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English |
16 chapters
· 99 classes
100 marks
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• Composition — 8 classes
› Planning a Composition of 300 to 350 Words
› Narrative Composition: Telling a Story with a Beginning, Middle and End
› Descriptive Composition: Painting a Picture of a Person, Place or Scene
› Report Writing: Facts, Order and Objective Tone
› Expository Composition: Explaining a Process or an Idea
› Argumentative Composition: Presenting and Defending a Point of View
› Opening, Paragraphing and Concluding a Composition
› Revising a Composition for Accuracy, Style and Word Limit
• Letter — 6 classes
› Formal and Friendly Letters: How They Differ
› Layout of a Formal Letter: Addresses, Date, Salutation and Close
› Writing a Letter of Request, Complaint or Application
› Writing a Friendly Letter: Warm Tone and Natural Language
› Choosing Vocabulary and Tone for the Reader
› Letter Practice: Planning, Writing and Checking
• Notice — 6 classes
› Writing Task
› Let Us Write: A Notice; Let Us Explore: Amrit Udyan and a Herbarium
› An Exemplary Leader: E-mail Writing and the Thumba Story
› Let us write: A Notice about the Annual Health Check-up
› Writing a Notice from Given Directions: Heading, Date, Body and Signature
› From Notice to E-mail: Subject Line, Salutation and Tone
• Unseen prose passage — 6 classes
› Reading a 500-word Unseen Passage with Understanding
› Finding Meanings of Words from Context
› Vocabulary Questions: Synonyms, Phrases and Word Usage
› Writing Short Answers to Questions on a Passage
› Making Notes from a Passage
› Writing a Summary in Your Own Words
• Functional grammar, structure and usage — 18 classes
› Mrs Brown Reads the Words Literally, and 'Under the Fifth Word'
› Let Us Learn: Relative Words, and Combining Two Sentences into One
› Let Us Learn: Direct Speech into Reported Speech
› Reporting a Whole Conversation; Let Us Listen: Five Ways to Observe Better
› Let Us Learn: Participles and Gerunds, and How to Tell Them Apart
› Let us think and reflect II (3 to 5), and Let us learn I: Three Kinds of Compound Word
› Let us learn IV and V: Palindromes, and Underlining the Verbs
› Let us learn VI and Let us listen: Present Perfect Practice, and Dr. Dolittle’s New Clinic
› Let us learn I and II: take up, take after, take in, take over, take off
› Six Pairs of Confusable Verbs, and Simple Past against Present Perfect Continuous
› Present Perfect Continuous Practice, and the Four Kinds of Sentence
› BRAVEHEARTS — part 9
› Phrasal Verbs in the Function Paragraph, and III: Five Idioms from the Story
› Prepositions of Time, Place and Direction
› Prepositions Used with Verbs, Adjectives and Nouns
› Conjunctions: Joining Words, Phrases and Clauses
› Verbs and Tenses in Sentences
› Sentence Structure: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
• Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare (Acts I & II) — 10 classes
› Julius Caesar: The Play, the Playwright and the Roman Setting
› Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 1: The Tribunes and the Holiday Crowd
› Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 2: The Feast of Lupercal and the Soothsayer's Warning
› Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 2: Cassius Works on Brutus
› Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 3: The Stormy Night and the Conspirators' Plan
› Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scene 1: Brutus in His Orchard and the Decision to Join
› Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scene 1: The Conspirators Meet, and Portia Pleads
› Julius Caesar, Act 2 Scenes 2 and 3: Calpurnia's Dream and Caesar's Choice
› Brutus, Cassius and Caesar: Character Study
› Themes of Act 1 and Act 2: Ambition, Honour and Omens
• Bonku Babu's Friend - Satyajit Ray — 5 classes
› Bonku Babu's Friend: Meeting the Writer and the Hero
› Bonku Babu's Friend: A Quiet Teacher and an Unusual Visitor
› Bonku Babu's Friend: What the Visitor Brings to a Small Town
› Bonku Babu's Friend: Themes of Friendship and Imagination
› Bonku Babu's Friend: Understanding the Story Through Questions
• Oliver Asks for More - Charles Dickens — 5 classes
› Oliver Asks for More: The Author and the Workhouse Setting
› Oliver Asks for More: A Hungry Child and a Bold Request
› Oliver Asks for More: How the Master and the Board React
› Oliver Asks for More: Humour, Irony and Social Criticism
› Oliver Asks for More: Understanding the Story Through Questions
• The Model Millionaire - Oscar Wilde — 5 classes
› The Model Millionaire: The Author and the Story's Setting
› The Model Millionaire: A Poor Young Man and a Painter Friend
› The Model Millionaire: The Beggar in the Studio and an Act of Kindness
› The Model Millionaire: The Surprise Ending
› The Model Millionaire: Theme, Irony and Character Study
• Home-coming - Rabindranath Tagore — 5 classes
› Home-coming: The Author and the Village Setting
› Home-coming: A Restless Boy and His Group of Friends
› Home-coming: Leaving for the City and Life in an Uncle's House
› Home-coming: Illness, Longing and the Ending
› Home-coming: Themes of Childhood, Belonging and Neglect
• The Boy who Broke the Bank - Ruskin Bond — 5 classes
› The Boy Who Broke the Bank: The Author and the Story's Setting
› The Boy Who Broke the Bank: A Young Man at the Bank Counter
› The Boy Who Broke the Bank: A Mistake That Grows into a Crisis
› The Boy Who Broke the Bank: Honesty, Humour and the Resolution
› The Boy Who Broke the Bank: Understanding the Story Through Questions
• The Night Mail - W.H. Auden — 4 classes
› The Night Mail: The Poet and the Poem's Setting
› The Night Mail: Rhythm That Imitates a Moving Train
› The Night Mail: The Journey, the Letters and the People Who Wait
› The Night Mail: Sound Devices, Imagery and Theme
• Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat - T.S. Eliot — 4 classes
› Skimbleshanks: The Poet and the Railway Cat
› Skimbleshanks: The Cat's Duties on the Night Train
› Skimbleshanks: Humour, Rhyme and Refrain
› Skimbleshanks: Theme and Understanding Through Questions
• I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood — 4 classes
› I Remember, I Remember: The Poet and the Childhood Home
› I Remember, I Remember: Memories of the House, Garden and Trees
› I Remember, I Remember: Nostalgia and the Changed Mood of the Ending
› I Remember, I Remember: Poetic Devices and Theme
• A Doctor's Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 - Vikram Seth — 4 classes
› A Doctor's Journal Entry: The Poet and the Day of August 6, 1945
› A Doctor's Journal Entry: The Doctor's Morning and the Blast
› A Doctor's Journal Entry: Suffering in the Ruined City
› A Doctor's Journal Entry: Tone, Imagery and the Poem's Message
• A Work of Artifice - Marge Piercy — 4 classes
› A Work of Artifice: The Poet and the Image of the Bonsai
› A Work of Artifice: The Gardener's Care and What It Costs the Tree
› A Work of Artifice: Symbolism, Tone and Theme
› A Work of Artifice: Understanding the Poem Through Questions
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History, Civics and Geography |
33 chapters
· 347 classes
100 marks
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• Our Constitution — 21 classes
› The Constituent Assembly, and a Constitution That Can Change
› Popular Sovereignty and Universal Adult Franchise
› The Six Fundamental Rights
› The Constitution of India — part 1
› The Constitution of India — part 2
› The Constitution of India — part 3
› The Constitution of India — part 4
› The Constitution of India — part 5
› The Constitution of India — part 6
› The Constitution of India — part 7
› The Constitution of India — part 8
› The Constitution of India — part 9
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 1
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 2
› Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution
› Rights and duties: two sides of the same coin
› Adoption and Enforcement: 26 November 1949 and 26 January 1950
› Single Citizenship and One Constitution for the Whole Union
› Fundamental Duties of the Citizen
› Directive Principles of State Policy
› India as a Welfare State
• Elections — 15 classes
› Why Elections Matter: Direct and Indirect Elections
› Equality, Representation, Accountability, Legitimacy - and Psephology
› The Electoral System: FPTP and the Bicameral States
› The Laws that Govern Elections, and the Single Transferable Vote
› Electoral Offences, and the Delimitation Commission
› The Election Commission of India: A Permanent Constitutional Body
› The ECI Creates the Electoral Roll, and Special Intensive Revision
› ETPBS, the Election Schedule, and Registering Parties and Symbols
› National Voters' Day, and Ensuring Free and Fair Elections
› 96.8 Crore Voters, and No Voter to Be Left Behind
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 4
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 5
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 6
› Universal Franchise and India’s Electoral System — part 7
› General Elections, Mid-term Elections and By-elections
• The State Legislatures — 6 classes
› The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive — part 9
› Legislature (Fig. 6.10) and Executive: The Political and the Permanent Halves of the Government
› Unicameral and Bicameral State Legislatures
› The Legislative Assembly: Composition, Tenure and Qualifications of Members
› The Legislative Council: Composition and How Its Members Are Chosen
› Powers of the State Legislature: Law-making, Money and Control over the Ministers
• The Harappan Civilisation — 13 classes
› Three Early Scripts, and the Rise of Brahmi
› The Early Harappan Stage and the Forerunners of the Script
› A Tradition Nearly 5,000 Years Old: The Ploughed Field at Kalibangan
› Harappan Weights and Measures, and Why Standards Matter
› Four Civilisations on Four Rivers
› Looking Back: The Bronze Age Civilisations
› The beginnings
› The Land of Copper: Oman, Fig. 2.30's Harappan Ingot, Fig. 2.31's Muscat Temple, and Before We Move On
› Discovering Harappa and Mohenjo-daro: The Sources of Our Knowledge
› Town Planning: Grid Streets, Drainage and the Great Bath
› Trade, Seals and Weights of the Harappan Merchants
› Bead-makers, Potters and Metalworkers: Harappan Art and Craft
› Why the Harappan Cities Declined
• The Vedic Period — 23 classes
› The Beginnings: Why the Vedas Are Our Earliest Written Source
› The Four Vedas and the Four Parts of Each Veda
› What the Vedic Texts Tell Historians, and the Janas
› Sabhā, Samiti and Vidhata: The Three Assemblies
› Iron and Painted Grey Ware in the Ganga Plains
› NBPW and the Signs of a Richer Material Culture
› From Jana to Janapada: When People Became Tied to Land
› Rājyas and Gaṇas: Two Kinds of State
› Early Democratic Traditions: The Sabha, the Samiti and a Raja Who Could Be Removed
› Monarchies and the Ganas: Magadha, Kosala and Avanti against Vajji and Malla (Fig. 4.4)
› Varṇa: Not Fixed by Birth in the Early Vedic Texts
› The Puruṣhasūkta, the Four Varṇas and the Rise of Jāti
› Social Mobility: Rulers of Many Origins and the Mandsaur Weavers
› Kula, Grāma, Viśha and Jana: The Family inside the Polity
› The Four Āśhramas and the Four Puruṣhārthas
› Women in the Vedic Age: Sages, Rituals and the Sabhā
› Vedic Deities, Yajñas and the Worship of Nature
› What Early Indian Education Was For: Values, Subjects and the Gurukula
› Takṣhaśhilā to Ennayiram: Centres of Learning and the Literary Heritage
› Sabha, Samiti and Vidhata, the Ganas and the Bauddha Samgha
› The Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata as Sources of Ancient India
› Early Vedic Economy: Cattle, Pastoral Life and Barter
› Later Vedic Economy: Settled Farming, Iron Tools and Trade
• Jainism and Buddhism — 7 classes
› Sources for Jainism and Buddhism: Texts, Inscriptions and Monuments
› Why New Religions Arose in the Sixth Century BCE
› Mahavira and the Rise of Jainism
› The Teachings of Jainism: Ahimsa, the Three Jewels and the Five Vows
› Gautama Buddha: Birth, Enlightenment and First Sermon
› The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
› Buddhist Sangha and the Spread of Buddhism and Jainism
• The Mauryan Empire — 22 classes
› Kauṭilya's Saptāṁga: The Seven Limbs of the State
› The Mantri-Pariṣhad: Why No King Ruled Alone
› Three Rulers on One Rock: The Junagadh Inscription
› What the Junagadh Rock Teaches Us about Inscriptions
› How the Early Empires Were Administered
› Inside Pataliputra, and What an Empire Is: Imperium, Samraj and the Tributary
› The Six Features of an Empire
› Why Magadha Rose: Land, Timber, Elephants and Iron, and the Siege Panel of Fig. 5.6
› Surplus, the Ganga and Son, and the Nandas: Mahapadma's Coin (Fig. 5.7) and Panini (Fig. 5.8)
› The Story of Kautilya, and Two Maps: the Nanda Empire (Fig. 5.12) and the Maurya Empire (Fig. 5.13)
› Chandragupta Takes Magadha, Defeats the Satraps, and Hosts Megasthenes (Fig. 5.14)
› Kautilya's Saptanga (Fig. 5.15), and Why the Countryside Comes First
› The King Who Chose Peace: Ashoka, the Kalinga War, and Fig. 5.16
› The Great Communicator: Edicts on Rock and Pillar, Prakrit and Brahmi (Fig. 5.17)
› Devanampiya Piyadasi: What Ashoka Claimed to Have Done (Fig. 5.18)
› What Dharma Means, and the Edict Instructing the City Magistrates
› After Ashoka, and Life in the Mauryan Period: the Sohagaura Plate (Fig. 5.19) and the Sarnath Capital (Fig. 5.20)
› Some Contributions of the Mauryas: Life and People (Figs. 5.21 to 5.25), Art and Architecture (Figs. 5.26, 5.27)
› The National Emblem, the Coins of Fig. 5.29, and The Fragile Nature of Empires (Fig. 5.30)
› Agriculture and Land Revenue: The Mauryan System and After
› Looking Back: State, Empire and Administration
› Sources of Mauryan History: Arthashastra, Indica, Edicts and Coins
• The Sangam Age — 10 classes
› The Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam and the Sangam Poems
› Sangam Literature and the Sangam Age, the Cholas, and the Map of Fig. 6.14
› What Tamil Sources Show: Tolkappiyam and Pattinappalai
› Irrigation: Sudarshana Lake and the Grand Anicut
› Ports and the Sea: Muziris, Arikameḍu and the Trade with Rome
› Silappadikaram: The Tale of the Anklet, and the Statue of Kannagi (Fig. 6.15)
› King Karikala (Fig. 6.16) and the Kallanai or Grand Anicut (Fig. 6.17)
› The Cheras and Their Coins (Fig. 6.18), and The Pandyas: Pearls, Navy and Inscriptions
› Sangam Society: The Five Tinai Regions, Kings and Social Groups
› Sangam Economy: Farming, Crafts and Guilds
• The Age of the Guptas — 20 classes
› Gupta Officers and Pallava Brahmadeya Villages
› The Big Questions, Fig. 7.1 at Ajanta, and Fig. 7.2: Four Powers of the 3rd to 6th Centuries CE
› The Iron Pillar of Delhi (Fig. 7.3): 1,600 Years Without Rust, and A New Power Emerges
› Chandragupta I's Gold Coin (Fig. 7.4), Chandragupta II 'Vikramaditya', and Why the 'II'
› The Warrior King: the Prayaga Prashasti, Harisena (Fig. 7.5) and Samudragupta with the Veena (Fig. 7.6)
› The Vishnu Purana on the Empire's Regions, the Ashvamedha Coin (Fig. 7.7), and the Map of Fig. 7.8
› A Traveller's Account: Faxian on Indian Society in the Gupta Age
› Why One Source Is Not Enough: the Chandalas, and Glimpses of the Gupta Empire
› Prabhavati Gupta, Regent Ruler of the Vakatakas (Figs. 7.9, 7.10)
› Provinces, Copper-Plate Land Grants, and Thriving Trade as Far as Socotra
› New Ideas and Wonders: Why This Is Called the Classical Age (Figs. 7.11, 7.12)
› Queens, Donors and Poetesses: Women from the Guptas to the Cholas
› Aryabhata and Varahamihira (Fig. 7.13)
› Kalidasa and the Meghadutam, the Cloud Messenger (Fig. 7.14)
› Ayurveda Codified, and The Quest for Beauty: the Centres of Gupta Art
› The Decline of the Guptas, and Meanwhile in the South: the Pallavas at Kanchipuram
› Various Aspects of Gupta Art: Figs. 7.15 to 7.18
› Kamarupa and the Varmans, and the Timeline of Fig. 7.19
› Samudragupta's Pattern with Tributaries, the Gupta Legacy, Before We Move On, and Questions 1 to 7
› Learning in the Gupta Age: Nalanda and the Teaching of Science and Grammar
• The Cholas — 11 classes
› Further South: Pāṇḍyas, Cheras and the Rise of the Cholas — Fig. 3.19's Warriors and Fig. 3.20's Naṭarāja
› Sāmantas, Bhuktis and Village Sabhās: How These Kingdoms Were Actually Run (Fig. 3.21, Fig. 3.22)
› Hoysala Stone (Fig. 4.12) and Rājarāja Chola: Islands of the Sea, Anurādhapura, and a Vihāra for a Foreign King
› Rājendra Chola I: 'The Chola Who Brought Gangā' (Fig. 4.13) and the Navy Sent to the Strait of Malacca
› Bhoja the Scholar-King: The Lake at Bhojpur (Fig. 4.15), and the Ghūrids Take Ghazni
› The Imperial Cholas and Their Village Assemblies
› The Uttaramerur Inscription and the Kudavolai Ballot Pot
› Sources of Chola History: Inscriptions, Temples and Literature
› Chola Administration: The King, Provinces and Village Assemblies
› Chola Temple Architecture: The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur
› Chola Bronzes and Sculpture: The Dancing Shiva
• The Delhi Sultanate — 11 classes
› The Big Questions, and Fig. 2.1: the Qutub Minar from the Air
› Fig. 2.2: The Chapter's Timeline, 1206 to 1799, and What 'Medieval' Means
› Reading Fig. 2.3: Tughlaqs, Lodis, and the Powers That Held Out
› Rise of the Delhi Sultanate: Five Dynasties, and the Qutub Minar Complex
› Nine Years a Sultan: Violent Successions, Ala-ud-din Khilji and Malik Kafur
› Muhammad bin Tughlaq: The Capital That Moved, and Money That Failed
› Iconoclasm, the Jizya, and Timur's Attack on Delhi
› Administering India: The Iqta System and Akbar's Four Ministers
› 1206: Two Deaths, and How These Kingdoms Paid for Their Armies (Fig. 4.20)
› Sources of Sultanate History: Chronicles, Coins and Inscriptions
› Alauddin Khilji: Market Control, Taxes and the Army
• The Mughal Empire — 17 classes
› 1565: Talikota, and 1526: Babur at Panipat
› Babur and India: The Baburnama, and the Second Battle of Panipat
› Akbar at Chittor, Jauhar, and the Turn to Sulh-i-kul
› Reading Fig. 2.16: The Mughals and the Rise of Regional Powers
› 'I Was Overwhelmed with Shame': Akbar's Own Account of His Change
› The House of Translation at Fatehpur Sikri, and Comparing Three Maps
