In this post, we will detail out the syllabus we have created for our Foundation program. This is designed keeping in mind the basic needs of our Class 9 students that goes beyond just the regular curriculum and pre-IIT context but also ensuring they get the right conceptual clarity for the topics in consideration.
PHYSICS SYLLABUS
| Unit | Lecture Content |
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Motion
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Intro to physics, scalars, vectors, distance, displacement |
| velocity, speed, average speed | |
| acceleration, numericals | |
| equations of motion, motion under gravity | |
| Graph (slope) and quadratic equations, distance time graphs | |
| velocity time graph, question practice | |
| uniform circular motion, centripetal acceleration | |
| Numerical Practice | |
| Board practice and test | |
|
Laws of motion
|
Forces, effect of force, aristotle fallacy, galileo’s remedy |
| First law of motion, Inertia | |
| Linear momentum, impulse, second law of motion | |
| Third law of motion, examples on laws of motion | |
| Conservation of linear momentum | |
| School revision practice (Relative Motion in straight line) | |
| Revision and test | |
|
Gravitation
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Fundamental forces in nature, law of gravitation, universal gravitation constant |
| Motion of planets, Kepler’s law, Centripetal force | |
| Variation of g (with height, depth, shape), NCERT Practice | |
| Free fall, motion under gravity, mass and weight (NCERT practice) | |
| Weightlessness, Chapter test | |
|
Floatation
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Pressure,Thrust,Liquid pressure |
| Buoyancy, archimede’s principle, Floating bodies | |
| Law of floatation, desnsity, relative density | |
| Chapter test | |
|
Heat
|
Intro to heat and thermometry |
| Thermal expansion of matter | |
| Practice | |
|
Work, Power and energy
|
Trigonometry |
| Work | |
| Energy : Types, kinetic energy | |
| Potential energy, Transformation of energy | |
| Conservation of energy, Power | |
| Question Practice | |
| Revision and test | |
|
Sound
|
Production, propagation, nature of waves |
| Wave characteristics | |
| Speed of sound, range of human ear, sonic boom | |
| Reflection of sound, SONAR | |
| Forced vibrations and resonance | |
| Problem practice | |
|
Electricity
|
Charges, charging |
| Potential difference, Ohm’s law | |
| ohmic and non ohmic conductor, resistance, resistivity | |
| resistance combination | |
| Heating effect of current, electric power | |
| Numerical Practice | |
| Magnets, magnetic field, magnetic field lines | |
|
Reflection of light
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Nature of light, terms related to light, Law of reflection, Object, image discussion |
| Lateral inversion, some fact related to reflection of light, spherical mirrors intro | |
| Spherical mirrors terms, image formation by spherical mirrors | |
| Image formation continued, mirror formula | |
| Numerical Practice |
CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS
| Unit | Lecture Content |
|
Matter in our surroundings
|
Matter, Properties, Activities (NCERT), States of matter |
| States of matter & their properties | |
| Effect of temp. on various states of matter | |
| Effect of pressure, Evaporation | |
| Law of conservation of mass | |
| Boyle’s law, Charle’s law | |
| temperature and pressure, Gas equation | |
| Practice | |
| Practice Lecture | |
|
Is matter around
|
Mixture, Substance, Compound, Element, Alloys, Solution and Types, Suspension |
| Colloids and their types, dispersed phase & dispersion medium & conc. of Solution | |
| Numericals, physical and chemical changes | |
| Centrifugation, Sublimation, distillation and its types, use of seperating funnel | |
| Recrystallisation, Air and water purification | |
| Practice Lecture + Lab class and activities | |
| Revision/Test + Lab class Continued | |
|
Atoms & Molecules
|
Language of chemistry |
| Physical and chemical change | |
| Atom, Discovery of atom, sub-atomic particles, symbols, size of atom, Dalton’s theory | |
| Laws and numericals | |
| Atomic symbols, formulae of simple compounds | |
| Atomicity, Aromic mass, Molecular on mass and their definition | |
| Mole concept + Gram Atomic mass and Gram Molecular mass | |
| Mole concept + Gram Atomic mass and Gram Molecular mass | |
| Water | |
| Practice class + Advance Class (laws) | |
| Revision/Test + Advance class (Mole concept) | |
|
Structure of the atom
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Charged particles, Cathode/Anode Ray Exp, Thomson’s model |
| Rutherford & Bohr’s Model | |
| Discovery of sub-atomic particles and electronic distribution in shells | |
