Tagore Memorial Secondary
Easter Term Scheme, 2013
Integrated Science-Grade 9
Week
Topic
Transfer of
heat
General objectives
Students should be able to:
-appreciate the different methods that heat
can be transferred
-develop an awareness how heat expansion
can be used in everyday lives
Waves
-appreciate that waves can transfer energy,
and develop the awareness of the types of
waves
Waves
-develop an awareness of how sound
waves travel, and understand how to
calculate frequency, and speed of sound
waves
Pollution
-develop an awareness of types of
pollution
Content
Activities
Evaluation
Resources
Heat
Heat transfer through
solids (Conduction)
Rate of conductivity
Convection and
Radiation
Expansion of materials
Thermostats
Experimentation
Science in
daily lives bk 3
Demonstration
Oral and
written
exercises
Students
reports
Waves
Wave motion
Transverse and
longitudinal waves
Sound waves
Amplitude, frequency
and intensity
Calculations
v=f
Pollution
Noise pollution
Air pollutants
Water pollution
Experimentation
Discussion
Students
reports
Science in
daily live bk 3
Experimentation
Oral and
written reports
Students
reports
Science in
daily live bk 3
Pg.
Teacher's guide
Pg.
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion
Research
Discussion
Oral and
written
exercises
Students
Teacher's guide
Pg.
Pollution
- appreciate how pollution may affect the
ecosystem/environment
Magnetism
-appreciate the use of magnets
Measuring
electricity
-understand how to use various devices
used in measuring electricity
Investigating
simple
circuits
-appreciate the difference between voltage
and current
Investigating
simple
circuits
- understand how to calculate voltage,
current or resistance using devices and
mathematical formula
10
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Carbon cycle
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Global warming
Carbon cycle
Magnets
Types of magnets
Poles of magnets
Uses of magnets
Magnetic field
Meters, Voltmeters,
Ammeters, Rheostat,
galvanometer
Domestic electrical
meter
Current, Voltage,
Resistance, Power, Watt
Length and thickness of
wire affect resistance
Voltage = Current x
Resistance
P= VI
P= E/T
Class debate on
global warming
Oral questions
Discussion
Research
Experimentation
Assignment
Discussion
Experimentation
Oral questions
Students
reports
Discussion
Problem solving
Making of
circuits
Discussion
Problem solving
Easter Term examination
Paper 1: 20 multiple choice questions (45 minutes)
Paper 2: Three structured type questions (1 hour)
Corrective teaching
Written
exercises
Assignment
Written
exercises
Internet
resources,
Britannia
Encyclopaedia
(online)
Science in
daily live bk 3
Science in
daily live bk 3
Teacher's guide
Pg.
Teacher's guide
Pg.
Science in
daily live bk 3