› The Peak of Mughal Art, and the Succession That Turned Violent
› Alamgir: How Aurangzeb Took the Throne, and What He Then Banned
› The Argument About Aurangzeb's Motives, and the Farman of 1669
› 'I Came Alone and Am Going Away Alone', and How to Read a Darker Period
› The Mansabdari System, and Who Was Allowed into the Administration
› Todar Mal's Survey, and How India's Economy Was Built from Below
› Land Revenue, Famine, and the Ports India Exported Through
› Sources of Mughal History: Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari and Traveller Accounts
› Humayun and Sher Shah: The Interrupted Mughal Rule
› Akbar's Conquests and Religious Policy
› Jahangir and Shah Jahan: Peace, Art and Building
• Composite Culture — 18 classes
› Getting started: cultural currents, 13th to 17th centuries
› Belief systems and the bhakti tradition
› Regional saints and their messages
› Musical traditions
› From walls to paper: miniature painting
› Changing landscapes: gardens
› Women in society
› Education and institutions of learning
› Vocational education and knowledge sharing
› Growth of literature and language; the development of Urdu
› Developments in science and technology
› Regional architectural developments and temple building
› Cultural exchange in daily life: food and clothing
› Review and activities
› Bhakti: Why a Devotional Movement Comes First in a Political Chapter
› Factors Behind the Rise of a Composite Culture
› The Sufi Movement: Silsilas, Saints and Teachings
› Impact of the Bhakti and Sufi Movements on Indian Society
• Renaissance — 6 classes
› Definition of the Renaissance: Rebirth of Learning in Europe
› Causes of the Renaissance: Trade, Cities and the Fall of Constantinople
› Italy, the Cradle of the Renaissance
› Humanism and the Great Writers and Thinkers
› Renaissance Art and Science: Leonardo, Michelangelo and Galileo
› Consequences of the Renaissance: Discovery of Sea Routes and Rise of Reason
• Reformation — 6 classes
› What the Reformation Was, and the Condition of the Church
› Causes of the Reformation: Corruption, Indulgences and New Ideas
› Martin Luther and the Ninety-five Theses
› The Spread of Protestantism: Calvin, Zwingli and the Church of England
› The Counter Reformation and the Society of Jesus
› Results of the Reformation and Counter Reformation
• Industrial Revolution — 7 classes
› 1 Before the Industrial Revolution
› 2 Hand Labour and Steam Power
› 4 Factories Come Up
› Causes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
› Capitalism: Private Ownership, Profit and Competition
› Socialism: The Reaction of Thinkers and Workers
› Effects of the Industrial Revolution: Cities, Workers and Empire
• Earth as a planet — 5 classes
› The Earth as a Planet in the Solar System
› Proofs That the Earth Is Round
› The Earth Is Not a Perfect Sphere: The Geoid
› Size and Dimensions of the Earth
› The Earth as the Home of Humankind
• Geographic grid - Latitudes & Longitudes — 8 classes
› Latitudes: The Equator, Parallels and Their Special Values
› Heat Zones of the Earth
› Longitudes and the Prime Meridian
› Longitude and Time: How the Earth's Rotation Sets the Clock
› Greenwich Mean Time, Standard Time and Local Time
› The International Date Line
› Finding the Exact Location of a Place
› Great Circles and the Shortest Route
• Rotation and Revolution — 7 classes
› Rotation of the Earth: Axis, Direction and Speed
› Effects of Rotation: Day and Night, and the Shape of the Earth
› Effects of Rotation: Tides, Winds and Ocean Currents Turned Aside
› Revolution of the Earth and the Inclined Axis
› The Equinoxes
› The Summer and Winter Solstices
› How Revolution and the Tilt Cause the Seasons and Changing Day Length
• Earth’s Structure — 4 classes
› Inside the Earth: Crust, Mantle, Core, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
› Looking Back: Internal and External Forces
› The Crust: Continental and Oceanic Layers
› The Mantle and Core: Composition, Heat and Seismic Evidence
• Landforms of the Earth — 13 classes
› Convection Currents, and the Three Kinds of Plate Boundary
› How the Himalayas Were Formed: Gondwana, the Collision, and Figs. 1.4 and 1.5
› Himadri, Himachal and Shivalik: The Three Ranges, and the Kath-kuni House of Fig. 1.6
› Running Water: A River's Three Courses, and the Waterfall
› Deltas: Fertile Land at a River's Mouth
› The Peninsular Plateau: What a Plateau Is, and the Western and Eastern Ghats
› The Gangetic Plains: Rivers, Multi-cropping, Transport and the Night Lights of Fig. 1.16
› The continents: variety on land
› The Five Agents of Gradation, and How Landforms Shaped Civilisations
› Glaciers: U-Shaped Valleys, Cirques, Fjords and Moraines
› Types of Mountains: Fold, Block, Volcanic and Residual
› Types of Plateaus: Intermontane, Piedmont and Continental
› Plains: Structural, Erosional and Depositional Types
• Rocks — 6 classes
› 5.1 Minerals and 5.2 Mode of Occurrence of Minerals
› Minerals and Rocks: What Is the Difference
› Igneous Rocks: Formation, Types and Uses
› Sedimentary Rocks: Layers, Fossils and Uses
› Metamorphic Rocks: Change by Heat and Pressure
› The Rock Cycle
• Volcanoes — 7 classes
› The Map of the Plates, the Ring of Fire, and Why the Theory Matters
› Where Earthquakes and Volcanoes Strike, and India's Risk
› Bhūkampa: Varāhamihira's Account, and What a Volcano Leaves Behind
› What a Volcano Is: Vent, Crater, Magma and Lava
› Active, Dormant and Extinct Volcanoes
› Effects of Volcanic Eruptions: Damage and Benefits
› Volcanic Zones of the World
• Earthquakes — 6 classes
› What an Earthquake Is: Focus and Epicentre
› Causes of Earthquakes: Plate Movement, Faults and Volcanoes
› Seismic Waves: P, S and Surface Waves
› Measuring Earthquakes: The Seismograph, Richter and Mercalli Scales
› Effects of Earthquakes: Land, Sea and Life
› Earthquake Zones of the World and of India
• Weathering and Denudation — 11 classes
› Weathering: Three Ways Rock Breaks Down
› Erosion: The Agents That Carry Material Away
› How Erosion Affects Human Work and Livelihoods
› India's Answers to Erosion: Contouring, Bunding, Terracing and the Zabo System
› Meanders: How a River Bends, and Why People Settle There
› Waves, Currents and the Beach
› Coastal Erosion: Cliffs, Platforms, Caves, Arches and Stacks
› Yardangs, Ventifacts, Deflation Hollows and Desert Pavements
› Dunes: Four Shapes the Wind Builds
› Karst Topography: Caves, Stalactites, Stalagmites and Sinkholes
› Weathering and Denudation: How the Two Processes Differ
• Hydrosphere — 7 classes
› Oceans, ocean currents and ocean trenches
› What Tides Are, and What Causes Them
› Spring Tides and Neap Tides
› Uses and Dangers of Tides
› What Causes Ocean Currents
› Warm and Cold Currents of the Major Oceans
› How Ocean Currents Affect Climate, Fishing and Shipping
• Composition and structure of the atmosphere — 10 classes
› What the Atmosphere Is Made Of
› The Layered Structure, and the Troposphere
› Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Thermosphere
› The Exosphere, and Why We Do Not Feel the Air's Weight
› Climate Change: Causes and Consequences
› Climate Change: Fossil Fuels, the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming (Fig. 3.16)
› Looking Back: The Atmosphere and Its Layers
› The Big Questions, and What the Atmosphere Does for Us
› The Ozone Layer and Its Depletion
› Protecting the Ozone Layer: Measures and Agreements
• Insolation — 7 classes
› Temperature, Insolation and the Earth's Temperature Zones
› Factors Determining the Climate - (a) Latitude: Why the Sun's Angle Decides the Heat (Fig. 3.4)
› (b) Altitude: Why Hill Stations Are Cool, and the Four Views of Fig. 3.5
› Ooty against Coimbatore, and (c) Proximity to the Sea: Mumbai against Nagpur (Fig. 3.6)
› (d) Winds: Heat Waves and Cold Waves (Fig. 3.7), and (e) Topography
› Insolation and Terrestrial Radiation: How the Earth Is Heated
› Heat Budget of the Earth
• Atmospheric Pressure and Winds — 11 classes
› Atmospheric Pressure: Why Air Moves
› Wind, Its Speeds, and the Land and Sea Breeze
› Why the Air Thins on a Mountain: Depressions, the Barometer, Millibars and Khardung la (Fig. 2.8)
› Mausim: How the Monsoon Got Its Name, and How India Predicted It
› The South-West Monsoon: Unequal Heating of Land and Sea
› The North-East Monsoon, and the Maps of Advance and Retreat
› World Pressure Belts
› Permanent Winds: Trade Winds, Westerlies and Polar Easterlies
› Local Winds: Loo, Chinook and Foehn
› Variable Winds: Cyclones and Anticyclones
› Jet Streams
• Humidity — 6 classes
› Humidity and Precipitation
› Relative Humidity from 0% to 100%, the Hygrometer, and Think About It: Delhi 52%, Kochi 84%
› Condensation: Dew, Frost, Fog, Mist and Clouds
› Precipitation: Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail
› Convectional Rainfall
› Orographic and Cyclonic Rainfall
• Pollution — 5 classes
› Industrial Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Its Control
› Air Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Water Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Soil and Noise Pollution
› Preventive Measures Against Pollution
• Natural Regions of the World — 8 classes
› The Equatorial Region: Climate, Vegetation and People
› The Tropical Grasslands: Savanna
› Hot Deserts: Sahara and Their Life
› The Monsoon Region
› The Mediterranean Region
› Temperate Grasslands: Prairies, Steppes, Pampas and Veld
› The Taiga or Coniferous Forest Region
› The Tundra Region
• Map Work — 13 classes
› The complexity of mapping the Earth
› The blue of the Blue Planet: the oceans
› Smaller water bodies and waterways
› Asia
› Europe
› Africa
› South America
› North America
› The Australian continent
› Marking the Natural Regions on the World Map
› Marking Oceans, Seas, Gulfs and Straits
› Marking the Major Rivers of the World
› Marking Mountain Ranges and Plateaus
| 29 |
History, Civics and Geography (Thailand) |
33 chapters
· 168 classes
100 marks
|
• Constitution of Thailand — 4 classes
› What a Constitution Is and Why a Country Needs One
› How the Thai Constitution Was Adopted and Brought into Force
› Main Features of the Constitution of Thailand
› Gender Perspective: Amendments for Equality
• Elections — 6 classes
› Why Elections Matter: Direct and Indirect Elections
› The Electoral System: FPTP and the Bicameral States
› The Election Commission of India: A Permanent Constitutional Body
› Elections in Thailand: Who Votes and How
› The Election Commission of Thailand
› General Elections and By-Elections
• Local Self Government — 7 classes
› Three Tiers, Autonomous District Councils and the PESA Act
› Two Panchayats: Jethipura and South Manubankul
› Decentralisation in India
› Reading Fig. 6.18: Five Reasons for Decentralisation, Gandhi's Grām Swarāj, and Who Does What
› Reading Fig. 6.19: How Three Levels and Three Organs Run One School System
› Village Local Self-Government in Thailand: Meaning and Functions
› Urban Local Self-Government in Thailand: Municipalities and Their Work
• The Chinese Civilisation: extent, art & craft, inventions and discoveries; Religion — 8 classes
› Two Rivers and Four Dynasties: Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han
› Kings, Officials and the Oracle Bones
› Jade, Marble and Bronze, and the Great Wall
› Silk, the Silk Route and What the Bronze Age Left Us
› The Huang Ho and the Spread of Chinese Civilisation
› Pottery, Bronze and Jade of Ancient China
› Inventions of China: Paper, Printing, Compass and Gunpowder
› Confucianism: The Teachings of Confucius
• The Indian Civilisation and its impact on Thailand (Ancient Siam) — 4 classes
› From Dvārakā to Dvāravatī: Thailand, Fig. 2.20's Map, and Fig. 2.21's Churning of the Ocean
› Brahmanic and Buddhist Contacts Between India and Ancient Siam
› Indianised Temples and Gods in Early Thai Lands
› Coins, Art and Language: Sanskrit and Pali in Siam
• The Khmer Rule — 4 classes
› Angkor Wat (Fig. 4.23), the Lesson of Resilience, and Question 1 on Change and Continuity
› Invasions and the Expansion of Khmer Power
› Trade and Economy of the Khmer Empire
› The Thai Alphabet and Its Origins
• The Dvaravati civilisational expression — 3 classes
› Dvaravati: Where and When It Flourished
› Brahmanic and Buddhist Civilisation in Dvaravati
› Indianisation, Localisation and Convergence Compared
• The Golden Era of Sukhothai — 4 classes
› Sources for the History of Sukhothai
› The Origin and Extent of the Sukhothai Kingdom
› Administration Under Sukhothai Kings
› Religion and Culture in Sukhothai
• The Rise and Fall of Ayutthaya — 4 classes
› The Founding of Ayutthaya
› Administration of Ayutthaya
› Economy and Foreign Trade of Ayutthaya
› The Fall of Ayutthaya and Its Causes
• Medieval Thailand — 3 classes
› Wars Between Siam and Burma
› Architecture of Medieval Thailand
› Impact of the Wars on People and Kingdom
• Thonburi — 4 classes
› King Taksin and the Rise of Thonburi
› Economy of the Thonburi Kingdom
› Floating Markets and Trading Life
› Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn
• Rattanakosin Period (1782- 1826) — 4 classes
› The Chakri Dynasty and the Founding of Rattanakosin
› The Law of the Three Seals, Kotmai Tra Sam Suang
› The Sakdina System of Rank and Land
› Wat Phra Kaew and the Emerald Buddha
• The Crusades — 4 classes
› Meaning of the Crusades and Why They Began
› The First Crusade
› The Later Crusades
› Influence of the Crusades on Europe and the East
• Renaissance — 5 classes
› Meaning of the Renaissance and Its Causes
› Leonardo da Vinci: Artist and Scientist
› William Shakespeare and the Renaissance in Literature
› Copernicus and the New Astronomy
› Impact of the Renaissance on Europe
• Reformation — 4 classes
› Causes of the Reformation
› Martin Luther and the Ninety-Five Theses
› Spread of Protestantism and Its Results
› The Counter Reformation
• Industrial Revolution — 5 classes
› 1 Before the Industrial Revolution
› 2 Hand Labour and Steam Power
› 4 Factories Come Up
› Definition and Causes of the Industrial Revolution
› Capitalism and Socialism Compared
• Earth as a planet — 2 classes
› The Shape of the Earth and the Proofs for It
› The Earth as Home of Life
• Geographic grid - Latitudes and Longitudes — 4 classes
› Latitudes and the Parallels
› Longitudes and the Prime Meridian
› Longitude and Time: Local and Standard Time
› Great Circles and Their Importance
• Rotation and Revolution — 3 classes
› Rotation of the Earth and Day and Night
› Revolution of the Earth Around the Sun
› The Cause of Seasons and Tilt of the Axis
• Earth’s Structure — 2 classes
› Inside the Earth: Crust, Mantle, Core, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
› Layers of the Earth in Depth: Crust, Mantle and Core Compared
• Landforms of the Earth — 11 classes
› The Himalayas: Reading a 2500-km Wall on the Map and in Fig. 1.2
› How the Himalayas Were Formed: Gondwana, the Collision, and Figs. 1.4 and 1.5
› Himadri, Himachal and Shivalik: The Three Ranges, and the Kath-kuni House of Fig. 1.6
› The Gangetic Plains: Rivers, Multi-cropping, Transport and the Night Lights of Fig. 1.16
› The Peninsular Plateau: What a Plateau Is, and the Western and Eastern Ghats
› The Deccan: Forests, Tribal Communities, Waterfalls and Coal (Figs. 1.27 to 1.32)
› Asia
› Mountains: Types and Examples
› Plateaus: Types and Examples
› Plains: Types and Examples
› Landforms of Thailand
• Rocks — 6 classes
› 5.1 Minerals and 5.2 Mode of Occurrence of Minerals
› Minerals and Rocks Compared
› Igneous Rocks
› Sedimentary Rocks
› Metamorphic Rocks
› The Rock Cycle
• Volcanoes — 5 classes
› The Map of the Plates, the Ring of Fire, and Why the Theory Matters
› Where Earthquakes and Volcanoes Strike, and India's Risk
› Bhūkampa: Varāhamihira's Account, and What a Volcano Leaves Behind
› Types of Volcanoes: Active, Dormant and Extinct
› Effects of Volcanic Eruptions
• Earthquakes — 5 classes
› Convection Currents, and the Three Kinds of Plate Boundary
› Causes of Earthquakes
› Measuring Earthquakes: Seismograph and Scales
› Effects of Earthquakes
› Earthquake Zones of the World and Thailand
• Weathering and Denudation — 10 classes
› Weathering: Three Ways Rock Breaks Down
› Erosion: The Agents That Carry Material Away
› The Five Agents of Gradation, and How Landforms Shaped Civilisations
› Running Water: A River's Three Courses, and the Waterfall
› Meanders: How a River Bends, and Why People Settle There
› Deltas: Fertile Land at a River's Mouth
› The Chamoli Flood, and How Wind Erodes
› Yardangs, Ventifacts, Deflation Hollows and Desert Pavements
› Dunes: Four Shapes the Wind Builds
› Types of Weathering: Physical, Chemical and Biological
• Hydrosphere — 5 classes
› Oceans, ocean currents and ocean trenches
› The blue of the Blue Planet: the oceans
› Tides: Spring and Neap
› Warm and Cold Ocean Currents
› The Andaman Sea and the Malay Peninsula Shoreline
• Composition and structure of the atmosphere — 8 classes
› The Big Questions, and What the Atmosphere Does for Us
› What the Atmosphere Is Made Of
› The Layered Structure, and the Troposphere
› Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Thermosphere
› The Exosphere, and Why We Do Not Feel the Air's Weight
› Climate Change: Causes and Consequences
› Climate Change: Fossil Fuels, the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming (Fig. 3.16)
› The Ozone Layer and Its Depletion
• Insolation — 6 classes
› Temperature, Insolation and the Earth's Temperature Zones
› Factors Determining the Climate - (a) Latitude: Why the Sun's Angle Decides the Heat (Fig. 3.4)
› (b) Altitude: Why Hill Stations Are Cool, and the Four Views of Fig. 3.5
› Ooty against Coimbatore, and (c) Proximity to the Sea: Mumbai against Nagpur (Fig. 3.6)
› Insolation: How the Sun Heats the Earth
› Factors That Affect Temperature
• Atmospheric Pressure and Winds — 7 classes
› Atmospheric Pressure: Why Air Moves
› Wind, Its Speeds, and the Land and Sea Breeze
› Why the Air Thins on a Mountain: Depressions, the Barometer, Millibars and Khardung la (Fig. 2.8)
› (d) Wind: Why Direction and Speed Matter, and the Wind Vane (Fig. 2.9)
› Pressure Belts of the Earth
› Planetary, Seasonal and Local Winds
› Jet Streams
• Humidity — 6 classes
› Humidity and Precipitation
› The Wind Sock and the Anemometer (Fig. 2.10), and (e) Humidity: Kochi or Jaipur?
