livi
ngwithHIV I
nfecti
ons
•Themeani ngofHIV andSTIs andAIDS •ImpactofHI Vand
andAIDS •Way sofSTIsandHIV •Chall
engesofli
vi
ng AIDS
•HIVTr ansmissi
on tr
ansmissi
on withHIVandAIDS
•PreventionofHIV •Way sofprevent
ion
•Careandtreatment
ofAIDspati
ents

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3.
2.2Dr ugAbuse 5.
2.5Har mf ul 6.2.
2Ef f
ectsof
•Commondr ugs Substancesandt heir harmfulSubstance
•Effect
softoomuch eff
ects •Eff
ectofsubst ance
drugs •Harmf ulsubst ances abuseonl i
ves
•Harmf uleffects •Howt oHel p
•Eff
ectsofal cohol substanceaddicts

4.
2.3Medi
cines
•Tr
adi
ti
onalMedici
nes
1.3.1TheEnv i
ronment 2.3.1Ourenv i
ronment 3.
3.1Soi
lfor
mat
ion 5.3.
1Soi l
•Feat ur
esofthelocal •Har mf ul
t hi
ngsin •Impor t
anceofwat er
env i
ronment env i
ronment •Weatheri
ng i
nt hesoi l
•Ur banandRur al •Wast esin •Agentsofweat
her
ing •Retentionofwaterin
Env i
ronment env i
ronment •Soi
llayer
s soil
•I mportanceof •Ef f
ectsofhar mful •Drainager at
esof
env i
ronment things soil
s
•Keepi nghomesand
school sclean
•Car i
ngof
sur r
oundingby
cleaning
ronment

4.
3.3Fer
ti
leSoi
l
s 5.
3.2Fer
ti
li
zer
s
i
TheEnv

•Typesofsoi l
s: ・ Whator ganicand
•Howt oi
mpr ovesoi
l i
nor ganicf ert
il
izersare
fer
til
i
t y •WayofPr eparing
•Thesuper i
orit
yof compostmanur e
naturalmethods •Impor t
anceof
mai ntainasuppl yof
T3:

compost edmat eri

als
•Adv ant agesand
UNI

disadv antagesof
chemi cal fer
ti
li
zer sin
agriculture
4.3.1For est
s
•Impor tanceof
forests
•Humanact i
vi
ties
•Way sofconser vi
ng
forests
4.3.2Game
ManagementAr eas
(GMA)
•Cont rolofwild
animal s
•Thr eatstowildli
fe
•Thei mpor t
anceof
Conser vingwildlif
e

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4.3.
4Polluti
on 8.3.
1Wat er
, Airand
•Typesofpol l
uti
on LandPoll
ution
•Sourcesofpollut
ion •WhatPol l
utionis
•Conserving •Typesofpol luti
on
resour
ces •Causesofpol l
uti
on
•Eff
ectsofpol lut
ion
•Way sofprev enti
ng
poll
uti
on
6.
3.1Thewatercycl
e 7.
3.1Wat
ersuppl
y 9.
3.2Water
•Thewatercy
cle sy
stem management
syst
em
•Sour
cesofwat
erf
or
•Thepr ocessof •Theimport
anceof
ourl
if
e
Evaporati
onand watermanagement
Condensat i
onofwater
i
nt heenv i
ronment •Wat
ertr
eatmentin
•Water
. ur
banandrur
alareas
management
•Effect
sofwat er
sy
stem
cycle
•Impor
tanceofwat
er
tr
eatment

•Wat
erconser
vat
ion
9.3.
1Cy clesint he
Biosphere
•Whatoxy genand
carbondioxidecy cl
e
i
nt heenv i
ronmenti s
•FactorsofOxy gen
andCar boncy cle
•Nitr
ogency cle
•Thenat urebal ance
of oxygen, nitrogen
andcarbondi oxide
i
nt heatmospher e
s

1.
4.1Local
Plant
s 2.
4.1Par
tsofPl
ant
s 3.
4.1Pl
ant 5.
4.1NonFl
ower
ing 8.
4.1Pl
ant
sCel
l
s
mal

