Revised CBSE Syllabus 2021 for Class 9 Science

Revised CBSE Syllabus Science 9

Revised CBSE Syllabus 2021 for Class 9 Science

 

The subject of Science plays an important role in developing well-defined abilities in cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains in children. It augments the spirit of enquiry, creativity, objectivity and aesthetic sensibility.

Upper primary stage demands that a number of opportunities should be provided to the students to engage them with the processes of Science like observing, recording observations, drawing, tabulation, plotting graphs, etc., whereas the secondary stage also expects abstraction and quantitative reasoning to occupy a more central place in the teaching and learning of Science. Thus, the idea of atoms and molecules being the building blocks of matter makes its appearance, as does Newton’s law of gravitation.

The present syllabus has been designed around seven broad themes viz. Food; Materials; The World of the Living; How Things Work; Moving Things, People and Ideas; Natural Phenomenon and Natural Resources. Special care has been taken to avoid temptation of adding too many concepts than can be comfortably learnt in the given time frame. No attempt has been made to be comprehensive.

At this stage, while science is still a common subject, the disciplines of Physics, Chemistry and Biology begin to emerge. The students should be exposed to experiences based on hands on activities as well as modes of reasoning that are typical of the subject.

 

General Instructions:

  1. There will be an Annual Examination based on the entire
  2. The Annual Examination will be of 80 marks and 20 marks weightage shall be for Internal
  3. For Internal Assessment:
    1. There will be Periodic Assessment that would include:
      • For 5 marks- Three periodic tests conducted by the school. Average of the best two tests to be taken that will have a weightage of 05 marks towards the final
      • For 5 marks- Diverse methods of assessment as per the need of the class dynamics and curriculum transaction. These may include – short tests, oral test, quiz, concept maps, projects, posters, presentations, enquiry based scientific investigations etc. This will also have a weightage of 05 marks towards the final result.

 

  1. Subject Enrichment in the form of Practical / Laboratory work should be done

 

throughout the year and the student should maintain record of the same. Practical Assessment should be continuous. There will be weightage of 5 marks towards the final result. All practicals listed in the syllabus must be completed.

  1. Portfolio to be prepared by the student- This would include classwork and other sample of student work and will carry a weightage of 5 marks towards the final results.

COURSE STRUCTURE CLASS IX

(Annual Examination)                                               Marks: 80

 

 

Unit No. Unit Marks
I Matter-Its Nature and Behaviour 27
II Organization in the Living World 26
III Motion, Force and Work 27
Total 80
Internal Assessment 20
Grand Total 100

 

Theme: Materials

Unit I: Matter- It’s Nature and Behaviour

Nature of matter: Elements, compounds and mixtures. Heterogeneous and homogenous mixtures, colloids and suspensions.

Particle nature and their basic units: Atoms and molecules, Law of constant proportions, Atomic and molecular masses. Mole concept: Relationship of mole to mass of the particles and numbers.

Structure of atoms: Electrons, protons and neutrons, valency, chemical formula of common compounds. Isotopes and Isobars.

 

Theme: The World of the Living

Unit II: Organization in the Living World

Cell – Basic Unit of life: Cell as a basic unit of life; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms; cell membrane and cell wall, cell organelles and cell inclusions; chloroplast, mitochondria, vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus; nucleus, chromosomes – basic structure, number.

Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organism:

Structure and functions of animal and plant tissues (only four types of tissues in animals; Meristematic and Permanent tissues in plants).

Health and Diseases: Health and its failure. Infectious and Non-infectious diseases, their causes and manifestation. Diseases caused by microbes (Virus, Bacteria and Protozoans) and their prevention; Principles of treatment and prevention. Pulse Polio programmes.

 

Theme: Moving Things, People and Ideas Unit III: Motion, Force and Work

 

Motion: Distance and displacement, velocity; uniform and non-uniform motion along a straight line; acceleration, distance-time and velocity-time graphs for uniform motion and uniformly accelerated motion, derivation of equations of motion by graphical method; elementary idea of uniform circular motion.

Force and Newton’s laws : Force and Motion, Newton’s Laws of Motion, Action and Reaction forces, Inertia of a body, Inertia and mass, Momentum, Force and Acceleration. Elementary idea of conservation of Momentum.

Gravitation: Gravitation; Universal Law of Gravitation, Force of Gravitation of the earth (gravity), Acceleration due to Gravity; Mass and Weight; Free fall.

Work, energy and power: Work done by a Force, Energy, power; Kinetic and Potential energy; Law of conservation of energy.

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ONLY FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

 

 

Note: Learners are assigned to read the below listed part of Unit IV. They can be encouraged to prepare a brief write up on any one concept of this Unit in their Portfolio. This may be an assessment for Internal Assessment and credit may be given (Periodic assessment/Portfolio). This portion of the Unit is not to be assessed in the year-end examination.

 

Theme: Natural Resources: Balance in nature Unit IV: Our Environment

Physical resources: Air, Water, Soil. Air for respiration, for combustion, for moderating temperatures; movements of air and its role in bringing rains across India.

Air, water and soil pollution (brief introduction). Holes in ozone layer and the probable damages.

Bio-geo chemical cycles in nature: Water, Oxygen, Carbon and Nitrogen.

 

PRACTICALS

 

Practicals should be conducted alongside the concepts taught in theory classes. (LIST OF EXPERIMENTS)

  1. Preparation of: Unit-I
    1. a true solution of common salt, sugar and alum
    2. a suspension of soil, chalk powder and fine sand in water
    3. a colloidal solution of starch in water and egg albumin/milk in water and distinguish between these on the basis of
      • transparency
      • filtration criterion
      • stability
    4. Preparation of Unit-I
      1. A mixture
      2. A compound

using iron filings and sulphur powder and distinguishing between these on the basis of:

  • appearance, i.e., homogeneity and heterogeneity
  • behaviour towards a magnet
  • behaviour towards carbon disulphide as a solvent
  • effect of heat

 

  1. Perform the following reactions and classify them as physical or chemical changes: Unit-I
    1. Iron with copper sulphate solution in water
    2. Burning of magnesium ribbon in air
    3. Zinc with dilute sulphuric acid
    4. Heating of copper sulphate crystals
    5. Sodium sulphate with barium chloride in the form of their solutions in water

 

  1. Preparation of stained temporary mounts of (a) onion peel, (b) human cheek cells & to record observations and draw their labeled Unit-II
  2. Identification of Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma tissues in plants, striped, smooth and cardiac muscle fibers and nerve cells in animals, from prepared slides. Draw their labeled Unit-II
  3. Determination of the density of solid (denser than water) by using a spring balance and a measuring Unit-III
  4. Establishing the relation between the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed in
    1. Tap water Unit-III
    2. Strongly salty water with the weight of water displaced by it by taking at least two different solids.

 

  1. Verification of the law of conservation of mass in a chemical Unit-III