› Relative Humidity from 0% to 100%, the Hygrometer, and Think About It: Delhi 52%, Kochi 84%
› What Humidity Is and How It Is Measured
› Condensation: Dew, Fog and Clouds
› Convectional, Relief and Cyclonic Rainfall
• Pollution — 5 classes
› Industrial Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Its Control
› Types of Pollution: Air, Water, Soil and Noise
› Sources of Pollution
› Effects of Pollution on Health and Nature
› Preventive Measures Against Pollution
• Natural Regions of the World — 5 classes
› Equatorial and Tropical Monsoon Regions
› Savanna and Desert Regions
› Mediterranean and Temperate Grassland Regions
› Temperate Forest and Taiga Regions
› Tundra and Polar Regions
• Map Work — 5 classes
› Marking Natural Regions on the World Map
› Marking Oceans and Seas
› Marking Major Rivers
› Marking Mountain Ranges
› Marking Plateaus
| 31 |
Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) |
34 chapters
· 347 classes
100 marks
|
• Measurements and Experimentation — 14 classes
› Measurement: Comparing the Unknown to the Known
› Same Room, Different Numbers: Why the Unit You Pick Matters
› Why the World Needed One Common System
› The International System of Units (SI)
› Converting Between Units
› 8.1.1 A Simple Pendulum: Oscillation, Mean Position and Time Period (Fig. 8.7)
› Activity 8.2 and Table 8.1: Measuring a Time Period, and Think Like a Scientist
› 1.2 Different Systems of Units
› 1.4. International System of Units (SI)
› Least Count: The Smallest Reading an Instrument Can Give
› Reading a Vernier Callipers Step by Step
› Zero Error and Zero Correction in Callipers and Screw Gauge
› The Screw Gauge: Pitch, Least Count and Measuring a Wire
› Plotting Length Against Time Squared for a Simple Pendulum
• Motion in One Dimension — 16 classes
› Distance Travelled and Displacement
› Average Speed, and Uniform Motion
› Average Velocity
› Average Acceleration
› Constant Acceleration, and a Falling Object
› Plotting a Graph of Motion
› Reading a Position-Time Graph
› Velocity-Time Graphs: Shape and Slope
› Area Under a Velocity-Time Graph
› The Kinematic Equations
› Scalars and Vectors
› The Equations of Motion
› 2.3. Scalars and Vectors
› 8.3.1 Speed, Distance and Time: Examples 8.2 and 8.3, and Why It Is Average Speed
› 2.1 What is Motion?
› 2.5. Equations of Motion
• Laws of Motion — 19 classes
› What a Force Is, and How It Is Measured
› Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
› Newton's First Law of Motion
› F = ma, and What One Newton Is
› Why the Fielder Pulls His Hands Back
› Newton's Third Law of Motion
› The Third Law in Rockets, Magnets and Falling Fruit
› Gravity Defined, Vertical Motion in Fig. 5.11, and 5.5 What Weight Means
› Mass and Weight: What Stays the Same, What Changes, and the Table of Five Worlds
› Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Into the Sun?
› Why a Feather and a Stone Fall Differently: Air Resistance
› 5.4.2 Non-Contact Forces: Magnetic Force and the Floating Ring Magnet of Activity 5.5 (Fig. 5.7)
› Why Newton's Laws Need Help Inside an Accelerating Frame
› 3.1 Limitations of Newton’s Laws in Accelerating Frames
› 3.2 Gravitation
› Momentum and Newton's Second Law as Rate of Change of Momentum
› Contact Forces and Non-Contact Forces Compared
› The Universal Law of Gravitation and the Constant G
› Free Fall and Acceleration Due to Gravity
• Fluids — 15 classes
› Swirling Leaves and Two Identical Bags: 6.1 Pressure as Force Divided by Area (Fig. 6.1)
› The Bucket Handle (Fig. 6.2), the Cloth Ring (Fig. 6.3), the Pascal, and a Worked Calculation
› Table 6.1: The Nail, the Knife, and Why a Smaller Area Makes a Task Easier
› Why Overhead Tanks Sit High (Fig. 6.4), and Activity 6.1: Two Pipes of Different Width (Fig. 6.5)
› Fig. 6.6: More Water, Bigger Bulge - Pressure Depends on the Height of the Column
› Activity 6.2: Four Holes in a Bottle (Fig. 6.7), and Why Liquids Press in All Directions
› Why a Dam Is Broader at Its Base (Fig. 6.8), and 6.2 the Atmosphere Above Us
› 9.4 Why Objects Float or Sink, and 9.5 What Density Means
› The Units of Density, and What Relative Density Means
› 5.6 Floating and Sinking, the Mug That Feels Lighter, and Pumice - the Rock That Floats
› 9.5.3 Pressure and Density, Why Ice Floats, and the Egg That Sinks
› Activity 5.13: The Bottle That Bounces Back (Fig. 5.15), Upthrust, and Archimedes' Principle
› Pascal's Law and How Pressure Travels Through a Liquid
› The Hydraulic Press and Hydraulic Brakes
› The Law of Floatation: Weight of Body Equals Weight of Liquid Displaced
• Heat and Energy — 8 classes
› How the Atmosphere Keeps the Earth Fit for Life
› The Greenhouse Effect, and Why It Is Not a Plant Greenhouse
› Heat as Energy and Temperature as a Measure of Hotness
› Units of Heat and the Working of a Thermometer
› Why Water Behaves Oddly Between 0 and 4 Degrees Celsius
› Anomalous Expansion of Water and Life Under a Frozen Lake
› Global Warming: Causes, Effects and What We Can Do
› Energy Degradation: Why Useful Energy Keeps Turning into Heat
• Light — 19 classes
› 9.1 Reflection of Light and the Laws of Reflection
› 9.2 Spherical Mirrors: Concave, Convex and the Pole
› Centre of Curvature, Principal Axis and Focal Length
› 9.2.1 Image Formation by a Concave Mirror
› 9.2.2 Representing Images Using Ray Diagrams
› Uses of Concave Mirrors, and Image Formation by a Convex Mirror
› Uses of Convex Mirrors: A Wider Field of View
› 9.2.3 Sign Convention for Reflection by Spherical Mirrors
› 9.2.4 The Mirror Formula and Magnification: Definitions
› Mirror Formula: Two Worked Examples
› Incident Ray, Normal, and the Angles i and r
› Table 10.1, the First Law, and Activity 10.5: The Bent Sheet
› Concave and Convex: How a Spherical Mirror Is Actually Made
› What Each Mirror Does to an Image, and Where Concave Mirrors Are Used
› Convex Mirrors on Roads and in Shops, and 10.3: Activity 10.4 Begins
› Images in a Plane Mirror and Their Properties
› Lateral Inversion and Image Distance in a Plane Mirror
› Multiple Images Formed by Two Mirrors at an Angle
› The Periscope and the Kaleidoscope
• Sound — 17 classes
› Sound Is Produced by Vibrations
› The Tuning Fork, and Sound Through Solids and Liquids
› Sound Cannot Travel Through a Vacuum
› Compressions, Rarefactions and the Sound Wave
› Longitudinal Waves and Mechanical Waves
› Sound Carries Energy
› Graphical Representation of a Sound Wave
› Wavelength, Frequency and Time Period
› Amplitude and Intensity
› The Speed of Sound
› Working with the Speed of Sound
› Pitch and the Audible Range
› Ultrasonic and Infrasonic Waves and Their Uses
› Wave Motion: How a Disturbance Travels Without Carrying Matter
› Transverse Waves: Crests, Troughs and Examples
› Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Compared
› The Wave Equation v = f times Wavelength, with Numericals
• Electricity and Magnetism — 15 classes
› 11.1 Electric Current and Circuit
› 11.2 Electric Potential and Potential Difference
› 11.3 Circuit Diagrams and Their Symbols
› 11.4 Ohm's Law
› 11.5 Factors on Which the Resistance of a Conductor Depends
› Resistivity, and Why Different Materials Carry Current Differently
› Experiment 48: Verification of Ohm's Law and Determination of Resistance of a Resistor
› 12.1 Magnetic Field and Field Lines
› Experiment 52: Magnetic Field Lines of a Bar Magnet
› 13.3.3 The Earth's Magnetic Shield, and 13.4 What Sustains Life
› Electric Charge and Free Electrons in Conductors
› Magnetic Induction: How a Piece of Iron Becomes a Magnet
› Induced Magnetism and the Difference Between Magnets and Magnetic Materials
› The Earth as a Magnet: Magnetic Meridian and Angle of Declination
› Neutral Points of a Bar Magnet: Axial and Equatorial Positions
• The Language of Chemistry — 12 classes
› Symbols of Elements
› Valency
› Naming Ions and Ionic Compounds
› Writing Chemical Formulae
› Molecular Mass and Formula Unit Mass
› Isotopes, and Average Atomic Mass
› The Law of Conservation of Mass
› 1.1.2 Balancing by Hit-and-Trial: a Worked Example
› 1.1 Chemical Equations: From a Sentence to a Chemical Equation
› Radicals: Simple and Compound Radicals and Their Charges
› Relative Atomic Mass and the Carbon-12 Scale
› Relative Molecular Mass and Simple Calculations
• Chemical changes and reactions — 13 classes
› What a Chemical Reaction Is, and How You Know One Has Happened
› 1.2 Types of Chemical Reactions: Combination Reactions and Exothermic/Endothermic Reactions
› 1.2.2 Decomposition by Heating: Thermal Decomposition
› 1.2.2 Decomposition by Light and Electricity
› 1.2.3 Displacement Reactions
› 1.2.4 Double Displacement Reactions and Precipitation
› 1.2.5 Oxidation and Reduction: Redox Reactions
› 1.3 Effects of Oxidation in Everyday Life: Corrosion and Rancidity
› 5.1 Physical Change: Activity 5.2 with Paper, a Balloon and Chalk (Fig. 5.1)
› 5.2 Chemical Change: Activity 5.3, Blowing into Tap Water and Lime Water (Fig. 5.2)
› The Chemical Equation, and Activity 5.4: Vinegar and Baking Soda (Fig. 5.3)
› 5.3.1 Rusting and 5.3.2 Combustion: Activity 5.5 and the Covered Candle (Figs. 5.4, 5.5, 5.6)
› Experiment 3: Measuring Temperature Change to Identify Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
• Water — 14 classes
› ORS, Uniform and Non-Uniform Mixtures, and 9.1 Solute, Solvent, Solution
› The Chashni Puzzle, and Activity 9.1: How Much Salt Will Water Take?
› Saturated and Unsaturated, Concentration, Dilute and Concentrated, Solubility
› Activity 9.2: Baking Soda at 20, 50 and 70 °C, and Asima Chatterjee
› 2.4.4 Are the Crystals of Salts Really Dry?
› Experiment 10: Showing that Copper Sulphate Crystals Contain Water of Crystallisation
› Hard Water and Detergents
› Experiment 22: Comparative Cleansing Capacity of Soap in Soft and Hard Water
› Water as the Universal Solvent: Why It Dissolves So Much
› Water of Crystallisation: Hydrated Salts and Their Colours
› Efflorescent, Deliquescent and Hygroscopic Substances
› Drying Agents and Dehydrating Agents
› Temporary and Permanent Hardness of Water
› Removing Hardness: Boiling, Washing Soda and Ion Exchange
• Atomic Structure and Chemical bonding — 17 classes
› Atoms Are Not Indivisible: The Cathode Ray Tube and the Electron
› Discovering the Proton and the Neutron
› Bohr's Model of the Atom
› What Bohr's Model Achieved — and Where It Fell Short
› 6.4 Limitation of Rutheford Model of Atom
› 6.5 Bohr’s model
› 6.5.1 Achivement of Bohr Model
› The Octet Rule and Lewis Symbols
› 7.1 Octet Rule
› 7.1.1 Lewis Approach
› 6.6 Check Your Understanding
› Rutherford's Alpha Scattering Experiment and the Nuclear Model
› Atomic Number, Mass Number and Electronic Configuration
› Why Atoms Bond: Stable Outer Shells
› Electrovalent Bonding: Formation of Sodium Chloride and Magnesium Oxide
› Covalent Bonding: Sharing in Hydrogen, Chlorine, Water and Methane
› Ionic and Covalent Compounds: Properties Compared
• The Periodic Table — 6 classes
› Why Elements Needed Sorting: The Early Search for Order
› Dobereiner's Triads
› Newlands' Law of Octaves and Its Limits
› Mendeleev's Periodic Table and Predicting Missing Elements
› The Modern Periodic Law and Atomic Number
› The Modern Periodic Table: Groups, Periods and Blocks
• Study of the First Element -Hydrogen — 10 classes
› 2.1.2 How do Acids and Bases React with Metals?