| Valency of various elements, Oxidation number, Atomic number and Atomic mass | |
| Isotopes, Isobars, Isotones, Isodiaphers and Isoelectronic species | |
| Practice | |
| Practice Lecture + Revision/ Test | |
|
Periodic properties
|
Dobernierls Triads, Newland’s law, Introduction ot Mendeelev Periodic Table |
| Mendeelev Perodic Table & its anomalies | |
| Moderm Periodic Table and Position of Hydrogen | |
| Characteristics of Periods & Groups | |
| Periodicity trends | |
| Periodicity trends | |
| Practice / Advance (Detailed periodicity) | |
|
Hydrogen
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Production of hydrogen |
| Production of hydrogen | |
| Practice | |
|
Advance Topics
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Quantum Numbers and Electronic Configuration |
| Mole concept + Molarity, Molality | |
| Normality, Equivalent concept | |
| Laws of chemical combinations | |
| Colliods- lyophillic and lyophobic and examples. Techiques for elemental detection |
BIOLOGY SYLLABUS
| Unit | Lecture Content |
|
The Fundamental unit of life
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Discovery of cell, Cell theory; Activity 5.1 What are living organisms made of? Microscope, Types of organisms |
| Type of cells; Activity 5.2; cell shape, cell size, cell number, cell volume | |
| Cell organisation:- Plasma membrane and its functions, Activity 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 | |
| Cell wall, Nucleus, Activity 5.7 | |
| Cytoplasm, cell organelles – Endomembrane system | |
| Mitochondria, Plastids | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Tissues
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Introduction – Are plants and animals made of same types of tissues? Plant tissues – Classification, Activity 6.1 |
| Desoription of meristematic, Simple permanent tissues | |
| Protestine tissues, Activity 6.3, complex permanent tissues | |
| Animal tissues – classification, epithelial tissue | |
| Connective tissues, Muscular tissues, nervous tissues | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Improvement in food resources
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Crop production, crop season, Improvement in yields |
| Crop variety improvement | |
| Crop production management- Nutrition management and water requirement of plants | |
| Cropping patterns, crop protection management | |
| Storage of grains, animal husbandry – cattle farming | |
| poultry farming, fish production, bee keeping | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Diversity in living organisms
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Basis of classification, classification and evolution, heirarchy of classification, system of classification |
| Kingdom monera, kingdom protista, kingdom fungi | |
| Kingdom plantae | |
| Kingdom animalia – I | |
| Kingdom animalia – II | |
| Kingdom animalia – III, nomeclature | |
| Economic importance of bacteria | |
| Economic importance of fungi | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Why do we fall ill
|
Health- its significance personal and community health, Disease and its causes, types of diseases |
| Infections and non-infectious diseases, deficiency disease, means of spread of communicable diseases | |
| Symptom of diseases, principles of treatment, prevention, vaccination | |
| Bacteria | |
| Virus | |
| Parasites | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Natural Resources
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Classification of natural resources, air, composition of atmosphere and its layers, role in climate control |
| Air pollution, sources and its harmful effects, acid rain, ozone depletion, global warming, water pollution | |
| Nitrogen cycle, nitrogen fixation, carbon cycle | |
| Oxygen cycle | |
| Chapter revision and sybjective test | |
|
Extra Topics
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Dicot and monocot seed |
| Germination of seeds | |
| Respiration in plants | |
| Respiration in plants | |
| Nurition : Classes of food, functions of carbohydrates, fats, protiens, minerals, water and vitamins | |
| Structure of tooth | |
| Digestive system | |
| Digestive system | |
| Function of skelton, axial and appendicular skelton | |
| Types of joints, structure and function of skin | |
| Skin | |
| Human repiratory system I | |
| Human repiratory system II |
MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS
| Unit | Lecture Content |
|
Number Systems
|
Numbers: Number Line (Rational). Decimal representation. Conversion of decimals into rational |
| Non terminating recurring to p/q, Irrational No.s, | |
| Irrational number on number line Addition of 2 Nonterminating recurring decimals. | |