Cl
assi
fi
cat
ion Pl
ants
•Localpl
ant
s •Pl
antpar
ts •Partsofa
•Plantgr
owthst
ages •Thel
if
ecycl
eofa •Cl
assi
fi
cati
onof •Typesofnon- microscope
sandAni

pl
ant pl
ant
sinFlower
ing fl
oweri
ngplant
s •Thest ruct
ureofplant
andNon-Fl
ower
ing; •TheuseofFernsand cel
l
Fl
oweri
ngPlant
s Fungif
orourli
fe •Functionsofcell
part
s

4.
4.1Fl
ower
ingpl
ant
s 7.
4.1Thef
lower
ant

•Functi
onofpart
sof •Partsofaf l
ower
Pl

thefl
oweri
ngplant •Funct i
onsofpar t
sof
fl
ower
T4:

7.4.
2Pol li
nationand
fert
il
izati
oni n
fl
ower i
ngpl ant
UNI

•Pol
li
nati
on
•Agent
sofpol
li
nati
on
•Fer
ti
li
sati
oni
nplant
s

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7.
4.3Fruit
sandseeds
•Therolesofseeds
•Theprocessofseed
growt
h

•I mpor t
anceof
i
mpr ovi
ngseed
varieti
es
7.4.4Seeddispersal
•Seeddi spersal

•Waysofseed
di
sper
sal
•I
mportanceofseed
di
sper
sal
7.
4.5Propagat
ion

•Whatplant
pr
opagationis
•Methodsofplant
pr
opagation
•Pl
antpropagati
onin
l
ocalarea
4.
4.2Pl
antGr
owt
h 6.
4.1Phot
osy
nthesi
s 8.
4.2PlantGr
owt
hand 9.
4.2Phot
osy
nthesi
s
Nutr
ient
s
•Condit
ionsrequi
red •Themov ementof •Conditi
ons
forseedgerminat
ion water/
mineral •Regi onsofpl ant necessaryfor
•Factor
sforplant •Processbywhich growt h photosynthesi
s
growth pl
antsmakef ood •Responsest osti
muli •Productsof
•Stepsingrowing Thepresenceof •Pl antnut r
ients photosynthesi
s
maize st
archinaleaf: •Howpl antobtain •Processof
mi ner als Photosynthesi
s
•Sour cesofpl ant
nut ri
ent s
•Adv ant agesand
disadv antagesof
i
nor gani candor gani
c 9.
4.3Tr
anspi
rat
ion
fertil
izer s
•Ef fect sofexcessive •Processof
fertil
iser s Transpi
rati
on
•Factorsaff
ect
ing
tr
anspir
ation
•Importanceof
Transpi
rati
on
1.
4.2Ani
mal
sar
ound 2.
4.2Ty
pesofAni
mal
s 3.
4.2Ani
mal 5.
4.2I
nver
tebr
ate 6.4.
3Vert
ebr
ate 8.
4.3Ani
mal
Cel
l
us Cl
assi
fi
cati
on Ani
mals animal
s
•Diff
erenttypesof •Str
uctureofan
•Wil
dani
mal
s ani
mal s •Cl
assifi
cati
onof •Dif
ferenttypesof •Thedifferentt
ypesof ani
mal cell
•CommonAct
ivi
ti
es •Animalsandf ood ani
malsinVer t
ebr
ate I
nvertebrateAnimals; Vert
ebrateanimals •Funct
ionsofcell
ofani
mal
s •Placeswher e andInver
tebrat
e •BasicSt r
uctur
esof •Adaptationof part
s
ani
mal sarefound •Groupsof i
nsectsandspi ders vert
ebr
ates •Dif
fer
encesbetween
•Protect
ionofanimals ver
tebrat
es •Usefulnessofinsect
s •Lif
ecycleof pl
antandani mal
cell
fr
om enemi es vert
ebr
ateani mals
•Conservinganimal
s •Theway sof
conser
v i
ngv ert
ebrat
es
3.4.3Homesofl
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4.3Domest
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4.3Pestand 6.4.
2Caref or 9.
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vat
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things Ani
mals Par
asit
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Plant
s
•Pl
aceofl
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ivest
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tanceof
•Favourabl
epastur
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sandpar asi
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nessinthecare animalsandpl ants
•Impor
tanceof •Parasit
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domesti
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rol •FarmingProcedur
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antandani mal
•Harm on ofdomest i
canimal
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envi
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byChemi cal nearextincti
on
pest
icides •Impor t
anceof
protecti
ng
endanger edplants
andani mals
•Met hodsof
protecti
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1.
5.1Typesand 2.
5.1Solubl
eand 3.
5.2Sol
uti
ons 4.
5.1Maki
ngMi
xtur
es 5.5.
1Separ at
ing 8.
5.3Mi
xtur
es 9.5.
1Chemi
cal
pr
opert
iesofMater
ial
s i
nsolubl
eMat er
ial
s substances react
ion