› Experiment 2: Reaction of Zinc with Sulphuric Acid, Precipitation of Barium Sulphate, and Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Chloride
› Experiment 13: Reaction of Metals with Dilute Acids
› Hydrogen: Position, Occurrence and Physical Properties
› Preparing Hydrogen from Water: Steam on Metals and Electrolysis
› Preparing Hydrogen from Dilute Acids and from Alkalis
› Laboratory Preparation of Hydrogen: Apparatus, Collection and Test
› Industrial Preparation of Hydrogen by the Bosch Process
› Hydrogen as a Reducing Agent: Oxidation and Reduction
› Uses of Hydrogen and Why It Is a Fuel of the Future
• Study of Gas Laws — 6 classes
› How Gases Behave: Pressure, Volume and Temperature
› Boyle's Law: Pressure and Volume at Constant Temperature
› Charles' Law: Volume and Temperature at Constant Pressure
› The Celsius and Kelvin Scales and Absolute Zero
› Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP)
› Gas Law Numericals: Combining Boyle's and Charles' Laws
• Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry — 5 classes
› The Atmosphere and Its Layers
› Air Pollutants: Sources of Oxides of Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulphur
› Acid Rain: How It Forms and What It Damages
› Effects of Air Pollution on Health, Buildings and Plants
› Controlling Air Pollution: What Industries and Citizens Can Do
• The cell, a unit of life — 11 classes
› The Cell Membrane and the Journey of Water
› The Cell Wall: Why Plants Stand Up
› Inside the Cell: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
› The Nucleus: House of Coded Instructions
› Ribosomes, ER and the Golgi Apparatus
› Lysosomes and Mitochondria
› Plastids and Vacuoles
› Activity 2.3: Your Own Cheek Cells, and the Three Parts of a Cell
› What Each Part of a Cell Does, and 2.1.1 Variation in Shape and Structure
› Protoplasm: The Living Substance of the Cell
› Plant Cell and Animal Cell Compared
• Tissues — 12 classes
› What a Tissue Is, and Why Plants and Animals Differ
› Apical Meristem: How Plants Grow Longer
› Lateral and Intercalary Meristems
› Meristematic Cells, and Differentiation
› Epidermis: The Plant's Outer Defence
› Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma
› Xylem, Phloem and the Three Tissue Systems
› Epithelial Tissue
› Connective Tissue I: Blood
› Connective Tissue II: Bone, Cartilage, Tendon and Ligament
› Muscular Tissue: Three Kinds of Movement
› Nervous Tissue
• Flower — 7 classes
› The Parts of a Flower
› Experiment 33: To Study the Parts of a Flower and Their Role in Sexual Reproduction
› Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants: Pollination to Germination
› The Whorls of a Flower: Calyx and Corolla
› Androecium and Gynoecium: The Reproductive Whorls
› Inflorescence: Racemose and Cymose Types
› Placentation: How Ovules Are Arranged in the Ovary
• Pollination — 6 classes
› Pollination, Self and Cross
› Pollination Strategies and Pollinators
› How Efficient Is Pollination? Breeding for Better Crops
› Agents of Pollination: Wind, Water, Insects and Birds
› Flower Adaptations for Wind and Insect Pollination
› Self-Pollination Versus Cross-Pollination: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Fertilisation — 4 classes
› Fertilisation, Fruit and Seed
› The Pollen Grain Germinates: Growth of the Pollen Tube
› Double Fertilisation and Triple Fusion
› After Fertilisation: Ovule Becomes Seed and Ovary Becomes Fruit
• Structure of dicot and monocot seeds. Germination of seeds, types, and conditions for seed germination — 6 classes
› Structure of a Dicot Seed: The Bean
› Structure of a Monocot Grain: Maize
› Dicot and Monocot Seeds Compared
› Conditions Needed for Seed Germination
› Hypogeal Germination
› Epigeal Germination
• Respiration in plants — 8 classes
› 5.3 Respiration: Breaking Down Glucose With and Without Oxygen
› Respiration in Plants and Animals, and Why Oxygen Reaches Every Cell
› 10.4 Do Plants Respire? Activity 10.8 and the Lime Water Test (Fig. 10.9)
› Experiment 26: To Study the Liberation of Carbon Dioxide Gas During Aerobic Respiration
› Experiment 27: To Study the Liberation of Carbon Dioxide Gas During Fermentation
› Glycolysis: Splitting Glucose into Pyruvate
› The Krebs Cycle and Release of Carbon Dioxide
› Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration Compared by Energy Yield
• Diversity in Animal Kingdom — 12 classes
› Kingdom Animalia and the Notochord
› Porifera and Cnidaria
› Platyhelminthes and Nematoda
› Annelida and Arthropoda
› Mollusca and Echinodermata
› Protochordates, Vertebrates and Their Adaptations
› The Criteria of the Five Kingdoms
› Pisces: Life in Water
› Amphibia: Living on Land and in Water
› Reptilia: Dry Scaly Skin and Egg Laying on Land
› Aves: Feathers, Wings and Flight
› Mammalia: Hair, Milk Glands and Live Birth
• Useful role of bacteria — 10 classes
› The Nitrogen Cycle
› Kingdom Monera
› 10.3 Microbes as Tools in Biotechnology
› 10.4.1 Crop production and agriculture
› 10.4.2 Medicine and Health Care
› 10.4.3 Food processing
› 10.4.5 Environmental protection
› Making Human Insulin Using Bacteria
› Biogas, Chakrabarty's Oil-Eating Bacterium, and Activity 2.8
› Bacteria in Industry: Curd, Vinegar and Retting of Fibres
• Harmful role of bacteria — 5 classes
› How Bacteria Spoil Food
› Preventing Food Spoilage
› Bacterial Diseases of Plants: Citrus Canker and Crown Gall
› Bacterial Diseases of Animals and Humans
› Bacteria as Bio-weapons: Anthrax
• Economic importance of Fungi — 7 classes
› Kingdom Fungi
› Why the Dough Rises, and Activity 2.9: Two Bowls of Milk
› 2.4 How Are We Connected to Microbes? Pickles, and Activity 2.7
› Why Microbes Make Perfect Tools
› Yeast in Breweries and Bakeries
› Fungi in Cheese Processing
› Mushroom Cultivation Step by Step
• Nutrition — 13 classes
› 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 Heterotrophic Nutrition and How Organisms Obtain Food
› Nutrition in Human Beings: The Mouth and Chewing
› Nutrition in Human Beings: Stomach and Small Intestine
› 3.4.2 Non-Communicable Diseases: Deficiency Diseases, Chronic Illness, and Diabetes in India
› 6.4.1 Meeting Nutritional Needs: Activity 6.3 and Table 6.3
› Iron and Vitamin B12, Dorothy Hodgkin, and 6.4.2 Personal Hygiene (Fig. 6.1)
› 9.1.2 Ruminants (Fig. 9.6) and the Gizzard of Birds (Fig. 9.7)
› Classes of Food: Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats
› Vitamins, Minerals, Water and Roughage
› The Balanced Diet and Its Needs at Different Ages
› Teeth: Types, Structure and Dental Formula
› The Alimentary Canal and Digestive Glands: Liver and Pancreas
› Absorption of Food and Egestion
• Skeleton - Movement and Locomotion — 7 classes
› The Musculoskeletal System
› Types of Joints
› The Skeletal System
› Functions of the Skeleton
› The Axial Skeleton: Skull, Vertebral Column and Rib Cage
› The Appendicular Skeleton: Girdles and Limbs
› Movable and Immovable Joints in the Human Body
• Structure and functions of skin — 5 classes
› The Layers of the Skin: Epidermis and Dermis
› Functions of the Skin
› Derivatives of the Skin: Hair, Nails and Glands
› Sweat Glands, Sebaceous Glands and Skin Care
› How the Skin Regulates Body Temperature
• A brief introduction to communicable, non-communicable, endemic, epidemic, pandemic and sporadic diseases — 7 classes
› 3.3 Signs and Symptoms, and 3.4 What a Disease Is and the Two Types
› 3.4.1 How Communicable Diseases Spread, Fig. 3.4, and What a Vector Is
› Activity 3.4 and Table 3.1, Part One: The Diseases That Travel Through the Air
› Table 3.1, Part Two: The Diseases That Travel Through Water and Food
› Table 3.1, Part Three: Malaria and Dengue, and the Eight Everyday Precautions
› Snapshots, and Keep the Curiosity Alive: Question 1, Sorting Five Diseases
› Endemic, Epidemic, Pandemic and Sporadic Diseases with Examples
• Bacterial, Viral, Protozoan, Helminthic diseases — 8 classes
› Cholera: Cause, Spread and Prevention
› Typhoid and Tuberculosis
› AIDS: Cause, Spread and Prevention
› Chicken Pox and Hepatitis
› Malaria: The Parasite and the Mosquito
› Amoebic Dysentery and Sleeping Sickness
› Ascariasis and Taeniasis: Intestinal Worms
› Filariasis: Cause, Symptoms and Control
• Aids to Health — 9 classes
› 3.5 Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Activity 3.6, the Bhadrak Campaign, and Immunity
› Vaccines and Acquired Immunity: How They Are Made, and the Tetanus Shot
› Edward Jenner, Variolation and the Teekedaars, and Think Like a Scientist: How Smallpox Was Beaten
› Vaccines Are Preventive, Not Curative: India's Vaccine Production, M. K. Bhan, and 3.5.1 Antibiotics
› Fleming's Chance Discovery of Penicillin, and How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads (Fig. 3.5a)
› Activity 3.7 and Fig. 3.5b: Using Antibiotics Wisely, and What Traditional Medicine Can and Cannot Do
› Question 11, and Discover, Design, and Debate: The Health Diary, Smallpox, and CPR
› Antitoxins and Sera: Ready-made Protection
› Antiseptics and Disinfectants and How They Differ
• Health Organizations: Red Cross, WHO — 4 classes
› The Red Cross: Origin and Aims
› Major Activities of the Red Cross
› The World Health Organization: Aims and Structure
› Major Activities of WHO
| 32 |
Economics |
19 chapters
· 103 classes
100 marks
|
• Definition of Economics according to Adams, Robbins, Keynes and Samuelson — 5 classes
› Economics: Scarce Resources and the Choices We Make
› What Economics Deals With
› 1. Why Economics?
› Definitions of Economics by Adam Smith and Alfred Marshall
› Robbins' Scarcity Definition and Keynes' and Samuelson's Views
• Micro & Macro Economics — 2 classes
› 1.5 Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
› Microeconomics and Macroeconomics: Differences with Examples
• Types of activities — 3 classes
› Economic Activities: Meaning and Examples
› Non-economic Activities: Meaning and Examples
› Economic and Non-economic Activities Compared
• Basic Economic terms — 6 classes
› 2.1 Utility
› Factors of Production — part 1
› Wants, Goods and Services
› Wealth and Its Characteristics
› Production and Consumption
› Value, Price and Other Basic Terms
• Entities — 4 classes
› Households as Entities of the Economy
› Firms and Their Role
› The Government Sector
› The Foreign Sector
• On the basis of Nature — 8 classes
› What an Economic System Is
› The Planned Economy
› The Market Economy
› The Mixed Economy
› 2.1 Introduction: planned development and economic systems
› The Capitalist Economy
› The Socialist Economy
› Capitalist, Socialist and Mixed Economies Compared
• On the basis of Development — 3 classes
› Developed Economies and Their Features
› Developing Economies and Their Features
› Developed and Developing Economies Compared
• Economic growth and development — 3 classes
› Economic Growth: Meaning and Measures
› Economic Development: Meaning and Indicators
› How Growth and Development Differ
• Limited availability of Resources — 9 classes
› Economic Choices: The Questions Everyone Has to Answer
› Needs and Wants, and Why Wants Never Stop
› Choices and Limited Resources: Alternative Uses and Opportunity Cost
› Resources: Meaning, Classification and Planning
› The Three Key Questions, and What to Produce
› The Production Possibility Curve: Reading the Farmer's Table
› Factors of Production — part 2
› Types of Resources: Natural, Human and Capital
› The Basic Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice
• Central problems of an economy — 5 classes
› For Whom to Produce: Four Kinds of Shoe
› How to Produce: Labour-Intensive or Capital-Intensive
› 1.2 Central Problems of an Economy
› 1.3.1 The Centrally Planned Economy
› The Central Problems Compared: What, How and For Whom
• Primary Sector: Agriculture — 13 classes
› Sectors of Economic Activities
› How to Create More Employment?
› Technological and Institutional Reforms
› 2.3 Agriculture: land reforms
› 2.3 Agriculture: the Green Revolution and the debate over subsidies
› Traditional Systems and the Green Revolution: Fig. 1.17's Terraces, Kulāgar, Gokṛiṣhi, Fig. 1.18 and Fig. 1.19
› The Costs of the Green Revolution and Sustainable Pathways: Sikkim, Neem, and Fig. 1.20's Three Heritage Systems
› Rising Importance of the Tertiary Sector
› 5.5 Diversification: dairy, fisheries, horticulture and information technology
› Contribution of Agriculture to the Indian Economy
› Problems of Indian Agriculture
› Government Measures to Help Agriculture
› Food Security in India
• Secondary: Industry — 9 classes
› Manufacturing and Classification of Industries
› Agro-Based Industries - Cotton, Jute and Sugar
› Mineral-Based Industries - Iron, Steel and Aluminium
› Chemical, Fertilizer, Cement and Other Manufacturing Industries
› Industrial Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Its Control
› Greening Cities, Buildings, Tourism, Industry and Transport
› Meaning and Types of Industries
› Adverse Impacts of Industrial Growth
› Measures to Reduce the Harm of Industries
• Tertiary Sector — 7 classes
› 4.6 Education sector in India
› 5.3 Understanding the Role of Banking in the Economy
› 3.4 Introduction to Insurance: Types and Importance
› Healthcare as a Tertiary Service
› Transport and Communication Services
› Warehousing and Storage
› Banking, Insurance and Education in the Service Sector
• Poverty — 4 classes
› Poverty and the Poverty Line
› Absolute and Relative Poverty
› Causes of Poverty in India
› Effects of Poverty on People and Economy
• Unemployment — 5 classes
› 6.7 Informalisation of the Indian workforce
› 6.8 Unemployment
› 6.9 Government and employment generation, and 6.10 Conclusion
› Types of Unemployment
› Causes of Unemployment in India
• Schemes and Programmes introduced by the government to remove poverty & unemployment — 3 classes
› Why Poverty and Unemployment Need Government Schemes
› MNREGA: Aims and Working
› Another Anti-poverty Programme: Aims and Working
• LPG Model — 9 classes
› What is Globalisation? The Role of Technology
› Liberalisation of Trade and Investment Policy
› Impact of Globalisation in India
› 3.1 Introduction and 3.2 Background to the economic reforms of 1991
› 3.3 Liberalisation: deregulation, financial, tax, foreign exchange and trade reforms
› 3.4 Privatisation
› 3.5 Globalisation: outsourcing and the World Trade Organisation
› 3.7 Conclusion
› Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation: The LPG Model Together
• Smart city — 3 classes
› The Idea of a Smart City
› Features of a Smart City
› A Smart City Case Study
• ‘Digital India’ and ‘Skill India’ — 2 classes
› Digital India: Aims and Pillars
› Skill India: Aims and Programmes
| 33 |
Commercial Studies |
17 chapters
· 141 classes
100 marks
|
• Commercial and Non-Commercial Activities — 7 classes
› Fundamentals of Business Activities
› Fundamentals of Business Activities
› Characteristics of Business Activities
› Business, Profession and Employment Compared
› Vocational Activities
› Commercial and Non-Commercial Activities: The Difference
› Examples of Commercial and Non-Commercial Activities in Daily Life
• Types of Commercial activities — 4 classes
› 1.2.3 Comparison of Business, Profession and Employment
› 1.2 Concept of Business
› 1.2.1 Characteristics of Business Activities
› Business, Profession and Employment: Definitions with Examples
• Business Activities — 9 classes
› Operative Activities in Business
› Operative Activities in Business: Industry and Commerce
› Industry: Concept, Characteristics, Types and Nature
› Commerce and Trade
› 1.3 Classification of Business Activities
› 1.3.1 Industry
› 1.3.2 Commerce
› 1.3.3 Trade and Auxiliaries to Trade
› Industry and Commerce: How They Fit Together
• Non-profit Organisations — 4 classes
› What a Non-Profit Organisation Is
› Features of Non-Profit Organisations
› Examples of Non-Profit Organisations in India
› How Non-Profit Organisations Raise and Use Funds
• Commerce — 6 classes
› Banking and Insurance
› Transportation
› Components of Business: Industry, Commerce and Trade
› Trade: Home Trade and Foreign Trade
› Wholesale and Retail Trade
› Aids to Trade: Warehousing, Advertising and Communication
• Commercial organisations – Classification on the basis of ownership — 14 classes
› 3.1 Introduction
› 3.2 Private Sector and Public Sector
› 3.3 Forms of Organising Public Sector Enterprises
› 3.3.1 Departmental Undertakings
› 3.3.2 Statutory Corporations
› 3.3.3 Government Company
› 3.4 Changing Role of Public Sector
› 3.6 Joint Ventures
› 3.6.1 Types of Joint Ventures
› 3.6.2 Benefits
› 3.7 Public Private Partnership (PPP)
› Private Sector Enterprises: Meaning and Examples
› Public Sector Enterprises: Meaning and Examples
› Joint Sector Enterprises: Meaning and Examples
• Important departments of a Commercial Organization — 11 classes
› Fundamental Areas of Business
› Fundamental Areas of Business: Finance, Marketing and Human Resources
› Finance: Meaning, Needs and Sources
› Marketing: Meaning and the Four Ps
› Human Resources: Meaning and Management
› How Marketing Differs from Sales, and Why Sales Suffers Without It
› Human Resources and Professional Services
› The Production Department: Planning, Producing and Quality Control
› The Marketing and Sales Department
› The Finance and Accounting Department
› How the Departments of a Commercial Organisation Work Together
• Communication in Commercial Organisations — 8 classes
› Business Communication: Meaning, Process and Importance
› Types of Communication and Barriers
› The Business Letter
› E-mail and the Telephone
› Video Conferencing and Choosing the Right Method
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› The Role of Communication in Business
› The Communication Process: Sender, Message, Channel and Feedback
• Meaning and objective — 8 classes
› Book Keeping: Meaning, Need, Objectives and Advantages
› Introduction to Book Keeping and Accounting
› Accounting: Meaning, Objectives, Advantages and Users
› 1.1 Meaning of Accounting
› 1.2 Accounting as a Source of Information
› 1.3 Objectives of Accounting
› The Accounting Cycle: From Transaction to Final Accounts
› Bookkeeping and Accounting Compared
• Basic accounting terminology — 8 classes
› 1.5 Basic Terms in Accounting
› Business Entity, Assets, Liabilities, Capital and Dual Aspect
› Business Entity, Dual Aspect and the Accounting Equation
› The Accounting Equation and the Effect of Transactions
› Capital, Drawings and Owner's Equity
› Liabilities and Assets: Types and Examples
› Revenue, Expenses, Income, Debtors and Creditors
› Purchases, Sales, Stock and Returns
• Basic accounting principles and concepts — 7 classes
› 2.1 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
› 2.2 Basic Accounting Concepts - I
› 2.2 Basic Accounting Concepts - II
› Business Entity and Going Concern Concepts
› Dual Aspect, Money Measurement and Cost Concepts
› Accounting Period, Matching and Realisation Concepts
› Conservatism, Consistency and Materiality
• Journal — 13 classes
› Journal and Subsidiary Books
› Need for Journal and Journal Entries
› Subsidiary Books I: Purchase, Sales and Return Books
› Subsidiary Books II: Cash Book Overview and Journal Proper
› Nature of Accounts, Rules of Debit and Credit, Vouchers
› Classification of Accounts: Personal, Real and Nominal
› Rules of Debit and Credit with Worked Transactions
› 3.3 Using Debit and Credit
› 3.4 Journal
› Writing Journal Entries: Cash and Credit Transactions
› Journal Entries for Purchases, Sales and Returns
› Journal Entries for Expenses, Incomes and Drawings
› Journalising a Month of Transactions: A Full Practice Set
• Ledger — 9 classes
› Ledger: Meaning, Importance and Form
› Ledger, Posting and Balancing of Accounts
› Posting from Journal to Ledger
› Balancing of Ledger Accounts
› 3.5 The Ledger
› 3.6 Posting from Journal to Ledger
› Balancing Ledger Accounts
› Ledger Practice: Posting a Month of Transactions
› Ledger Accounts of Cash, Purchases and Sales
• Trial balance — 7 classes
› Trial Balance by the Balance Method
› Trial Balance: Meaning, Objectives, Features, Format and What It Proves
› Preparing a Trial Balance by the Balance Method
› Meaning and Objectives of a Trial Balance
› Preparing a Trial Balance: Three Methods
› Errors That a Trial Balance Can and Cannot Reveal
› Trial Balance Practice: Preparing from Ledger Balances
• Banking — 8 classes
› 4.4 Banking
› 4.4.1 Type of Banks
› 4.4.2 Functions of Commercial Banks
› 4.4.3 e-Banking
› Commercial Banks: Public, Private and Cooperative
› Savings Account and Current Account
› Fixed Deposit and Recurring Deposit Accounts
› Opening and Operating a Bank Account: Cheques, Pay-in Slips and Passbook
• Trade — 6 classes
› Non-Store Retailing: Mail Order Business and Tele-Shopping
› Automated Vending Machines and Selling Through the Internet
› E-commerce and E-trade: Meaning and How They Work
› Merits of E-commerce
› Demerits and Risks of E-commerce
› Online Payments and Safe Online Shopping
• Social Responsibility of Commercial Organisations towards the Environment — 12 classes
› 6.6 Business and Environmental Protection
› 6.6.1 Causes of Pollution
› 6.6.2 Need for Pollution Control
› 6.6.3 Role of Business in Environmental Protection
› 6.2 Concept of Social Responsibility
› 6.4 Kinds of Social Responsibility
› 6.3 Need for Social Responsibility
› E-waste: What It Is and How to Handle It
› Recycling by Businesses: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
› Afforestation and Green Initiatives by Business
› Eco-friendly Products and Green Marketing
› Environmental Laws and Legal Compliance for Business
| 38 |
Environmental Science |
22 chapters
· 112 classes
100 marks
|
• Introduction: Overview of the environment around us — 6 classes
› 13.1 Eco-system: What are Its Components?