| Properties of exponents, Question on exponents. | |
| Question on exponents; Rationalisation | |
| Question on Rationalisation. | |
|
Coordinate Geometry I
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Quadrants, Cartesian coordinate system Pts in Quadrant, Questions |
| Straight line graph and plotting | |
| Concept of slope and y-intercept | |
|
Polynomials
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Algebraic Identities; Question; Polynomials definition |
| Question on identities and Rationalisation using identities | |
| Question on identities; Factorization. | |
| Factorization using identities and splitting the middle term, Cubic factorization. | |
| Zeroes of polynomial, Remainder theorem | |
| Factor theorem; Long division. | |
| Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry | Aximos, postulates, Definitions theorem,Question |
|
Lines and Angles
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Types of angles; linear pair; Angle in a circle; Vertically opposite angles. Questions on Angles |
| parallel lines, Transversal,corresponding and other angle properties. Question on angles and parallel lines. | |
| Questions. | |
|
Triangles I
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Types; Angle sum property; Questions |
| Exterior angle; Questions | |
| Buffer | |
| Congruency of triangles; Congruency rules | |
| isosceles triangle properties; Questions | |
| Questions on congruency | |
| NCERT and other Questions | |
| Inequality in a triangle. | |
|
Heron’s Formula
|
Different types figures and their areas, Heron’s formula. Pythagoras theorem |
| Questions on Heron’s formula | |
| NCERT and other Questions | |
|
Exponents and Logarithms
|
Expansions and Factorization |
| Indices and exponents | |
| Logarithms – intro | |
| Laws of logarithms | |
| Problem practice | |
|
Linear Equations in Two Variables
|
One variable, Two variable equations solution of linear equations |
| Graph of linear equations in two variables. Questions on graph | |
| Questions on solution of linear equations in two variable. NCERT. | |
| Extra Question on linear equations. | |
|
Quadrilaterals
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Types of Quadrilaterals, Polygon; Angle, sum property of Quadrilateral. |
| Trapezium, isosceles trapezium, Parallelogram and properties of parallelogram and Rhombus | |
| Question on parallelogram/Rhombus | |
| Properties of Questions on parallelogram. | |
| Properties of rectangle, Rhombus and Square. Questions. | |
| Midpoint Theorem; Converse; Questions. | |
| Questions; Miscellaneous | |
|
Commercial Maths
|
Profit and loss |
| Compound Interest | |
| Problem practice | |
|
Area of Parallelogram and Triangle
|
Properties/ theorem on areas Questions |
| Triangles on same base and between the same parallel. Questions | |
| Questions | |
| NCERT full exercise and other Questions | |
| Buffer | |
|
Trigonometry
|
Trigonometric ratios – Intro |
| Trigonometric ratios of standard angles | |
| Concept of sine and cosine being complementry | |
| Problem practice | |
|
Constructions
|
Bisector of line segment, bisector of angle, Construction of same standard angles, Construction of triangles |
| Questions | |
|
Surface Area and Volume
|
Cube, Cubiod |
| Questions | |
| Cylinder | |
| Questions | |
| Cone | |
| Questions | |
| Sphere, Hemisphere | |
| Questions. | |
|
Circles
|
Arc of circle, degree measure of arc, Congruent arcs, Chord, Sector, Segment. Results on congruent arcs and chords |
| Questions | |
| Questions | |
| Results on equal chords; Questions. | |
| Angle subtended by arc at cnetre and in the segment. | |
| Questions | |
| Questions | |
| Cyclic quadrilateral results. | |
| Questions | |
| Questions | |
|
Statistics
|
Tally marks, frequency, table data, cumulative frequency |
| Bar graph; Histogram | |
| Frequency polygon; Mean | |
| Mean of grouped data; Median; Mode | |
| Probability | Definition; Questions |
|
Triangles II
|
Midpoint Theorem |
| Midpoint Theorem | |
| Similar Triangles; Basic Proportionality Theorem converse of BPT | |
| Questions on BPT | |
| Internal and external bisector theorem, Questions. | |
| Theorems based on B.P.T. | |
| Critertia for similarity of Triangles. (A.A.A), (S.S.S), (S.A.S); Questions. | |
| Questions | |
| Questions | |
| more on similarity of triangles (median, altitude angle bisector), Questions | |
| Areas of two similar Triangles. Questions | |
| Pythagoras theorem | |
| Extra Questions | |
|
Coordinate Geometry II
|
Definition; Distance formula; Questions |
| Section formula; Questions | |
| Area of triangle; Question | |
| Mix Problems. | |
| Equation of a line | |
| Equation of a line | |
| Problem practice |
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