•Saturatedand •Whatami
xtur
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•Thedi
ff
erences
•Di
ff
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ypesof unsaturatedsol
uti
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•Matteri
nSol
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weenasubstance •Separati
ngofa •Whatchemi
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l
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m andamixt
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pesofMi
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ssol
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mater
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s
di
ssol
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ures methodsofMi xt
ures react
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•Separ
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on
fi
l
li
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gy

•Usesofmat
eri
als •Thedif
fer
entr
ateof
•Thetypesof •Industri
alappl
i
cat
ion •Dif
ferentTypesof
di
ssol
uti
onof
sandEner

mixt
ures ofseparati
on chemicalreact
ions
mater
ial
s
techni
ques
•Thesynt
hesi
sof
copper

•Theelect
rol
ysi
sof
aci
dif
iedwater
al
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•Thelawof
er

conserv
ati
onof
matter
Mat

3.
5.1ThreeSt
atesof 8.
5.1Composi
ti
onof
matter Matter
T5:

•Effect
sofheati
ng •Composi ti
onof
andcoolingonmat t
er matter(Atoms&
UNI

•Processofchangeof Molecul
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stat
es •Str
uctureofanatom
•Symbol sofCommon
Atoms
•ModelsofMol ecul
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4.
5.3Ai
r 6.
5.1Nat
ureofAi
r 8.
5.9Composi t
ionsof
Air
•WhatAiri
s •Composi ti
onofair
•Usesofair •Physicalproper
ti
es •Component sofai
r
•Advant
agesand ofai
r •Proporti
onof
di
sadvant
agesof •Characteri
sti
csofair substancesinai
r
winds •Thenat ur
eofair
•Theuseof
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Change
ofStat
e

•WhatPhy sical
changeis
•Arrangementof
Atomsi nthet hr
ee
stat
esofmat ter
•Temper aturesat
whichmat terchanges
stat
e
7.
5.5Met
alsandNon-
metal
s

•Typesofmet al
s&
Non-met als
•Conduct i
onandnon-
conductionof
el
ectri
ci
ty
7.5.
6Mi ning

•Mi neral
smi nedin
Zambi a
•Pr opert
iesofcopper
•Ext r
acti
onofcopper
•Itemsmadef rom
copper
•Impactofmi ni
ng
7.5.1Ener gy 9.5.
6Ener
gyandi
ts
conser
vat
ion
•WhatEnergyis
•Typesofenergy •Thedef init
ionof
•Energyconv
ersi
on Energy
•Formsofener gy
•Conv ersi
onof
energy
•Lawofener gy
conservation
•Eff
ect sofener gy
generati
on
•Conser vi
ngener gy
2.
5.2Sour
cesof 6.
5.2Sound
Sound
•Whatsoundis
•Sourcesofsound •Howsoundcan
•Dif
ferentsounds make
•Transmi
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•Makingsoundlouder

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5.3Li
ght 4.
5.5Nat
ureofLi
ght 8.5.
8Reflect
ionand 9.5.
2Lightandi
ts
refr
act
ionofLight natur
e
•Sour
cesofl
ight •Movementofli
ght
•Li
ght&Shadow •Passageofl
i
ght •Reflectionofli
ght •Ty pesofl enses
thr
oughmater
ial •Thechar act
eri
sti
cs •Locat i
onoft he
ofreflectionofmir
ror positionsofFocal
•Refractionofli
ght pointandf ocal
•Refractioninwater l
engt hofl ens
•Appl i
cationof •Real andv i
rtual
ref
lectionand i
magesof
ref
ract i
on conv ergi nglenses
•Usesofconv er
ging
anddi v ergingl enses
•Product i
onofa
spect rum ofl i
ght
•Spect rum
•For mat i
onofa
rai
nbow
•Whysunset s
appearr ed?
•Thenat ureof
col
ourofobj ects
•Theef fectsof
col
ourf ilters
4.
5.4Magnet
s

