BALSAM ACADEMY
Grade 9 – Term I– SCIENCE
Annual Curriculum Plan 2016-17
-- Prepared by BHARATHI P &CHITRA
Month
Lesson
Expected Learning
Outcome
Suggested
Activities/writing skills
Integration with Values/
Skills/ ESD/ Other Subjects
Home school connection
Matter in Our Surroundings
April
6 sessions
8 sessions
Matter in Our Surroundings
Physical nature of matter,
Characteristics of Particles of
Matter, States of Matter, Change
of state, evaporation.
Motion
Practicals:
To understand the change of
To determine melting and To correlate with daily life
states.
boiling point of ice and
experiences
To understand latent heat of
water.
fusion and vapourisation.
Describing motion, uniform and
non uniform motion, speed with
To represent graphically the
direction, graphical
different types of motion
representation of motion,
equations of motion, uniform
circular motion motions
Grade 9 – Term I– SCIENCE
Collect information on the
fourth and fifth states of matter.
Experimentation:
To differentiate between
uniform and non-uniform To enhance mathematical skills Complete the numericals given.
motion
related to real life situations
Class assignment:
that we encounter.
To derive various
equations of motion
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6 sessions
Food
Crop variety, Management of
crop production and protection.
Animal Husbandry, Cattle
farming, Poultry farming, fish
production, Bee-keeping.
To understand the basics of
agriculture
and animal husbandry life. Practicals:
To understand their
To test for adulteration in
importance in daily life.
food products.
To be able to test the
adulteration in food
To enhance one’s skill in
agriculture, medicine ,
chemistry
To apply information in daily life
and to spread awareness for
conserving nature.
Visit a farm and prepare a
report on the various
agricultural practices
adopted.and list out the
weedicides , pesticides, manures
and fertilizers used.
Appreciation of various
discoveries made in science
Complete the numericals given
Forces and laws of Motion.
June
8 Sessions
8 Sessions
6 Sessions
Force, effects of force, balanced
and unbalanced forces, Newton's
laws of motion, Momentum and
its Mathematical expression, Laws
of conservation of Momentum, its
application.
The fundamental unit of life.
Structural organization of the
cell.
Is Matter around us Pure?
Physical and Chemical changes,
Pure substances, elements and
compounds.
Properties of mixtures and
compounds using iron and
sulphur.
Grade 9 – Term I– SCIENCE
To differentiate the balanced
Class assignment:
and unbalanced forces
To solve numerical
To understand the effects of
problems related to the
force
three laws of motion.
To understand the
structure of cell and the
importance of each
organelle.
Practicals:
To study a cell
To understand the
Practicals:
characteristics of matter
To prepare
To identify solutions, colloids
solutions,colloids and
and suspensions
suspensions
Collect information on how cell
To appreciate the importance of
theory is applicable to human
cell organelles
beings and amoeba
To appreciate the Importance
of each and every substance
available for human use
Prepare for a viva-voce on the
lab activities
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3 Sessions
Cell (Contd)
To be able to handle the
microscope and prepare
slides.
Practicals:
To prepare a onion-slide
To differentiate pure and
impure substances
3 Sessions
Is Matter around us pure?
(Contd...)
To identify the types of
mixtures
Practicals:
To separate substances in a
mixture
To appreciate the importance
of cell organelles.
Prepare a flow chart on the
various functions of cell
organelles
To collect information about
To develop the skills of handling
the separation of crude oil.
laboratory equipments
To analyse the methods of
separation of miscible and
immiscible liquids.
FA-1
July
4 Sessions
8 sessions
Experimentation:
To develop Logical thinking,
To illustrate the three laws mathematics, Accuracy, Logical Complete the numerical given.
of Newton.
thinking
Forces and laws of Motion
.(continued)
To derive the formula of
momentum.
Tissues
Animal tissues. Identification of
plant and animal tissues
Practicals:
To use laboratory equipments
To understand the functions To Identify various tissues skillfully.
of organelle.
To observe carefully and draw
To know more about the
conclusions.
structure and
functions of tissues. To know
in detail the structure of
plant and animal tissues.
Grade 9 – Term I– SCIENCE
Cite the differences between
meristematic and permanent
tissues.
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August
8 Sessions
Gravitation
Gravitation and law of
gravitation, Mathematical
expression and its
importance, Gravitational
constant, Free fall,
acceleration due to gravity. To
find the density of a given
object
To understand the law of
gravity. To calculate it
mathematically.
To calculate the density of
the given object.
Class assignments: To
derive mathematical
expressions and solve
numerical.
To enhance the mathematical
skills.
Complete the numericals given
To understand and appreciate
the work of scientists
FA-2
SEPTEMBER
REVISION
SA-1
Grade 9 – Term I– SCIENCE
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