› 13.2 How do Our Activities Affect the Environment? The Ozone Layer
› 4.4 Discuss the Impact of Human Activities on the Environment
› Human Impact on the Earth's Processes
› Components of the Earth: Land, Water, Air and Life
› How People and the Environment Depend on Each Other
• Natural processes and cycles — 6 classes
› The Earth as One System: The Five Spheres
› Biogeochemical Cycles and the Water Cycle
› The Carbon Cycle
› The Nitrogen Cycle
› The Oxygen Cycle
› Biological Processes: Photosynthesis, Respiration and Decomposition
• Biodiversity — 12 classes
› What Is Biodiversity
› Importance and Loss of Biodiversity
› Conservation of Biodiversity
› Biodiversity and Why It Matters
› India as a Biodiversity Hotspot
› The Hierarchy of Classification
› Binomial Nomenclature
› Fossils, and Biodiversity Under Threat
› 13.1.1 Food Chains and Webs, and the Flow of Energy
› 4.2 Identify Local Species and Their Roles in Biodiversity
› Species Diversity: Richness and Abundance
› Interactions Between Species: Predation, Competition and Mutualism
• Ecosystems, their functions, services, carrying capacity and threshold level — 1 class
› Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Services, and What Industry Discharges
• India’s bio-cultural diversity — 4 classes
› India as a Bio-cultural Mosaic
› Biodiversity Hotspots of India
› Flagship Species: Tiger, Elephant and Others
› Communities and Sacred Groves Protecting Nature
• Agricultural diversity — 3 classes
› Traditional Crops of India
› Agricultural Diversity and Why Local Varieties Matter
› Protecting Indigenous Seed Varieties
• Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) and practices: Definition and benefits from the products — 5 classes
› What Indian Knowledge Systems Are
› Ayurveda and Medicinal Plants
› Yoga and Well-being
› Traditional Town Planning and Water Management
› Millets: The Forgotten Grains
• Human development - historical perspective — 3 classes
› From Hunter-gatherers to Farmers: Meeting Basic Necessities
› Growing Wants and Rising Pressure on Resources
› From Use to Overexploitation of Nature
• Industrialisation and urbanisation — 7 classes
› How do cities become centres of economic activity?
› What leads to urbanisation? The process of urbanisation
› Challenges faced by cities
› Planning our cities
› 1 Before the Industrial Revolution
› Impacts of Industrialisation on Air, Water and Land
› Impacts of Urbanisation on Land, Resources and Waste
• Modern agricultural practices — 4 classes
› The Green Revolution and Modern Farming
› Chemical Fertilisers: Benefits and Harm
› Pesticides: Benefits and Harm
› Safer Alternatives: Organic and Integrated Farming
• Environmental Degradation — 7 classes
› 1.2 Explore the Effects of Pollution on Ecosystems
› 1.3 Examine the Impact of Climate Change on Wildlife
› Land Degradation and Conservation
› Industrial Pollution, Environmental Degradation and Its Control
› Deforestation: Causes and Effects
› Degradation of Ecosystems
› Habitat Loss and Loss of Biodiversity
• Social Consequences — 3 classes
› Social Impacts of Environmental Degradation on Health and Livelihoods
› Displacement, Migration and Inequality Caused by Degradation
› Case Study of a Community Affected by Degradation
• Economic Consequences — 3 classes
› Economic Costs of Environmental Degradation
› Effects on Agriculture, Fisheries and Tourism
› Cost of Cleaning Up Versus Cost of Prevention
• Triple Planetary Crisis — 10 classes
› The Greenhouse Effect, and Why It Is Not a Plant Greenhouse
› Eggs and Live Young, and 13.6 The Triple Planetary Crisis
› Pollution, and the Agreements from Montreal 1987 to Paris 2015
› One Connected System, What Everyone Can Do, and the Snapshots
› Climate Change: Evidence and Causes
› Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases
› Climate Change: Causes and Consequences
› Climate Change: Fossil Fuels, the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming (Fig. 3.16)
› Biodiversity Loss as Part of the Triple Planetary Crisis
› How Pollution, Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Are Linked
• Environmental Pollution — 6 classes
› Loudness, Intensity and Noise
› Air Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Water Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Soil Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Noise Pollution: Sources and Effects
› Other Types of Pollution: Light, Thermal and Plastic
• Biodiversity loss — 3 classes
› Causes of Biodiversity Loss
› Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Nature and People
› Endangered Species and Extinction
• Climate change — 4 classes
› Working Out Your Own Carbon Footprint
› Causes of Climate Change
› Impacts of Climate Change on People and Nature
› Climate Change in India: Floods, Droughts and Heat Waves
• Introduction to Sustainable Development — 3 classes
› What Sustainable Development Means
› Needs of Today and Needs of Tomorrow
› Three Pillars: Environment, Society and Economy
• Approach to Sustainable Development — 4 classes
› Approaches to Sustainable Development: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
› Renewable Energy and Sustainable Transport
› Sustainable Agriculture and Water Management
› Role of Government, Industry and Citizens
• Environmental Ethics — 3 classes
› What Environmental Ethics Means
› Respect for Nature in Indian Traditions
› Our Duty Toward Other Living Beings and Future Generations
• Concept of Handprint — 4 classes
› Handprint Versus Footprint: A New Way to Think
› Individual Actions That Create a Positive Handprint
› Community-led Actions and Collective Handprints
› Planning a Class Handprint Project
• Practical tools and exercises at home and schools for monitoring and improving the environment — 11 classes
› 2.1 Identify Different Types of Waste and Their Sources
› 2.2 Explore the Impact of Waste on the Environment
› 2.3 Discover the Principles of the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
› 2.5 Implement a Personal Waste Reduction Plan
› 13.2.2 Managing the Garbage We Produce
› Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Waste in Our Own Homes
› 3.4 Investigate Practical Green Practices for Homes
› Conducting an Energy Audit
› Conducting a Waste Audit
› Water Budgeting at Home and School
› Biodiversity Mapping of the School Campus
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Performing Arts |
63 chapters
· 282 classes
100 marks
|
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Non-detail terms — 6 classes
› Basic Terms of Sangeet, Nada, Swar and Thaat
› Raga, Aroha, Avroha, Vadi and Swarmalika, Lakshan Geet, Khayal
› Sthayi and Antara: The Two Main Parts of a Composition
› Alankar, Taan and Alaap: Patterns that Decorate a Raga
› Pakad: The Signature Phrase of a Raga
› Matra, Taal and Theka: Thah, Dugun and Chaugun Explained
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Detailed topics — 6 classes
› Nada, Shruti and Swara
› Saptak and Thaat
› Jati, Laya and Tala
› Varna in Vocal Music: Sthayi, Arohi, Avarohi and Sanchari
› Swaramalika and Lakshangeet: Early Forms of Geet
› Khayal and Dhrupad: Two Great Vocal Forms
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Description of the five ragas mentioned under ‘practical’ — 6 classes
› How to Describe a Raga: Thaat, Jati, Vadi-Samvadi, Aroha-Avaroha, Pakad, Time and Similar Raga
› Raga Yaman: Description
› Raga Khamaj: Description
› Raga Kafi: Description
› Raga Bhairavi: Description
› Raga Alhaiya Bilawal: Description
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Description of the five taals mentioned under ‘practical’ — 6 classes
› Writing Tala Notation with Thah and Dugun; Rela, Tukra and Paran
› Teentala: description and notation
› Ektala: description and notation
› Keharwa: Description, Thah and Dugun Notation
› Dadra: Description, Thah and Dugun Notation
› Chartaal: Description, Thah and Dugun Notation
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Knowledge of musical notation system of Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande — 6 classes
› Paluskar and Bhatkhande Notation Systems
› Paluskar and Bhatkhande Notation Systems
› Modern Period History, V.N. Bhatkhande and His Notation
› Writing a Swaramalika and a Lakshangeet in Bhatkhande Notation
› Writing a Chhota Khayal in Swara and Taal-lipi
› Writing a Dhrupad in Bhatkhande Notation
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Identification of ragas with the help of given short Swara-vistar — 4 classes
› Listening for the Notes: How a Swara-vistar Reveals a Raga
› Spotting Pakad Phrases and Vadi-Samvadi in a Swara-vistar
› Telling Similar Ragas Apart by Their Swara Patterns
› Practice: Identifying Ragas from Given Swara-vistar Passages
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: Life and contribution in brief of Tansen and Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande — 2 classes
› Tansen: Life and Contribution
› V.N. Bhatkhande: Life and Contribution
• Hindustani Music: Vocal Music: PRACTICAL — 6 classes
› The Ragas Alhaiya Bilawal, Yaman and Kafi
› Teentala, Ektala, Keharwa and Dadra: Description and Notation
› Shuddha and Vikrit Swaras with Ten Alankars in Different Laya
› Practising Ragas Khamaj and Bhairavi
› Singing the National Anthem and National Song
› Chartaal Theka with Hand Beats
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Non-detail terms — 6 classes
› Basic Terms: Sangeet, Dhwani, Nada, Shruti, Swara, Saptak, Alankar, Thaat, Jati
› Margi and Desi Sangeet
› Raga: Meaning and Features
› Gat in Instrumental Music
› Alaap and Toda: Opening Movements of an Instrumental Raga
› Matra, Taal, Theka, Dugun and Chaugun for the Instrumentalist
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Detailed topics — 4 classes
› Mastkhani Gat: A Brief History
› Razakhani Gat: A Brief History
› Swara, Jati and Varna in Instrumental Music
› Laya in Instrumental Music: Vilambit, Madhya and Drut
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Description of the five ragas mentioned under ‘practical’ — 5 classes
› Describing a Raga: The Points to Learn for Each Prescribed Raga
› Thaat and Jati of the Prescribed Ragas
› Vadi, Samvadi and Swaras of the Prescribed Ragas
› Aroha, Avaroha and Pakad of the Prescribed Ragas on the Instrument
› Time of Playing and Similar Ragas Compared
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Description of the five taals mentioned under ‘practical’ — 4 classes
› Jhaptala: description and notation
› Rupak: description and notation
› Dhamar: description and notation
› Writing Thah and Dugun Notation for the Five Prescribed Taals
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Knowledge of musical notation system of Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande — 3 classes
› Razakhani Gat with Todas in the Three Ragas
› Swara and Taal-lipi Symbols in Bhatkhande Notation for Instruments
› Writing a Razakhani Gat with Bols in Notation
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Identification of ragas with the help of given short swara-vistar — 4 classes
› Listening for the Notes: How a Swara-vistar Reveals a Raga on the Instrument
› Spotting Pakad Phrases and Vadi-Samvadi in a Swara-vistar for Instrumentalists
› Telling Similar Ragas Apart by Their Swara Patterns on the Instrument
› Practice: Identifying Ragas from Given Swara-vistar Passages Played on the Instrument
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): Life and contribution in brief of Tansen and Pt. V.N. Bhatkhande — 2 classes
› Tansen: life and contribution
› V.N. Bhatkhande: life and contribution
• Hindustani Music: Instrumental Music (excluding Tabla): PRACTICAL — 5 classes
› Basic Techniques, Bols and Combinations of Syllables
› Handling the Instrument and Playing Ten Alankars
› Playing a Razakhani Gat in the Five Ragas
› Playing a Simple Dhun
› Playing the National Anthem, National Song and Thekas of the Five Taals
• Hindustani Music: Tabla: Non-detail terms — 4 classes
› Tala, Laya, Sam, Tali, Khali, Theka, Kayada, Rela, Palta, Tihai, Tukra and Paran
› Laya, Tala, Matra, Sam, Tali, Khali, Vibhag and Avartan
› Laya, Tala and the Parts of a Tala Cycle
› Mohra, Mukhada, Kismen and Peshkara: More Tabla Terms
• Hindustani Music: Tabla: Detailed topic — 2 classes
› Origin and Gharanas of the Tabla
› Laya and Layakari: Dugun, Tigun and Chaugun on the Tabla
• Hindustani Music: Tabla: Writing in Taal-notation of the six Taals mentioned under ‘practical’ — 3 classes
› Notation of Talas in Thah, Dugun and Chaugun
› Chautala: description and notation
› Thekas, Thah and Dugun and Variations in the Prescribed Talas
• Hindustani Music: Tabla: Basic knowledge of Sangeet, Swara and Saptak — 3 classes
› Sangeet: Gayan, Vadan and Nritya
› Swara: Shuddha and Vikrit Notes
› Saptak: Mandra, Madhya and Taar Octaves
• Hindustani Music: Tabla: PRACTICAL — 6 classes
› Thekas of Dadra, Keharwa, Ektala and Teentala with Dugun
› Raga Identification and Thekas with Dugun
› Parts of the Tabla or Pakhawaj and the Varnas (Bols)
› Laya Practice: Keeping a Steady Tempo on the Tabla
› Sangat: Accompanying Songs in Dadra and Keharwa
› Padhant: Reciting Bols Before Playing
• Carnatic Music: The fundamental technical terms and their meanings — 3 classes
› Basic Terms of Carnatic Music
› Sruti, Swarasthana and Sthayi Explained
› Arohana, Avarohana and Vakra Ragas Defined
• Carnatic Music: Principle of Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, notations — 4 classes
› The Seven Swaras of Carnatic Music: Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni
› The Twelve Swarasthanas and the Variants of Ri, Ga, Dha and Ni
› Reading Notation Symbols: Dots, Lines and Commas
› Writing a Simple Phrase in Carnatic Notation
• Carnatic Music: Raga classification in Carnatic music — 6 classes
› Melakarta Scheme: Why There Are 72 Parent Ragas
› The Twelve Chakras and Their Names
› Katapayadi Formula: Finding a Melakarta Number from Its Name
› Janya Ragas and Their Eight Kinds
› Writing the Lakshana of a Raga
› Practice: Classifying Ragas as Melakarta or Janya
• Carnatic Music: Lakshanas of the following 16 ragas — 2 classes
› Lakshanas of the Six Prescribed Ragas
› Raga Lakshanas of the Ten Prescribed Ragas
• Carnatic Music: Manodharmasangita and its forms — 4 classes
› Manodharma Sangita: Music of the Performer's Imagination
› Raga Alapana: How a Raga Is Unfolded Step by Step
› Kalpanaswaras: Improvised Note Patterns
› The Ten Gamakas (Dasavidha Gamakas)
• Carnatic Music: The scheme of 35 talas — 6 classes
› Tala, Laya and Avartana: The Heartbeat of Carnatic Music
› Kala, Kaala and Graha: Speed Degrees and Starting Points
› Shadangas and Kriyas: The Limbs of a Tala
› The Scheme of 35 Talas: Seven Talas in Five Jatis
› Chaputala and Its Varieties
› Desadi and Madhyadi Talas, with Gati and Matra
• Carnatic Music: Musical forms and their classification — 4 classes
› Musical Forms of Carnatic Music
› Musical Forms: Kriti, Padam, Javali, Tiruppugazh and Ragamalika
› Gitam: The First Songs of a Carnatic Student
› Tanavarna and Padavarna: Forms for Voice Training
• Western Music: Section A - Musical Instruments: Musical Instruments — 7 classes
› Keyboard Instruments and the Pipe Organ
› The String Family: Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
› The Guitar: Acoustic, Electric and Bass
› The Woodwind Family
› The Brass Family
› The Percussion Family
› Tuning Notes and Clefs; Comparing Instruments
• Western Music: Section B - Forms and Analysis of Music: Forms of Music — 4 classes
› Symphony: The Structure of Its Four Movements
› The Solo Instrument and Orchestra Form: A Conversation in Three Movements
› Jazz: Roots, Swing and Improvisation
› Popular Music: Styles from Pop to Rock
• Western Music: Section B - Forms and Analysis of Music: Life and Works — 7 classes
› Bach and Handel: Masters of the Baroque
› Haydn and Mozart: Masters of the Classical Style
› Beethoven: The Bridge from Classical to Romantic
› Schubert and Brahms: Songs and Symphonies
› Tchaikovsky and Dvorak: Romantic Orchestral Colour
› Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: Jazz Pioneers
› George Gershwin and Miles Davis: Jazz Meets the Hall and Cool Style
• Western Music: Section B - Forms and Analysis of Music: Technology in Music — 4 classes
› Electronic Music: The Theremin and the Moog Synthesizer
› Industrial and House Music
› Drum and Bass, Dubstep and Electro House
› The Digital Audio Workstation: Recording, Editing and Mixing
• Western Music: Section B - Forms and Analysis of Music: Personal Experience — 3 classes
› Choosing Your Experience: Soloist, Choir, Orchestra or Musical Theatre
› Planning a 500-Word Essay on a Personal Musical Experience
› Writing and Revising Your Musical Experience Essay
• Indian Dance: Identification of different classical dance styles in India — 4 classes
› PAN INDIAN DANCE FORMS — part 1
› PAN INDIAN DANCE FORMS — part 2
› PAN INDIAN DANCE FORMS — part 3
› Telling Six Classical Dances Apart: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri and Kathakali
• Indian Dance: The mythological evolution of dance and an elementary understanding of important texts like the Natya Shastra, and story lines associated with classical dance in India — 7 classes
› Themes from the Ramayana and the Bhagavata Purana
› The Gita Govinda and the Legends of Nataraja, Mahishasura Mardini and Ganesha
› Myths of the Odissi Stage: Kaliya Daman, Dashavatar, Vastra Haran, Nataraja, Draupadi Cheer Haran and Neuni Chura
› Themes of Manipuri Dance: Puranic Stories and a Local Legend
› The Natya Shastra and Its Musical Chapters
› Natya Shastra and its place in Indian music
› Rasa, Jati, Vadya and Tala in the Natya Shastra
• Indian Dance: The sociological development of dance – its history, roots, growth and revival — 6 classes
› Transition and Transformation: Rabindra Nritya and the Uday Shankar Style
› Indian Dance: A Brief History and the Language of Dance
› Indian Dance and the Southern Tradition: A Brief History
› Indian Dance in Brief and the Terms of Dance: Nritta, Nritya, Natya, Tandava, Lasya, Natyadharmi and Lokadharmi
› Indian Dance and Traditional Dance-Drama: A Brief History for the Manipuri Student
› The Revival of Classical Dance in the Twentieth Century
• Indian Dance: An understanding of the guru-shishyaparampara (including the tradition and lineage associated with the chosen dance form only) — 4 classes
› Guru-Shishya Parampara: Learning at the Teacher's Feet
› From Gurukul to Academy: How Dance Teaching Has Changed
› Lineage of Your Chosen Dance Form
› Duties of the Guru and the Disciple
• Indian Dance: Prominent exponents of the various different classical dance styles listed above — 4 classes
› Great Exponents of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi
› Great Exponents of Kathak
› Great Exponents of Odissi
› Great Exponents of Manipuri and Kathakali
• Indian Dance: An understanding of the dance repertoire and musical accompaniment (for the chosen dance style only) — 9 classes
› A PRESENTATION OF DANCE — part 2
› The Bharatanatyam Repertoire: From Pushpanjali to Thillana
› What Makes Bharatanatyam Distinctive: Costume, Music, Technique and Posture
› The Repertoire and Literary Content of Kuchipudi
› The Five Segments of the Odissi Repertoire: Mangalacharan, Batu, Pallavi, Abhinaya and Moksha
› The Manipuri Repertoire and Its Literary Content
› The Kathak Repertoire: Nritta, Nritya and Abhinaya
› The Kathakali Repertoire and Its Attakatha
› Musical Accompaniment in Classical Dance: Vocalist, Mridangam and Other Instruments
• Indian Dance: The relevance of dance in today’s world and the modern developments in dance — 5 classes
› INNOVATION, INCLUSIVITY AND INSPIRING CHANGE — part 1
› INNOVATION, INCLUSIVITY AND INSPIRING CHANGE — part 2
› INNOVATION, INCLUSIVITY AND INSPIRING CHANGE — part 3
› DANCE FOR WELL-BEING — part 3
› DANCE FOR WELL-BEING — part 4
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Use of people, space and conflict in drama — 5 classes
› People, Space and Conflict: The Three Ingredients of Drama
› Greek Theatre and Its Festivals
› Greek Playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
› Aristotle's Ideas on Tragedy
› Dramatic Structure and Freytag's Pyramid
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: The function of the director — 3 classes
› The Director's Role in a Production
› Autocratic, Democratic and Collaborative Directing
› Choosing a Directorial Style for a Scene
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: The actor – basic techniques of acting — 10 classes
› Understanding Emotions Begins: Bharata's Verse, and the Bhava and Rasa You Learnt in Grade 6
› Exploring Expression Styles: The Same Emotion Shown Two Different Ways
› Where the Voice Comes From: The Three Voice Subsystems
› Activity 1.1: Clarity in Speech and the Tongue Twisters
› Activity 1.2: Diction, Speed, Intonation and Word Impact
› Volume and Pitch: What the Lion, the Mouse and the Owl Teach an Actor
› Activity 1.4: If You Are an Actor - Choosing Volume and Pitch for Three Lines
› Building a Role: Body, Voice and Character
› Method Acting: A Truthful Approach to Performance
› Principles of Movement for the Actor
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Movement and approaches — 6 classes
› Body Positions on Stage
› Stage Directions and the Nine Stage Zones
› Blocking a Scene
› Turns and Gestures
› Entries and Exits
› Putting Movement and Blocking Together in a Short Scene
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: The stage — 4 classes
› Parts of the Stage: On Stage and Off Stage Areas
› Sightlines and the Point of Power
› Proscenium, Thrust and Arena Staging
› Other Types of Staging: Black Box, Promenade and Open-Air
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Indian folk theatre — 7 classes
› The Natyashastra: Roots of Indian Theatre
› Nautanki of North India
› Kathakali and Yakshagana: Dance-Drama of the South
› Ramlila: Retelling the Ramayana on Stage
› Jatra of Bengal
› Tamaasha of Maharashtra
› Bhaona of Assam
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Puppetry — 5 classes
› Hand and Glove Puppets
› Marionettes: Puppets on Strings
› Bunraku: The Puppet Theatre of Japan
› Togalu Gombayaata of Karnataka
› Katputli of Rajasthan
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Street Theatre — 3 classes
› Street Theatre: A Brief History
› Street Theatre in India: Voices of Protest and Change
› Creating a Street Play
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Children’s Theatre — 3 classes
› Children's Theatre: A Brief History
› What Makes a Play Right for Children
› Creating a Children's Play
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Composition in Theatre — 3 classes
› Composition and Its Link to Blocking
› Devices of Composition: Levels, Balance and Focus
› Composing a Stage Picture for a Scene
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Picturisation in Theatre — 3 classes
› Purpose and Objective of Picturisation
› Creating Mood Through Picturisation
› Applying Picturisation to a Scene
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Rhythm — 3 classes
› Internal Rhythm of a Character
› External Rhythm of a Scene
› Rhythm in Speech for Actors
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Dramatisation — 3 classes
› What Is Dramatisation?
