ABU DHABI INDIAN SCHOOL, BRANCH-1, AL WATHBA
SYLLABUS - GRADE 10 (BOYS) 2023-2024
Important Topics
English
FIRST FLIGHT: Nelson Mandela-A Long Walk to Freedom, Two stories about
flying, From the diary of Anne Frank, Glimpses of India, Madam Rides the bus,
The sermon at Benares,The proposal
FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET: The making of a scientist, Bholi, The thief’s story,
Necklace, The Midnight Visitor, A question of trust
WRITING & GRAMMAR: Letter to the Editor, SWOT analysis, Reported speech,
Subject-verb concord.
Mathematics
Real Numbers: HCF and LCM using prime factorisation, Prove that the given
numbers are irrartional.
Polynomials:Relationship between Zeroes and Coefficients of Polynomials.
Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables:Consistency and Inconsistency and
Number of Solutions.
Quadratic Equations: Nature of the roots
Arithmetic Progression:nth term and sum of First n terms Formulae and simple
problems.
Triangles: BPT Theorem
Introduction to Trigonometry: Ratios of some special Angles.
Circles:Exercise 10.1 and 10.2(1-10)(very important)
Areas related to Circles and Surface Areas and Volumes important formulae .
Statistics- Mean,Median and Mode
Probability- Simple Questions
Science
Biology :
Ch: 6 Life Processes:
• Photosynthesis: Chemical equation and the 3 steps
• Human Digestive enzymes: Location and their functions, Functions of villi,
Nutrition in Amoeba & paramecium.
• Respiration: Break down of glucose pathway, Structure and functions of
Alveoli.
• Transportation: Structure and functions of Human Heart, Differences of
blood vessels, Transportation in plants: Importance of transpiration and
translocation.
• Excretion: Human excretory system – Structure and function.
Ch:Control and coordination:
• Structure and function of a neuron, reflex action, Human Brain –structure
and function.
• Endocrine glands and their functions.
• Plant hormones and their functions.
Ch: How do organisms reproduce?
• Asexual reproduction: Structure of Binary fission in Amoeba Budding,
regeneration and spore formation.
• Sexual reproduction in flowering palnts : Structure aand fucntion,
Structure of a seed.
• Sexual reproduction: Male and female reproductive systems and
reproductive health.
Ch: Heredity
• Monohybrid cross
• Sex determination
Ch: Our Environement
• Energy Transfer : 10% law calculations, Biological magnification.
• Ozone depletion and Waste management.
CHEMISTRY
Chemical reactions and Equations.
Balancing Equation.
Types Reactions- Combination,Decomposition,Displacement,Double
displacement.
Redox reactions.
Acid,base and salt.
Indicators
Chemical Reactions of acids and bases
Dilution of acids
PHscale
Salts-Chlor alkali process,baking soda,washing soda, Bleaching powder,Gypsum
and Plaster of paris.
Metals and Non-Metals.
Physical properties and exceptions
Chemical properties and reactivity series.
Formation of ionic compounds and its properties.
Extraction of metals- Calcination,roasting,Refining of copper.
Corrosion and alloys.
Carbon and its Compounds.
Covalant bond and properties
Versatile nature of carbon and its allotrops.
Hydrocarbon-Saturated,unsaturated, alkane,alkene,alkyne Naming,functional
group, Homologous series.
Reactions of Hydrocarbon.
Ethanol-Reactions
Ethanoic acid-Reactions
Clencing action of soap-micelle formation.
PHYSICS
LIGHT REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
Ray diagram:Image formation in concave and convex mirror
:uses of concave and convex mirror
:Image formation in convex and concave lens
: uses of convex and concave lens
Mirror formula and lens formula
Refraction through glass slab :
Power of a lens: definition ,unit and formula
HUMAN EYE AND COLOURFUL WORLD
Defects of vision:
Myopia-causes ,correction, Ray diagram
Hypermetropia-causes,correction,Ray diagram
Press byopia and cataract
Refraction through prism:Reason,Ray diagram
Dispersion-Rainbow
Snell’s law of refraction-formula
Atmospheric refraction:Definition,Why stars twinkle but planet donot
Scattering of light :Definition ,Why sky appears blue?why sky appears dark from space?
Tyndal effect : definition
ELECTRICITY
Definition :1 volt
Ohm’s law :statement and formula
Factors on which resistance and resistivity of aconductor depends on
Combination of resistors:
Resistance in series and parallel
Joule’s law of heating :Statement and formula
Applications of heating effect of electric current
Power : definition and formula.
MAGNETIC EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Magnetic field lines :properties
Magnetic field lines around a current carrying conductor :diagram
:Right Hand Thumb Rule
Solenoid :definition,diagram
Factors on which magnetic field due to solenoid depends
:nature of magnetic field inside solenoid
Force on a current carrying conductor:Fleming’s Left Hand Rule
Domestic electric circuit: functions of earth wire and fuse .
Social Science
• History: Nationalism In Europe
• Geography :Agriculture
• Economic:Money and Credit
• Political Science :Gender Religion Caste
French-Its given in class.
Hindi
स्पर्श (गद्य खंड) - बड़े भाई साहब, डायरी का एक पन्ना, अब कहााँ दूसरे के दुख से दुखी होनेवाले,
झेन की देन, कारतूस
स्पर्श (पद्य खंड) - साखी, पद, मनुष्यता, पवशत प्रदेर् में पावस, कर चले हम फ़िदा
संचयन हररहर काका, सपनों के से फ़दन
व्याकरण - पदबध
ें , वाक्य रूपातं रण, समास, महु ावर
लेखन - अपफ़ित गद्यांर्, अनुच्छे द, औपचाररक पत्र, सूचना लेखन, फ़वज्ञापन लेखन, ई-मेल लेखन
Special Arabic
Poem
عصفور الجنة
وصف القلم
عيد استقالل الهند
Lesson
يقضي سعيد إجازته
مكتبة المدرسة
يوم تأسيس المدرسة
االمتحان
شكسل يسافر إلي تشناي
في يوم ماطر
شكيل و حميد يسافر إلي ممباي
ميدان الملعب
الهند
في يوم ماطر
جولة في دهلي
مدرسة ثانوية للبنات
Grammar
)جملة الفعلية (فعل ،فاعل ،مفعول به
مرفوعات
منصوبات
عدد و المعدود
)ضماير (متصل و المنفصل
الجموع
المثني
Malayalam
