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Syllabus

Food and its Components

Food and nutrients
Ingredients of food
Sources of food
Food habits of animals
Food chain
Components of food: Carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, vitamins, water, roughage
Testing of nutrients
Nutrients in some common food items
Different types of food
- Energy-giving foods
- Body-building foods
- Protective foods
Balanced diet
Deficiency diseases
- Deficiency of carbohydrate
- Deficiency of proteins and fats: Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
- Deficiency of vitamins and minerals: Scurvy, rickets, anaemia, goitre

Fibre to Fabric

Clothing material-history
Kinds of fibre
- Natural fibre: Cotton (Ginning, spinning, weaving), Wool, Silk, Jute
- Synthetic fibre
Properties, manufacture and uses of natural and synthetic fibres

Sorting and Separation of Materials

Matter - it's meaning and composition
States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gases
Characteristics of Solids, Liquids and Gases (Shape, texture and Volume)
Distinguishing properties of Solids, liquids and Gases
Classification of matter
Properties of materials: Appearance, lustre, texture, state, solubility in water, Density-floating and sinking, transparency
Mixture and pure substances
Mixture (components of more than one substance combine in any proportion, original properties of the components are retained)
Types of mixture: Homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture
Properties of mixtures
Necessity of separation
Methods of separation
- Separating solids from other solids
  - Threshing and winnowing
  - Hand-picking
  - Sieving
- Separating insoluble solids from liquids
  - Sedimentation and decantation
  - Filtration
  - Loading
- Application of methods of separation-obtaining drinking water
- Separating soluble solids from liquids
  - Evaporation
  - Distillation
- Separating liquids: miscible and immiscible liquids
- Separation using more than one method
Solubility
- Solvent, solute and solution
- Universal solvent
Importance of water as a solvent
Effect of temperature on solubility

Changes Around Us

Cause that can bring about changes in Shape, size, position, colour, state, internal structure
Reversible and irreversible changes
Physical and chemical changes
Changes when different substances are mixed: Example, Reaction between washing soda and lemon juice
Exothermic and endothermic reaction
Other types of changes: Fast, slow, periodic and non-periodic changes

Living Organisms and their Surroundings

Biotic components and their interactions
- Producers
- Consumers
- Decomposers
- Interactions among biotic components
Abiotic components and their interactions with biotic components
Habitat and types of habitat
- Aquatic or water habitats: Marine, freshwater, and coastal habitats
- Terrestrial or land habitats: Desert, grassland, rainforest, tundra or polar habitats
Adaptations
- Adaptations for desert habitats, water habitats, polar and mountain habitats, grassland habitats, tropical rainforests habitats, aquatic habitats
  - Plant life
  - Animal life
Characteristics of the living beings
- Food, growth, respiration, responding to stimuli, reproduction, living organisms and excretion, movement

Motion and Measurement of Distances

Physical quantities
Standard units
- Multiples and submultiples of units
Measurement of Length
- Concept of length as distance between two points
- Measurement of length (ruler, measuring tape)
- Units (with symbol and full name)
- Measuring the length of a curved line: Using thread and using a divider
Measurement of Mass
- Concept of Mass as matter contained in an object
- Measurement of Mass (Beam Balance, Electronic Balance)
- Units (with symbol and full name)
Measurement of Time
- Concept of time and explanation in terms of hours, minutes and seconds
- Measurement of Time (clock, watch, stop watch)
- Units (with symbol and full name)
Measurement of Temperature
- Temperature as a measure of degree of hotness or coldness of body
- Measurement of temperature (clinical thermometer, laboratory thermometer)
- Normal temperature of a human body
- Units (with symbol and full name)
Measurement of Area
- Concept of area
Definition of motion
- Story of transport
Types of motion
- Translatory motion
- Rotational motion
- Periodic motion
Different motions at the same time

Light, Shadow and Reflections

Sources of light
- Luminous objects
- Non-luminous objects
Rays and beam
Transparent, opaque and translucent object
Rectilinear Propagation of Light
Applications of rectilinear propagation of light
Pinhole camera
- Principle and Working
- Factors on which the size of the image produced depends on
Shadows
- Umbra
- Penumbra
- Natural Shadows – Eclipse
  - Solar eclipse
  - Lunar eclipse
Difference between shadows and images
Reflection of light by a plane mirror

Electricity and Circuits

Electric current
Electric circuits
Electric components
Conductors and insulators
- Testing which substance is a conductor and which is an insulator
Electric cells: Dry cell, car battery, solar cell, button cell (no technical knowledge to be given)

Fun with Magnets

Magnetic and non-magnetic substances
Characteristics of a magnet
Properties of magnets
Poles of magnet
Magnetic field around a magnet
Earth’s magnetic field
- The magnetic compass
Making of Magnets
Permanent & temporary magnets and their uses
Electromagnets and choice of material for the core of the electromagnet
Care & storage of magnets
Demagnetization by heating, hammering and electricity

Our Environment

Importance of water in everyday life (household purposes, industry, watering plants, etc.)
Water resources (well, river, hand pump, lakes, pond, etc.)
Water cycle
Change of state of water
Capacity to dissolve many salts in it
Definition of Solute, Solvent and Solution
Importance of water for sustenance of life on earth
Reasons for water pollution; its prevention; conservation of water
Air is present everywhere around us
Air - a mixture of gases namely, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour; dust and smoke as pollutants
Percentage composition of air
Uses of the components present (importance of nitrogen to plants to be mentioned)
Definition of atmosphere as layer of air around the earth
Oxygen cycle
Type of waste
- Biodegradable waste
- Non-biodegradable waste
Reusing and recycling waste
- Segregation of waste
- Recycling biodegradable waste
- Reusing and recycling paper
- Reusing and recycling non-biodegradable waste
- Disposal of plastics
Advantages of recycling
Ways to reduce waste
Four R’s of managing waste