› The Purpose of Dramatisation: Turning Stories into Scenes
› Dramatising a Short Story
• Drama: Section A - Drama as Art: Literature — 6 classes
› The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Grusha and the Child in Brecht's Play
› Brecht's Epic Theatre in The Caucasian Chalk Circle
› Antigone: The Law of the State Against the Law of Conscience
› Antigone: Characters and Dramatic Structure
› Julius Caesar for Applied Assessment: The Plot Against Caesar
› Julius Caesar for Applied Assessment: Characters and Themes
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Use of the stage: Application of theatre elements — 3 classes
› Set Design: Planning the Stage Picture
› Using Blocking, Body Positions and Stage Directions with a Set
› Theatre Elements Working Together on Stage
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: The production process — 5 classes
› Scripting: From Idea to Playscript
› Auditions and Casting
› Rehearsals: Planning and Running Them
› Technical Rehearsals and Dress Rehearsal
› Bringing the Production Together for Performance
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Sets — 3 classes
› Stage Equipment Used in a Set
› Furniture and Props on a Set
› Special Effects Apparatus
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Properties — 3 classes
› Types of Props: Hand Props, Set Props and Personal Props
› Using Props in a Scene
› Making and Managing Props
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Lighting — 5 classes
› Stage Lanterns and Their Uses
› Purpose of Stage Lighting and Creating Mood
› The Lighting Designer's Work
› Rigging Lights Safely
› Lighting Consoles and Cueing
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Sound — 3 classes
› Basic Sound Equipment in the Theatre
› The Influence of Music in Theatre
› The Sound Designer's Work
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Costumes — 3 classes
› Why Costume Matters in a Play
› Period Costumes
› The Costume Designer's Work
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Make-up — 4 classes
› Distinctive Aspects of Kathakali: Make-up Types, Costume, Expression and Orchestra
› Uses of Make-up in Theatre
› Types of Stage Make-up: Straight, Character and Special Effects
› Applying Basic Stage Make-up
• Drama: Section B - Technical aspects of Drama: Stage management — 3 classes
› Functions of the Stage Manager
› The Prompt Book and Calling Cues
› Running a Show Backstage
| 48 |
Yoga |
21 chapters
· 110 classes
100 marks
|
• The Human Skeleton — 8 classes
› Anatomy, Physiology and the Living Bone
› The Five Types of Bone, and Cartilage
› Tendons, Ligaments and Range of Motion
› Joints and How They Are Classified
› The Six Types of Synovial Joint
› The Skeletal System
› The axial and appendicular skeleton
› The curves of the spine and the rib cage
• The Muscular System — 7 classes
› Muscular and Respiratory Systems
› Effects of Physical Activity on Bones and Muscles
› Organ Systems and How the Body Moves
› Types of muscles: skeletal, smooth and cardiac
› How muscles attach to bone, and agonist and antagonist pairs
› Important muscles of the body and what they do
› Good posture and why it matters
• The Respiratory System — 6 classes
› Breathing, Respiration and Double Circulation
› Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
› 4.5 Dive into Pranayama: Techniques for Breath Control
› Parts of the respiratory system and the path of air
› Intercostal muscles, diaphragm, ribs and sternum in breathing
› How yoga cultures the breath
• The Digestive System — 4 classes
› The alimentary canal: mouth, food pipe and stomach
› Small intestine, large intestine and the helping organs
› Location and function of each part of the digestive system
› A healthy diet and its importance
• Valmiki — 5 classes
› Valmiki's early life before he became a sage
› Narada's meeting with Valmiki and the change of heart
› From Mara to Rama: how Valmiki became a seer
› Valmiki and the writing of the Ramayana
› Lava and Kusha: Valmiki as teacher
• Kabir — 5 classes
› Kabir's birth and early life
› Kabir and his teacher Ramananda
› Kabir as a social and religious rebel
› The Kabir Bijak
› Kabir's dohas and their message
• Mirabai — 5 classes
› Mirabai's early life
› Mirabai's devotion to Krishna
› Mirabai's marriage and the trials she faced
› Mirabai's poems and songs
› Mirabai in Vrindavan and her last days
• Ramakrishna Paramhansa — 5 classes
› Ramakrishna's early life
› Ramakrishna's marriage to Saradamani
› Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar
› Bhairavi Brahmani and Totapuri as his teachers
› Miraculous events in Ramakrishna's life
• Guru and Shishya — 4 classes
› The importance of a Guru in yoga
› Qualities of a Guru
› Types of shishya
› The guru-shishya relationship
• The four Purusharthas, the four Ashramas — 3 classes
› The four Purusharthas: dharma, artha, kama and moksha
› The four Ashramas: brahmacharya to sannyasa
› How the Purusharthas and Ashramas fit together in a life
• The four Margas (Bhakti, Karma, Raja, Jnana) — 7 classes
› Major Schools of Yoga: Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Patanjali and Hatha
› Ashtanga Yoga: Meaning and the Eight Limbs
› 4.2 Understand the Eight Limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
› Bhakti yoga: the path of devotion
› Karma yoga: karma kaushalam, nishkama karma and samatvam
› Raja yoga and Ashtanga yoga
› Jnana yoga: the path of knowledge
• Patanjali and his contributions to Yoga — 3 classes
› Introduction to Patanjali Yoga Sutra
› 4.1 Explore the Philosophy of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras
› The life of Patanjali and his three great works
• Ashtanga Yoga as defined in the Yoga Sutras — 9 classes
› 4.3 Analyze the Philosophical Principles of Yama and Niyama
› 4.4 Practice Asanas: Foundations of Physical Discipline
› 4.6 Apply Meditation and Samadhi in Daily Life
› 4.2 Understand the Eight Limbs of Yoga
› Bahiranga and Antaranga sadhana: outer and inner practice
› The five Yamas
› The five Niyamas
› Kriya Yoga: tapas, svadhyaya and Ishvara pranidhana
› Pranayama, pratyahara and dharana as steps toward dhyana
• An Understanding of Yoga — 3 classes
› Yoga: Etymology, Definition, Aim, Objectives and Misconceptions
› Yoga versus physical exercise
› Mind-body-spirit harmony through yoga
• Hatha Yoga — 5 classes
› 4.3 Examine Hatha Yoga: History and Physical Practices
› 4.4 Analyze the Benefits of Hatha Yoga for Mind and Body
› Introduction to Hatha Pradipika
› Ha and Tha: sun and moon aspects in muscles and breath
› The nadis: Ida, Pingala and Sushumna
• Psychological aspect of an asana practice — 5 classes
› The reactivity threshold in asana practice
› Meditative asanas and the mind
› Forward bending and back bending asanas and the mind
› Standing and balancing asanas and the mind
› Inverted asanas and the mind
• Pancha Koshas — 8 classes
› Holistic Health, and the Five Sheaths
› Pranamaya and Manomaya Kosha
› Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya Kosha
› Exploring the Panchakosha in Five Days
› Pancha Kosha: The Five Layers, and Annamaya Kosha the Physical Sheath
› Pranamaya, Manomaya and Vijnanamaya Koshas: Energy, Mind and Wisdom
› Anandamaya Kosha, and the Eight Limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
› Holistic Approach of Yoga to Health and Disease
• Pancha Pranas — 4 classes
› Pancha Pranas: the five movements of prana
› Prana and Apana: location and function
› Samana and Udana: location and function
› Vyana: location and function
• The Seven Chakras — 4 classes
› The seven chakras: an overview
› Muladhara and Svadhisthana: location, function, element and colour
› Manipura and Anahata: location, function, element and colour
› Vishuddhi, Ajna and Sahasrara: location, function, element and colour
• Sutras — 3 classes
› Study of Selected Sutras of Patanjali
› Yoga Sutra 2.29: the eight limbs and their meaning
› Yoga Sutra 2.46: steady and comfortable posture
• Yogachara: wellness through the four pillars of yoga — 7 classes
› Yoga Diet and Its Importance in Yoga Sadhana
› Dincharya and Ritucharya in a Yogic Lifestyle
› Yogic Attitudes and Practices
› Role of Yoga in Health Promotion
› Vihar: relaxation and recreation in a yogic life
› Achar: discipline and conduct
› Vichar: thoughts and their effect on health
| 50 |
Environmental Application |
27 chapters
· 126 classes
100 marks
|
• Understanding ecosystems- threats and conservation measures — 8 classes
› 4.1 Understand the Importance of Conservation in Our Ecosystems
› 4.2 Identify Local Species and Their Roles in Biodiversity
› 4.4 Discuss the Impact of Human Activities on the Environment
› 4.6 Present Solutions for Community-Based Conservation Initiatives
› What Is Biodiversity
› Importance and Loss of Biodiversity
› Conservation of Biodiversity
› Threats to Ecosystems: Habitat Loss, Pollution, Invasive Species and Climate Change
• Resource depletion — 6 classes
› Three Categories by Use: Life, Materials, Energy
› The Condition on Renewability: Melting Glaciers and the Tuna
› Non-Renewable Resources: Why India's Coal Has About Fifty Years
› Stewardship: Groundwater Drawn Too Fast, Soil Fed Too Hard
› Punjab's Groundwater: The Green Revolution's Long Bill, and Fig. 1.17
› Resources: Meaning, Classification and Planning
• Waste generation — 7 classes
› 2.1 Identify Different Types of Waste and Their Sources
› 2.2 Explore the Impact of Waste on the Environment
› 2.3 Discover the Principles of the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
› 2.4 Learn Effective Sorting Techniques for Recycling
› 2.5 Implement a Personal Waste Reduction Plan
› Exemplar Project 1: Bio-degradable and Non-biodegradable Wastes
› Managing Waste in Our Cities: Segregation, Composting and Landfills
• Economic disparities — 4 classes
› What Economic Disparity Means: Income, Wealth and Access
› Rich and Poor Countries: Why Resource Use Differs
› How Disparity Shapes Pressure on Natural Resources
› Reducing Disparity: Fair Access to Resources
• Land use — 3 classes
› Land Resources and Land Use Pattern
› Land Degradation and Conservation
› Changing Land Use: From Forest and Farm to Town
• Biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem — 5 classes
› 13.1 Eco-system: What are Its Components?
› Table 12.1: Biotic and Abiotic Components, and How a Fish Lives in a Pond
› Sharing One Habitat, 12.2 What a Population Is, and Activity 12.2
› From Population to Community, How Pollination Works, and Activity 12.3
› What an Ecosystem Is, Aquatic and Terrestrial, and the Ladder of Fig. 12.7
• Food chains, food web and trophic levels; Flow of energy through an ecosystem — 5 classes
› 13.1.1 Food Chains and Webs, and the Flow of Energy
› Table 12.4, and the Words for Who Eats What
› Activity 12.6's Food Chain, and Activity 12.7: Building the Pyramid
› Trophic Levels, and Activity 12.8: From Food Chain to Food Web
› 12.6 Decomposers and Saprotrophs, and the Migratory Birds of Khichan
• Ecological niche, habitat and micro habitat — 5 classes
› 7.1.1 The Importance of Variation
› Habitat: The Address of an Organism
› Micro Habitats: Small Homes Within a Habitat
› Ecological Niche: The Role an Organism Plays
› Competition and Niche Overlap Between Species
• Succession and regeneration — 4 classes
› Ecological Succession: Meaning and Stages
› Primary and Secondary Succession
› Pioneer Species and the Climax Community
› Regeneration: How Damaged Ecosystems Recover
• Ecotypes — 3 classes
› What an Ecotype Is: One Species, Different Local Forms
› How Climate and Soil Produce Ecotypes
› Ecotypes in Indian Plants and Animals
• Concept of species — 4 classes
› The Hierarchy of Classification
› Binomial Nomenclature
› 1.2 Taxonomic Categories
› What a Species Is: Members That Breed Together
• Extinction of species — 5 classes
› Wildlife and Wildlife Conservation
› What Extinction Means: Local and Global
› Causes of Extinction: Natural and Human
› Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct: The Red List Categories
› Extinct and Endangered Species of India
• Indigenous species — 3 classes
› Indigenous Species: Meaning and Examples
› Why Indigenous Species Matter to a Local Ecosystem
› Protecting Indigenous Species and Traditional Knowledge
• Introduced species — 4 classes
› Introduced Species: How and Why They Arrive
› Invasive Species and the Harm They Cause
› Introduced Species in India: Examples and Lessons
› Controlling Invasive Species
• Endemic species — 4 classes
› India as a Biodiversity Hotspot
› Endemic Species: Meaning and Why They Are Rare
› Endemic Species of the Western Ghats and the Himalaya
› Endemic Species of the Islands and Their Risk
• Keystone species — 3 classes
› Keystone Species: The Species an Ecosystem Depends On
› Examples of Keystone Species: Tigers, Elephants, Bees and Sea Otters
› What Happens When a Keystone Species Is Lost
• Kinds of ecosystems — 5 classes
› Multiple Choice Questions
› Ecosystems, and What Makes the Earth 'Just Right' for Life
› Natural and Artificial Ecosystems
› Terrestrial Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland and Desert
› Aquatic Ecosystems: Freshwater, Marine and Wetland
• Conservation strategies — 4 classes
› 4.5 Create a Personal Action Plan for Sustainable Living
› In-situ Conservation: National Parks, Sanctuaries and Biosphere Reserves
› Ex-situ Conservation: Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Seed Banks
› Laws and Agreements That Protect Nature
• Value of bio-diversity — 4 classes
› Why Biodiversity Matters: Food, Medicine and Materials
› Ecological Value of Biodiversity: Pollination, Soil and Water
› Cultural, Aesthetic and Ethical Value of Biodiversity
› Putting a Value on Nature: Ecosystem Services
• People as resources — 4 classes
› People as a Resource: Meaning and Human Capital
› Education and Health as Tools to Build Human Resources
› Skills, Work and Productivity in Our Economy
› Human Resources and Sustainable Development
• Impact of modern technology on resources — 4 classes
› Technology and Resource Use: Faster Extraction
› Benefits of Modern Technology for Saving Resources
› Technology Harms: Pollution, E-waste and Overuse
› Choosing Green Technology
• Urbanisation and its impact — 5 classes
› Population density in cities
› What leads to urbanisation? The process of urbanisation
› Challenges faced by cities
› Planning our cities
› Impact of Urbanisation: Heat Islands, Waste and Water Stress
• Ecological footprint of a city — 4 classes
› Ecological Footprint: Meaning and How It Is Measured
› Footprint of a City: Food, Energy, Water and Waste
› Comparing the Footprints of Different Cities
› Reducing a City's Ecological Footprint
• Population (questioning Malthus, carrying capacity) — 7 classes
› Population at a glance
› What determines the population of a country?
› Birth and fertility rates
› Death rate and migration
› How do countries experience population change?