•Thenatureofmagnet
•Typesofmagnets
•MagneticMater
ials
•Twot y
pesofpolesof
amagnet
•Thelawsofrepulsi
on
andattr
acti
on
•Theusesofmagnet
5.
5.2El
ect
ri
cit
y

•Whatelectricit
ydoes
•Sour
cesofel ectr
ici
ty
•Theapplicationof
el
ectr
ici
tyinourl if
e
•Conductorsof
el
ectr
ici
ty
•Usesofgoodand
badconduct orsinour
l
if
e

5.
5.3HeatConduct
ors 8.
5.6Heatt
ransf
er

•Whatheati
s
•Ty pesofheat
transfer
:conduct
ion,
•Temperat
ure
conv ect
ionand
measur
ement
radiati
on

•Goodandbad
•Movementofheati
n
conduct
orsofheat
sol
i
d,li
qui
dandair

•Goodi
nsul
ator
s
•Theappli
cat
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7Heatand
andbadconduct
orsof expansionof
heati
nourli
fe substances

•Expansi
onof
subst
ances
•Useofexpansioni
n
ever
ydayli
fe
•Eff
ectsofexpansi
on
andcontr
acti
on
7.5.
2El
ect
riccur
rent 9.5.4El
ectr
icCur
rent
andCir
cui
ts andVol t
agein
Circui
t
•WhatElectr
iccurr
ent
i
s •Thedef i
niti
onof
•Howtomakea electri
ccur r
entand
si
mplecircui
t voltage
•Twotypesofcircui
ts •Howt ousean
•Act
ionofaswi tch ammet erandi t
sunit
•Howt ousea
Voltmet erandi t
s
unit
•Rel at
ionship
betweencur r
entand
potentialdiff
erence
•Usesofel ectr
ic
current
7.
5.3Li
ght
ning

•Causesofl i
ghtni
ng
•Effectsofli
ght
ning
•Preventingdamage
fr
om lightni
ng
•Impor t
anceof
l
ightning

4.
5.2For
ces 5.
5.6Si
mpl
eMachi
nes

•Typesofforces •Whatsimplemachine
•Whatforcesdo i
s
•Useofforceindai
l
y •6Kindsofsimple
l
if
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•Appli
cat
ionofsimple
machines
5.
5.4Measuring 8.
5.4MassandWei
ght
Matter
•MassandWei ght
•I
nstrumentsfor •Measur ementof
measur i
ngmassand massandi t
suni ts
wei
ght •Measur ementof
•Ef
fectofgravi
ty weightandi t
suni ts
•Di
fferencebetween •Calculat
ingthe
massandwei ght weightofdifferent
substancesgi v
ent he
masses
•Diff
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5.3Pr
essur
e 8.
5.5Densi
ty 9.
5.5Pr
essur
e

•Effectsofpressur
e •WhatDensi tyis •Thedefini
ti
onof
•Ther elat
ionbetween •Fact or
sofdensity Pressur
e
areaandf orce •Sinkingandfloati
ng •Factor
saffect
ing
•Applicati
onof •Howv essel
sfloat pressur
e
pressureinourli
fe •Effectsof
5.
5.5Vol
ume overloadi
ngvessels

•Instrument sfor
measur ingv ol
ume
•Measur i
ngVol umeof
givenliquids
•Measur i
ngVol umeof
regularandi rr
egular
solidobjects.
6.
5.4Communi
cat
ion 9.
5.7
Communi
cat
ion
•Methodsof devi
ce
communicati
on
•Import
anceof •Way sofr ecei
vi
ng
communicati
on andsendi ng
•Useofsoundwav
es messages
•Adv antagesand
di
sadv antagesof
eachdev i
ce
9.5.
8Di gitaland
Analogue
Transmi ssion

•Tr ansmi ssionof

radioandt elevision
signals
•Ampl i
ficati
onof
sound
•Di ff
erences
bet weenDi gital and
Anal ogue
transmi ssion
9.5.9Sat ell
ite
communi cation
•UseofSat elli
te
•Tr ansmi ssionofa
Livebr oadcastofan
ev ent
7.5.4Thesol arsy stem
•Thef or mationof
Solarsy stem
•Differencebet ween
sunandt hepl anets
•Sour ceofl i
ghtinthe
solarsy stem
•Themov ementoft he
earthandt hemoon
•Thecauseofday&
night
•Thecauseof
seasons
•For mat i
onofsol ar
andl unareclipse
•Usesofsol arenergy

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