CBSE Class 7 Syllabus for Science

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SCHEDULE FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- I              50 Marks
MCQ-                                                     [15 Marks]
Visit to National Museum
of natural history and MCQ
based on the visit -                                [10 Marks]
Activity-                                                  [5 Marks]
Holiday Homework-                               [15 Marks]
Note Book-                                            [5 Marks]

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- II             50 Marks
Theory- [30 Marks]– (Phy/ Chem/ Bio 10 marks each)
MCQ- [                                                   [10 Marks]
Activity -                                                 [10 Marks]

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- III            50 Marks
Theory- [30 Marks]– (Phy/ Chem/ Bio 10 marks each)
MCQ-                                                     [10 Marks]
Activity -                                                 [10 Marks]

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT- IV           50 Marks
Crossword Puzzle- [15 Marks]– (Phy/ Chem/ Bio 5 marks each)
MCQ based on
practical skills-                                       [15 Marks]
Practical file-                                          [5 Marks]
Poster Making -                                     [5 Marks]
Activity-                                                 [10 Marks]

SYLLABUS
PHYSICS

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-I:
1. Heat
2. Motion & Time
3. Light
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II:
1. Light
2. Electric Current & its effects
3. Wind, Storm and Cyclones

CHEMISTRY

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-I:
1. Acid, Bases and Salts
2. Fibre to Fabric
3. Water: A precious resource
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II:
1. Physical and Chemical changes
2. Soil
3. Waste water story

BIOLOGY

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-I:
1. Nutrition in plants
2. Nutrition in animals
3. Weather, Climate and adaptation of animals to climate
4. Respiration in organisms
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II:
1. Transportation in animals and plants
2. Reproduction in plants
3. Forests: Our lifeline

PHYSICS

List of Activities
1. To measure the temperature of water using laboratory thermometer
2. To measure the temperature of a person using clinical thermometer
3. To study the convection in liquids
4. To calculate time period of a given pendulum
5. To differentiate between different types of mirrors by using different methods
6. To study nature of image formed by concave mirror by keeping the object at different distances from mirror
7. To study nature of image formed by convex lens by keeping the object at different distances of from lens
8. To demonstrate the magnetic effect of electric current
9. To make an electromagnet
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PHYSICS

MODULE – 1
HEAT
Contents:
• Introduction
• Hot and cold objects
• Measuring temperature
• Clinical thermometer

MODULE – 2
HEAT
Contents:
• Laboratory thermometer
• Transfer of heat
o Conduction of heat o Conductors and insulators of heat

MODULE – 3 & 4
HEAT
Contents:
• Convection - definition and examples
• Practical examples of convection
• Radiation - definition and examples
• Absorption of radiant heat by light-coloured bodies and black coloured bodies
 

MODULE – 5
MOTION AND TIME
Contents:
• Types of motion
• Speed
• Measurement of time

MODULE – 6
MOTION AND TIME
Contents:
• Units of speed and time
• Measuring speed
 

MODULE – 7
MOTION AND TIME
Contents:
• Distance and time graph

MODULE – 8
LIGHT
Contents:
• Introduction.
• Light travels along the straight line,
• Reflection of light,
• Image formed in plane mirror (right and left)
 

MODULE – 9
LIGHT
Contents:
• Spherical mirrors
• Ray diagrams

MODULE – 10
Revision for Half Yearly Exam

MODULE – 11
LIGHT
Contents:
• Types of image by spherical mirror.
• Types of lenses
• Ray diagrams for lenses

MODULE – 12
LIGHT
Contents:
• Image formed by lenses • Colours (dispersion through prism)
 

MODULE – 13
ELECTRIC CURRENT
Contents:
• Introduction
• Symbols of electric components

MODULE – 14
ELECTRIC CURRENT
Contents:
• Heating effect of electric current
• Magnetic effect of electric current
 

MODULE – 15
ELECTRIC CURRENT
Contents:
• Electromagnet • Electric bell

MODULE – 16
WIND, STORM AND CYCLONES
Contents:
• Introduction
• Air exerts pressure
• High-speed winds and reduced air pressure
• Air expands on heating
• Wind currents are generated due to uneven heating on the earth

MODULE – 17
WIND, STORM AND CYCLONES
Contents:
• Thunderstorms and cyclones
• Destruction caused by cyclones
• Effective safety measures
• Advanced technology for cyclones warning
 

MODULE – 18
Revision For Annual Examination
Suggested Reading
1. A text book of Science- NCERT
2. Science Ahead- Orient Longman
3. Visualized Science and Technology-VII
4. Living Science