› Malthus's Idea of Population and Food: Questioning It
› Carrying Capacity of an Environment
• Poverty — 4 classes
› Poverty: Meaning and Measures
› Causes of Poverty and Its Links to the Environment
› Poverty in India: Who Is Poor and Where
› Ways to Reduce Poverty
• Agriculture — 8 classes
› Types of Farming: Subsistence and Commercial
› Cropping Seasons and Major Cereal Crops
› Pulses, Sugarcane, Oil Seeds and Beverage Crops
› Horticulture and Fibre Crops
› Technological and Institutional Reforms
› Nurturing the Soil: Crop Rotation, Contour Ploughing and Panchagavya against Terracing and Precise Fertiliser
› Traditional Systems and the Green Revolution: Fig. 1.17's Terraces, Kulāgar, Gokṛiṣhi, Fig. 1.18 and Fig. 1.19
› The Costs of the Green Revolution and Sustainable Pathways: Sikkim, Neem, and Fig. 1.20's Three Heritage Systems
• Towards a world without hunger — 4 classes
› Hunger and Food Security: Meaning and Measures
› Causes of Hunger: Production, Distribution and Access
› Food Security Schemes in India
› Sustainable Farming and Reducing Food Waste for Zero Hunger
| 51 |
Mass Media & Communication |
25 chapters
· 114 classes
100 marks
|
• Understanding Communication — 6 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Mass Media and Mass Communication: Definition and Functions
› Aspects of Mass Communication
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Defining Communication: Keith Davis, John Adair and Louis Allen
› Features of Communication that All Definitions Share
• Evolution of Human Communication — 6 classes
› 4.1 Explore the Evolution of Digital Media: From Blogs to Podcasts
› Petroglyphs and Pictograms: The First Pictures
› Ideograms and the Birth of Writing
› From Handwriting to Printed Words
› Audio-Visual Communication: Sound and Moving Pictures
› Digital and Internet-Based Communication
• Elements of Communication — 5 classes
› 1.2 Explore Linear Communication Models and Their Applications
› The Sender and the Message
› The Medium: Channels of Communication
› The Receiver and Feedback
› Identifying the Five Elements in Real Situations
• Process of Communication — 4 classes
› 1.3 Analyze Interactive Communication Models in Modern Media
› Encoding: Turning an Idea into a Message
› Decoding: Making Sense of a Message
› Noise and Breakdowns in the Communication Process
• Functions of Communication — 4 classes
› Communication to Inform
› Communication to Educate
› Communication to Entertain
› Communication to Integrate Society
• Forms of Communication — 6 classes
› Pros and Cons of Written, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
› Pros and Cons of Written, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
› Oral Communication
› Written Communication
› Non-Verbal Communication: Gestures, Expressions and Posture
› Formal and Informal Communication
• Definition of Mass Media — 4 classes
› Media Literacy and an Introduction to Mass Media
› 1.1 Identify Key Concepts in Mass Communication Models
› What Mass Media Means: Definition and Characteristics
› Mass Media and Interpersonal Communication Compared
• Timeline — 11 classes
› Evolution of Hindi Cinema: D.G. Phalke and the Silent Era
› Hindi Cinema: Coming of Sound, the Studio Era and the Post-Independence Era
› Evolution of Television: Doordarshan, Colour TV and Satellite Transmission
› Evolution of Print Media and Print Journalism in India
› Evolution of Radio in India: Before and After Independence
› Evolution of New Media: The Internet in India
› 3.1 Explore the History and Evolution of Radio Broadcast
› Block Printing, the Printing Press and the First Newspapers
› Gramophone, Camera and Cinema
› Radio and Television on the Timeline
› The Internet and New Media on the Timeline
• Types of Mass Media — 10 classes
› 3.2 Understand the Components of a Radio Studio
› 3.4 Analyze the Fundamentals of Television Production
› Content Analysis of Radio Programmes
› Content Analysis of Newspapers: Macro and Micro Composition
› Content Analysis of Periodicals: Macro and Micro Composition
› Features and Functions of Print Media
› Features and Functions of Radio
› Features and Functions of Television
› Features and Functions of Cinema
› Features and Functions of the Internet
• A brief history — 4 classes
› Stone Carving and Early Written Records
› Chinese Wood Blocks and Block Printing
› Gutenberg and the Printing Press
› The First Newspapers
• Types of Print Media — 4 classes
› Newspapers and Magazines
› Books and Journals
› Leaflets, Brochures and Flyers
› Posters and Their Use in Communication
• Types of Newspapers — 3 classes
› Newspapers by Frequency: Daily, Weekly and More
› Newspapers by Geographical Distribution
› Newspaper Versions: Print, E-Paper and Online
• Radio Broadcasting in India – AIR — 4 classes
› The Beginning of Radio in India and the Establishment of All India Radio
› All India Radio during the Second World War
› Radio in Post-Independence India
› The Arrival of Private Radio Stations
• Characteristics of Radio — 3 classes
› Radio as an Audio and Wireless Medium
› Why Radio Is Inexpensive and Reaches Far
› Radio as a Mobile and Live Medium
• Radio Equipment — 4 classes
› The Radio Transmitter
› The Radio Receiver
› AM and FM Broadcasting Compared
› Satellite Radio
• Types of Radio Broadcasting — 3 classes
› Public Service Radio Broadcasting
› Private Radio Broadcasting
› Community Radio
• Online and Amateur Radio (HAM Radio) — 3 classes
› What Online Radio Is and Its Impact
› Amateur (HAM) Radio: Definition and Impact
› Online Radio and HAM Radio Compared
• Definition — 3 classes
› What Advertising Is: Definition and Meaning
› Elements of an Advertisement
› Advertising and Other Forms of Persuasion
• Functions of Advertising — 3 classes
› Building Brand Image and Awareness
› Creating Demand and Increasing Sales
› Facing Competition and Raising Profits
• Models of Advertising — 3 classes
› The AIDA Model: Attention, Interest, Desire and Action
› The DAGMAR Model
› Applying AIDA and DAGMAR to a Real Advertisement
• Principles of Advertising — 4 classes
› Creativity and Research in Advertising
› Consistency, Frequency and Simplicity
› Ethics in Advertising
› The Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
• A brief history of the Internet — 4 classes
› Information Theory and Wide Area Networks
› Packet Switching and ARPANET
› TCP/IP and the Growth of the Internet
› The Birth of the World Wide Web
• Internet, Intranet and World Wide Web (www) — 3 classes
› What the Internet Is
› Intranet: A Private Network
› The World Wide Web and How It Differs from the Internet
• Internet utilities — 7 classes
› 4.2 Identify Key Features and Functions of Blogging Platforms
› 4.6 Analyze the Impact of Social Media on Digital Journalism
› Browsing the Web and Using Email
› Online Broadcasting and Social Networking
› Online Gaming and FTP
› Online Banking and E-Commerce
› Video Conferencing and Digital Marketing
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) — 3 classes
› What Artificial Intelligence Is and How Media Uses It
› Positive Impacts of AI on Media
› Negative Impacts of AI on Media: Deepfakes and Misinformation
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Robotics and Artificial Intelligence |
22 chapters
· 161 classes
100 marks
|
• Understanding Robots — 5 classes
› What Is a Robot?
› Characteristics of a Robot: Sensing, Thinking and Acting
› Benefits of Robots over Humans: Quality, Productivity and Efficiency
› Robots in Hazardous Environments and Over Long Working Spans
› Limitations of Robots
• Evolution of Robots; Laws of Robotics — 4 classes
› From Early Automata to the First Industrial Robots
› Milestones in Robots from the 1900s to Today
› What Is Robotics? Definition and Scope
› Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
• Classification of Robots — 5 classes
› Field-based Robots: Aerial, Ground and Underwater
› Control-based Robots: Manual and Automatic
› Bio-inspired Robots: Humanoids
› Bio-inspired Robots: Birds, Snakes and Insects
› Choosing the Right Type of Robot for a Task
• Real world Robots and their applications — 6 classes
› Domestic Robots
› Industrial Robots
› Medical Robots
› Robots in Defence
› Robots in Entertainment
› Robots in Agriculture
• Building blocks of Robots — 6 classes
› General Block Diagram of a Robot
› The Mechanical Block: Body, Frame and Actuators
› The Electronic Block: Sensors, Controller and Power Supply
› The Computational Block: How a Robot Processes and Decides
› Design Aspects of Humanoid and Mobile Robots
› Design Aspects of Aerial and Underwater Robots
• Identification of Robots — 5 classes
› Identifying Robots from Demonstrations, Videos and Pictures
› Recognising an Industrial Robotic Arm
› Recognising a Humanoid Robot
› Recognising a Mobile Robot
› A Robot's Body Can Take Any Form
• Types of motion; motion in one-dimension and two-dimension; types of joints and links — 5 classes
› Linear, Angular and Circular Motion
› Motion in One Dimension
› Motion in Two Dimensions
› Links: Rigid and Soft
› Joints: Prismatic, Revolute and Spherical
• Using links and joints to create specific motion — 4 classes
› How Links and Joints Combine to Create Motion
› Finding Links and Joints in Everyday Mechanisms
› Links and Joints in Industrial Robot Arms
› Designing a Simple Jointed Arm
• Degree of freedom of a robot — 4 classes
› Degree of Freedom: Meaning
› Counting Degrees of Freedom from Illustrations
› Degrees of Freedom of Arms and Grippers
› How Degrees of Freedom Decide What a Robot Can Do
• Meaning and brief history — 7 classes
› What is Artificial Intelligence?
› Evolution of AI
› 1.1 Define Artificial Intelligence and Its Key Concepts
› 1.2 Explore the History and Evolution of AI Technology
› What Artificial Intelligence Means
› AI Terminologies: Machine Learning and Deep Learning
› The Turing Test: How It Works, Its Use and Importance
• Applications and Benefits of AI — 11 classes
› 4.1 Identify Key Real-World AI Applications in Various Industries
› 4.2 Analyze Case Studies of AI in Healthcare and Medicine
› 4.3 Explore AI Utilization in Finance and Banking Sector
› 4.4 Investigate the Role of AI in Environmental Conservation Efforts
› 1.5 Investigate Real-World Applications of AI in Various Industries
› The Three Domains of AI and Everyday Applications
› More AI Applications, and the Three Strands of a Braid
› 4.6 Develop a Mini-Project Showcasing AI Applications in Daily Life
› Benefits and Limitations of AI
› AI in Transport, Security and Defence
› AI in Entertainment, Commerce and Agriculture
• Ethical considerations in AI — 14 classes
› 2.1 Define and Discuss Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
› 2.2 Identify Examples of Bias in AI Systems
› 2.3 Explore the Impact of AI Bias on Society
› 2.4 Analyze Case Studies of Ethical Dilemmas in AI
› Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and the Five Pillars of AI Ethics
› Bias in AI: Awareness and Sources of Bias
› Mitigating Bias in AI Systems
› Bias and Fairness in Data and Models
› Responsible Use of Data: Transparency, Accountability and Laws
› 4.5 Evaluate Ethical Considerations in Real-World AI Implementations
› 2.6 Create a Presentation on Ethical AI Practices
› 1.6 Analyze Ethical Considerations and Future Trends in AI
› More Tools, and the Ethical Considerations of Generative AI
› Interpretability and Explainability in AI
• Data and Information: Types of Data (audio, visual, numeric, text); Data to Information — 6 classes
› 3.1 Identify Different Types of Data in Datasets
› 3.2 Explore Data Sources and Their Relevance
› What Is Data?
› Data vs Information
› The DIKW Model: From Data to Wisdom
› Identifying, Acquiring and Exploring Relevant Data before an AI Project
• Evolution of Computing: Pre AI/ML Binary Logic System, Conditional Gates, Deterministic computing for deterministic problems — 6 classes
› Binary Logic and Conditional Gates before AI
› Deterministic Computing: Same Input, Same Output
› Limits of Deterministic Computing
› Deterministic and Probabilistic Problems in Real Life
› Why We Need AI: Handling Doubt and Chance
› AI Discretion: Decisions beyond Fixed Rules
• Familiarization with Python — 6 classes
› 3.1 Understand Python Syntax Basics
› 1.1 Understand Python Basics for Data Analysis
› 1.1 Explore the Basics of Python Programming for Data Science
› Basics of Python: Character Set, Tokens and Modes
› Why Python? Uses and Advantages of a High-level Language
› Setting Up Python: The Interpreter, IDLE and a First Program
• Introduction to data types and variables — 6 classes
› 3.2 Explore Data Types and Variables in Python
› 1.2 Explore Python Data Types and Structures
› Simple Program Structure, Indentation, Variables and Assignment
› Numeric and Boolean Types
› Sequence Types: Strings, Lists and Tuples
› Sets and Dictionaries
• Introduction to Operators — 5 classes
› Data Types, Operators and Expressions in Python
› Arithmetic and Assignment Operators
› Comparison and Logical Operators
› Identity and Membership Operators
› Kinds of Statements in Python
• Conditional Statements — 6 classes
› 3.4 Create Simple Conditional Statements
› Control Statements: Selection in Python
› Blocks and the if Statement
› The if-else Statement and Nested if
› The if-elif-else Ladder: Choosing among Many Cases
› Shorthand Conditional Statements
• Control Statements — 6 classes
› 3.5 Use Loops for Repetitive Tasks in Python
› Control Statements: Iteration in Python
› The while Loop
› The for Loop over a Range and over Lists, Tuples, Strings and Dictionaries
› Nested Loops
› break, continue and pass
• Functions — 5 classes
› 1.3 Implement Basic Python Functions for Data Handling
› Built-in Functions in Python
› User-defined Functions and Modularity
› Arguments: Fixed, Default and Variable-length
› Returning Values from a Function
• AI Concepts — 13 classes
› 1.3 Identify Different Types of AI: Narrow vs. General AI
› 1.4 Examine AI Technologies: Machine Learning and Deep Learning
› Types of AI
› Domains of AI
› AI Domains in Everyday Life
› 2.1 Define Neural Networks and Their Importance in AI
› 2.2 Explore the Structure of a Basic Neural Network
› 2.3 Understand the Role of Neurons and Activation Functions
› Computer Vision and AI
› Artificial Neural Networks
› Strong AI and Weak AI Compared
› Expert Systems and the Eliza Program
› Natural Language Processing
• Components and Stages (alias AI Project Cycle) — 26 classes
› The AI Project Cycle: Six Stages, First Guesses
› 1.2.1 Problem Scoping: Definition and Choosing a Theme
› From Theme to Topic to Goal
› The 4Ws Problem Canvas: Who, What, Where, Why
› The Problem Statement Template, Worked for Pest Management
› 1.2.2 Data Acquisition: Training Data, Testing Data, Data Features
› Ways to Acquire Data, and Why the Source Must Be Reliable
› 1.2.3 Data Exploration: A Recap Quiz, and Why We Explore Before Modelling
› Why We Visualise Data
› Five Data Visualisation Techniques, Worksheet by Worksheet
› Sketchy Graphs: Picking a Representation, Finding a Trend
› 1.2.4 Modelling Begins: Telling AI, ML and DL Apart
› Rule-Based Models: Fixed Rules, and the Golf Example
› Learning-Based Models: The Apple-or-Banana Example
› 1.2.5 Evaluation Begins: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, and the First Forest-Fire Case
› True Negative, False Positive, False Negative: Finishing the Forest-Fire Cases
› The ROC Curve, and Chapter Review
› 5.1 Define the AI Project Cycle: Understand Key Stages
› 5.2 Identify Project Goals: Setting Clear Objectives for AI
› 5.3 Gather and Analyze Data: Essential Steps in Planning
› 5.4 Design and Develop the AI Model: Building Basics
› 5.5 Test and Validate the AI System: Ensuring Reliability
› Revisiting the AI Project Cycle
› Revision Time: Problem Scoping
› Revision Time: Data Exploration
› Why We Evaluate Models
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Assistant Beauty Therapist |
24 chapters
· 148 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 3 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Communication Styles: Assertive, Aggressive, Passive-aggressive and Submissive
› 4.4 Develop Effective Client Communication Strategies
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 4 classes
› Meaning of communication and why communication skills matter
› Sender, ideas and encoding in the communication cycle
› Channel, receiver and decoding in the communication cycle
› Feedback and completing the communication cycle
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 3 classes
› What a perspective is in communication
› Visual perception, language and past experiences
› Prejudices, feelings and environment
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 3 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 7 classes
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› Meaning of self-management and its positive results
› Self-management skills
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 3 classes
› Social, cultural and physical factors that build self-confidence
› Getting rid of negative thoughts and thinking positively
› Self-confidence tips: staying happy, clean, smart and with positive people
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 4 classes
› Introduction to ICT
› Role and importance of ICT in personal life
› ICT tools: mobile, tablet, radio, TV and email
› ICT at the workplace
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› Parts of a computer system: CPU, memory, motherboard and storage devices
› Hardware and software
› RAM and ROM: roles and functions
› The Central Processing Unit: role and functions
› Starting and shutting down a computer
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of a computer system — 3 classes
› Input devices: mouse, keyboard, scanner and webcam
› Output devices and their uses
› Connecting and using peripherals
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› Input, process, storage and output
› Communication and networking
› Basic computer skills practice
• Identify various types of business activities — 3 classes
› Service, manufacturing and hybrid businesses
› Businesses and business activities in our community
› Business activities around us
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing the characteristics of entrepreneurship — 3 classes
› Meaning of entrepreneurship development
› Distinguishing characteristics of an entrepreneur
› Role and rewards of entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 4 classes
› Introduction to the environment
› Society, environment and ecosystem: what causes imbalance
› Natural resource conservation
› Environment protection and conservation
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 5 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› What the green economy is
› Why the green economy and green skills are important
• Identify various career opportunities in the beauty sector — 5 classes
› The Beauty and Wellness Industry in India
› Sub-segments of the Beauty and Wellness Sector
› Career Paths for an Assistant Beauty Therapist
› 1.1 Explore the Scope of the Beauty and Wellness Industry
› 1.4 Analyze Different Career Opportunities in the Sector
• Identify different services in beauty therapy — 8 classes
› Services in Beauty Therapy
› Beauty Therapy Services: Manicure, Pedicure, Threading and Waxing
› Beauty Therapy Services: Bleach, Clean-up, Make-up, Hairdo and Mehendi
› Hair structure and the waxing service
› Waxing procedure step by step
› Threading procedure
› Bleaching procedure
› Manicure and Pedicure Techniques and Aftercare Advice
• Prepare and maintain the work area — 9 classes
› Preparing and Maintaining the Treatment Work Area
› Sterilization and Disinfection; Waste Disposal; Hygiene Practices
› Client Record Cards and Pre and Post Treatment Preparation of Clients
› Health and Safety at Work Area: Manufacturer's Instructions and Contra-indications
› Workplace Legislation and Storing and Handling Products, Tools and Equipment
› The Salon Work Area and the Client Record Card
› Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilisation and Sanitising
› Personal Presentation, Waste Disposal and Storing Tools
› Compliance of rules and norms: the Act and the salon's obligations
• Maintain health and safety at the workplace — 13 classes
› Fire Safety: Flammable Items and the Five Classes of Fire
› Fire Extinguishers and the Fires They Fight
› First action in a fire, and first aid for burns
› Rescue techniques in a fire
› Electrical safety: the risks, the causes and electrocution
› The effects of electrocution
› Preventing Electric Shock and Rescuing a Victim
› Chemical safety, and the chemicals in nail and hair products
› The chemicals in dyes, bleaches, glues and removers
› Chemical handling
› Chemical storage, and first aid for chemical exposure
› Posture, Lifting, Carrying and Risks at the Workplace
› Parlour hygiene and personal protective equipment
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the anatomy of hands, nails, and feet — 7 classes
› Why a Beauty Therapist Studies Anatomy
› Bones of the Arm, Hand, Leg and Foot, and What Massage Does for Them
› The Muscular System and What Massage Does for It
› The Nail: Keratin, Growth Rates and its Six Parts
› The Parts of the Nail, One by One
› Structure and Growth of the Nail; Nail Shapes, Conditions and Diseases
› Anatomy and Physiology of Hands and Feet
• Perform manicure services — 16 classes
› Preparing the Work Area for Manicure and Pedicure
› The tools: emery board, orange stick, knife, nipper, scissors, clippers and buffer
› The tools: 3-way buffer, nail brush, hoof stick, rasp and pumice stone
› What a contra-indication is, and those that prevent treatment
› Contra-indications that restrict treatment
› Nail separation, ingrowing nails, split and brittle nails and paronychia
› Identifying weak, brittle and ridged nails and overgrown cuticles
› What manicure is, and what to do before starting
› Manicure steps 1 to 8: consultation, filing and cuticle cream
› Manicure steps 9 to 12: soaking and removing the cuticles
› Manicure steps 13 to 17: the hand massage
› Applying Nail Polish, Coat by Coat
› The five nail shapes, and how to file oval and square
› How to file squoval, round and pointed nails
› After care advice for manicure
› The manicure activities, and what you should now be able to do
• Perform pedicure services — 5 classes
› What Pedicure Is, and How It Differs from Manicure
› Contra-indications for pedicure, and the procedure as far as the first soak
› The rest of the pedicure procedure, from hard skin to the record
› The Pedicure Massage
› After Care Advice for Pedicure
• Carry out application of simple mehendi designs — 7 classes
› What henna and mehendi are, and the rules before applying
› The tools for mehendi, and the two steps of preparation
› The materials of the mehendi mixture
› The method of making the mehendi paste
› Making the Cone and Applying the Design
› Sparkle mehendi, wooden block mehendi and after care advice
› The mehendi activities, and the chapter's questions
• Perform simple hair dressing services — 9 classes
› Why Hair Gets Damaged: Heat and the Environment
› The Four Types of Hair, and Texture and Density
› What Shapes a Hairstyle: Head Shape and Facial Features
› Face Shape, Lifestyle, and the Two Kinds of Hair on the Body
› The Structure of Hair: Bulb, Shaft and Root
› Glands, Muscles and the Hair Growth Cycle
› What Excessive Heat Does to Hair and Scalp
› The last effects of heat, and the common hair and scalp conditions
› Hair and scalp diseases, after care advice, and the session's exercises
• Make common hairdos — 16 classes
› What a hairdo does, and the plait
› The twist and the braid
› The knot and the chignon
› The pleat
› The roll and the ringlets
› The smooth blow dry
› The curly blow dry and tonging
› Straightening and setting the hair
› Hair accessories, and the pins
› The hair clips
› False hair and the head band
› Maang tikkaa, tiara, paranda, net, veil and gajra
› Styling Products and When Each One Goes On
› Combs and brushes
› The dryer, diffuser, tong, straightener and roller
› How Styling Physically Changes the Hair
| 55 |
Assistant Hair Stylist |
28 chapters
· 157 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 1 class
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 4 classes
› What Communication Means and Why It Matters
› Why Good Communication Skills Help in Work and Life
› The Communication Cycle: Sender, Idea and Encoding
› The Communication Cycle: Channel, Receiver, Decoding and Feedback
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 4 classes
› What We Mean by a Perspective in Communication
› How What We See and the Language We Use Shape Understanding
› How Past Experience and Prejudice Colour Our Messages
› How Feelings and Surroundings Change the Way We Communicate
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 3 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 7 classes
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› What Self-Management Means and Its Positive Results
› Everyday Self-Management Skills: Discipline, Responsibility and Control of Emotions
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 5 classes
› Social and Cultural Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Physical Factors and Self-Confidence: Health, Posture and Appearance
› Letting Go of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Finding Happiness in Small Things and Keeping Company with Positive People
› Staying Clean, Hygienic and Smart to Feel Confident
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 5 classes
› What ICT Is and Why It Matters
› ICT in Everyday Life: Examples at Home and in the Neighbourhood
› The Role of ICT at the Workplace
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio and Television
› ICT Tools: Email and Sending a Message Safely
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› The Parts of a Computer System: CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Storage
› Hardware and Software: Telling the Two Apart
› RAM and ROM: What Each Does and How They Differ
› The CPU: The Brain of the Computer
› Starting and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of computer system — 4 classes
› Input Devices: Mouse and Keyboard
› Input Devices: Scanner, Webcam and Microphone
› Output Devices: Monitor, Printer and Speakers
› Connecting and Using Peripherals Safely
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› The Computing Cycle: Input, Process, Storage and Output
› Communication and Networking on a Computer
› Practising Basic Operations: Open, Type, Save and Print
• Identify various types of business activities — 4 classes
› Service Businesses Around Us
› Manufacturing Businesses Around Us
› Hybrid Businesses That Both Make and Serve
› Business Activities in Our Town and Village: A Picture Poster
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing the characteristics of entrepreneurship — 4 classes
› What Entrepreneurship Development Means
› Qualities That Mark an Entrepreneur: Initiative, Risk-Taking and Perseverance
› The Role of Entrepreneurs in Society
› The Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 5 classes
› Our Environment and Its Parts
› Society and Environment: How They Depend on Each Other
› Ecosystems and What Upsets Their Balance
› Why and How We Conserve Natural Resources
› Protecting the Environment in Daily Life and at Work
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 5 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› What the Green Economy Means
› Why a Green Economy Is Important for People and the Planet
• Identify various career opportunities in the beauty sector — 5 classes
› The Beauty and Wellness Industry in India
› Sub-segments of the Beauty and Wellness Sector
› Career Paths for an Assistant Beauty Therapist
› The Beauty and Wellness Industry: Career Opportunities and Service Providers
› Career Path of an Assistant Hair Stylist
• Describe the importance of beauty and hair care — 3 classes
› 3.2 Explore the Importance of Hair Care in Wellness
› 3.6 Create a Personalised Hair Care Routine
› Why Beauty Salons Matter to Clients and the Community
• Identify different services in hair care — 7 classes
› 3.3 Demonstrate Proper Hair Washing Techniques
› 3.4 Master Blow-Drying and Styling Techniques
› 3.5 Learn About Basic Haircuts and Trimming
› 3.3 Demonstrate Proper Hair Washing Techniques
› 3.5 Provide Basic Hair Services: Trimming and Styling
› Conditioning the Hair After Shampooing
› Head Massage as a Hair Care Service
• Prepare and maintain the work area — 9 classes
› Preparing and Maintaining the Treatment Work Area
› Sterilization and Disinfection; Waste Disposal; Hygiene Practices
› Client Record Cards and Pre and Post Treatment Preparation of Clients
› Health and Safety at Work Area: Manufacturer's Instructions and Contra-indications
› Workplace Legislation and Storing and Handling Products, Tools and Equipment
› The Salon Work Area and the Client Record Card
› Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilisation and Sanitising
› Personal Presentation, Waste Disposal and Storing Tools
› Compliance of rules and norms: the Act and the salon's obligations
• Describe health and safety at the workplace — 17 classes
› Fire Safety: Flammable Items and the Five Classes of Fire
› Fire Extinguishers and the Fires They Fight
› First action in a fire, and first aid for burns
› Rescue techniques in a fire
› Electrical safety: the risks, the causes and electrocution
› The effects of electrocution
› Preventing Electric Shock and Rescuing a Victim
› Chemical safety, and the chemicals in nail and hair products
› The chemicals in dyes, bleaches, glues and removers
› Chemical handling
› Chemical storage, and first aid for chemical exposure
› Posture, Lifting, Carrying and Risks at the Workplace
› Parlour hygiene and personal protective equipment
› Self-Grooming to Salon Standards Before the Service
› Choosing Safe and Fit Styling Tools and Products
› Mixing Products in the Right Proportions and Avoiding Spillage
› First Aid for a Reaction to a Hair Product
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the anatomical structure of hair — 3 classes
› The Four Types of Hair, and Texture and Density
› The Structure of Hair: Bulb, Shaft and Root
› Glands, Muscles and the Hair Growth Cycle
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills of common diseases of the hair and scalp — 5 classes
› What Excessive Heat Does to Hair and Scalp
› The last effects of heat, and the common hair and scalp conditions
› Hair and scalp diseases, after care advice, and the session's exercises
› Hair Fall: Causes and Simple Treatment
› Split Ends and Dandruff: Causes and Treatment
• Demonstrate the knowledge of shampoo and conditioner — 5 classes
› 3.2 Explore Essential Hair Care Products
› 3.4 Examine Common Hair Care Products and Their Uses
› Choosing Shampoo for Oily, Dry and Normal Hair and Scalp
› Choosing Conditioner for Different Hair Types
› Why Shampoo and Conditioner Are Important
• Perform shampooing and conditioning service — 9 classes
› 4.5 Develop a Client Consultation Process
› 4.2 Identify Essential Salon Equipment and Tools
› Preparing the Work Area and the Client for a Shampoo
› Equipment and Materials for Shampooing and Conditioning
› Checking Hair and Scalp Condition and Spotting Contra-indications
› Setting the Chair for the Client's Comfort, Privacy and Safety
› Step-by-Step Shampooing and Conditioning Procedure
› Following the Salon's Code of Conduct During the Service
› After-Care Advice and Asking for the Client's Feedback
• Make common hairdos — 16 classes
› What a hairdo does, and the plait
› The twist and the braid
› The knot and the chignon
› The pleat
› The roll and the ringlets
› The smooth blow dry
› The curly blow dry and tonging
› Straightening and setting the hair
› Hair accessories, and the pins
› The hair clips
› False hair and the head band
› Maang tikkaa, tiara, paranda, net, veil and gajra
› Styling Products and When Each One Goes On
› Combs and brushes
› The dryer, diffuser, tong, straightener and roller
› How Styling Physically Changes the Hair
• Describe the customer feedback information — 4 classes
› 4.6 Create a Client Feedback and Follow-up System
› 4.6 Evaluate Customer Feedback to Adjust Pricing and Services
› Accepting Feedback in a Positive Manner
› Filing, Documentation and Routine Reports of Feedback
• Describe scalp massage services — 6 classes
› Client Consultation and Preparation for a Scalp Massage
› Analysing Hair and Scalp Before a Massage
› When Not to Massage: Contra-indications
› Selecting and Preparing Tools, Products and Equipment
› Head Massage and Its Types of Strokes
› Choosing Hair Oil, Serum or Gel as the Massage Medium
• Demonstrate head massage procedure — 7 classes
› Positioning the Client and the Assistant for a Head Massage
› Precautions During a Head Massage
› Head Massage Procedure: Strokes and Techniques
› Zap Points and Chakras of the Head
› Benefits of Head Massage and Factors That Affect It
› Contra-indications and Marma Pressure Points to Avoid
› Code of Conduct and Post-Care Advice for Home Care
• Describe the client feedback information — 2 classes
› Asking Simple Questions to Check the Client's Satisfaction
› Thanking the Client or Apologising Politely
| 56 |
Basic Data Entry Operator |
35 chapters
· 271 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 3 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Visual Communication: Signs, Symbols, Charts and Images
› Choosing the Right Method of Communication for a Situation
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 7 classes
› Meaning of Communication
› Importance of Communication Skills
› Sender, Ideas and Encoding
› The Communication Channel
› Receiver and Decoding
› Feedback: Completing the Cycle
› Putting the Communication Cycle Together
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 7 classes
› What Perspective Means in Communication
› Visual Perception and How We See Things
› Language as a Factor in Communication
› Past Experience Shapes What We Understand
› Prejudices and Their Effect on Communication
› Feelings and Communication
› The Environment and Communication
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 3 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 8 classes
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› What Self-Management Means and Why It Matters
› Positive Results of Self-Management
› Self-Management Skills: Self-Control, Responsibility and Discipline
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 7 classes
› What Self-Confidence Is
› Social Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Cultural Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Physical Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Getting Rid of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Staying Happy with Small Things
› Staying Clean, Hygienic and Smart, and Chatting with Positive People
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 9 classes
› What Information Technology is: data, information and business
› IT applications: home computing, everyday life and the library
› IT at the workplace, and IT in education
› IT in entertainment, communication and business
› IT in science, banking, insurance and marketing
› IT in health care, and the diagnostic machines
› IT in government and public service, and the chapter's exercises
› Introduction to ICT
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio, TV and Email
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 11 classes
› What a Computer Is: Characteristics and Limitations
› Hardware, Software and the Input-Process-Output Cycle
› Inside the Computer: CPU and Memory
› Storage Devices and Units of Memory
› What Software Is and How We Talk to a Computer
› Fundamentals of Computers: Characteristics, Components and Block Diagram
› Input/Output Devices, Storage Devices and Memory Units
› Operating System: Need, Functions and Types
› RAM and ROM: Roles and Functions
› Starting and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
› The Motherboard and What It Connects
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of a computer system — 6 classes
› 1.1 Identify and Describe Basic Hardware Components
› 1.2 Explore the Functions of Input Devices
› 1.3 Examine Output Devices and Their Uses
› 1.5 Investigate Peripheral Connectivity Options
› Mouse and Keyboard as Peripheral Devices
› Scanner, Webcam and Other Peripheral Devices
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 7 classes
› Input Devices: The Keyboard and Pointing Devices
› Output Devices: Monitors and Speakers
› Computer Networks, Their Types and Devices
› Wired and Wireless Networking Technology
› The Internet, Email, Chat and Cloud Computing
› 1.4 Understand Storage Devices and Their Capacity
› Primary Operations of a Computer: Input, Process, Storage and Output
• Identify various types of business activities — 6 classes
› What a Business Is
› Service Businesses
› Manufacturing Businesses
› Hybrid Businesses
› Businesses Found in Our Community
› Business Activities Around Us: A Survey
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship — 6 classes
› Meaning of Entrepreneurship Development
› Who an Entrepreneur Is
› Distinguishing Characteristics of Entrepreneurship
› Creativity, Risk-taking and Leadership in Entrepreneurs
› The Role of Entrepreneurship in Society
› Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 6 classes
› Introduction to the Environment
› The Relationship Between Society and the Environment
› Ecosystems and Their Parts
› Factors That Cause Imbalance in an Ecosystem
› Natural Resource Conservation
› Protecting and Conserving the Environment
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 6 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› What a Green Economy Is
› Why a Green Economy Matters
› Green Skills and Green Jobs
• Appreciate the application of IT in IT-ITeS industry — 13 classes
› IT enabled Services, and BPO services
› The IT-BPM industry in India
› The structure of the IT-BPM industry: MNCs, ISPs and GICs
› What Information Technology is: data, information and business
› IT enabled Services, and BPO services
› The IT-BPM industry in India
› The structure of the IT-BPM industry: MNCs, ISPs and GICs
› IT applications: home computing, everyday life and the library
› IT at the workplace, and IT in education
› IT in entertainment, communication and business
› IT in science, banking, insurance and marketing
› IT in health care, and the diagnostic machines
› IT in government and public service, and the chapter's exercises
• Use data entry tools, keyboard, and mouse — 22 classes
› Keyboarding skills and the touch method
› Types of keys on a computer keyboard
› The numeric keypad, and the home and guide keys
› Typing and deleting text, capitals and symbols
› Sentences, new lines, and the cursor as a guide
› Pointing devices, the mouse and the mouse pointer
› The six mouse operations
› Typing ergonomics
› Positioning of fingers, and the home row
› The third row, the first row, and the number row
› Successful keyboarding tips, and checking your ergonomics
› Keyboarding skills and the touch method
› Types of keys on a computer keyboard
› The numeric keypad, and the home and guide keys
› Typing and deleting text, capitals and symbols
› Sentences, new lines, and the cursor as a guide
› Pointing devices, the mouse and the mouse pointer
› The six mouse operations
› Typing ergonomics
› Positioning of fingers, and the home row
› The third row, the first row, and the number row
› Successful keyboarding tips, and checking your ergonomics
• Use typing software — 12 classes
› Rapid Typing Tutor, and the three stages of touch typing
› The Rapid Typing Tutor window, and starting a lesson
› Interpreting your results: the Rating and Errors tabs
› Viewing statistics, and the lesson editor
› Calculating typing speed: WPM, CPM, KPM and net speed
› Accuracy, rhythm, slowdown, the overall rating and the records
› Rapid Typing Tutor, and the three stages of touch typing
› The Rapid Typing Tutor window, and starting a lesson
› Interpreting your results: the Rating and Errors tabs
› Viewing statistics, and the lesson editor
› Calculating typing speed: WPM, CPM, KPM and net speed
› Accuracy, rhythm, slowdown, the overall rating and the records
• Start the word processing application — 12 classes
› From handwritten documents to the typewriter
› Word processing software and what it can do
› LibreOffice, and the report we are going to build
› Starting Writer, and creating, saving and opening a document
› The parts of the Writer window
› Moving the cursor
› From handwritten documents to the typewriter
› Word processing software and what it can do
› LibreOffice, and the report we are going to build
› Starting Writer, and creating, saving and opening a document
› The parts of the Writer window
› Moving the cursor
• Edit the document — 8 classes
› Editing: undo, cut, copy, paste and selecting text
› Selection tricks, non-consecutive text and vertical blocks
› Find and Replace, Go to Page, and non-printing characters
› Spelling, grammar and the thesaurus
› Editing: undo, cut, copy, paste and selecting text
› Selection tricks, non-consecutive text and vertical blocks
› Find and Replace, Go to Page, and non-printing characters
› Spelling, grammar and the thesaurus
• Format the document — 12 classes
› Page setup, and the four ways of formatting text
› Changing case, superscript and subscript
› Paragraph style, indenting, aligning and colouring
› Bullets and numbering, and paragraph colour, border and background
› Page styles, page breaks, headers, footers and borders
› Page setup, and the four ways of formatting text
› Changing case, superscript and subscript
› Paragraph style, indenting, aligning and colouring
› Bullets and numbering, and paragraph colour, border and background
› Page styles, page breaks, headers, footers and borders
› Dividing a Page into Columns and Inserting Special Characters
› Inserting and Formatting Images and Shapes in a Document
• Create and use a table — 4 classes
› What a table is, creating one, and inserting and deleting rows and columns
› Splitting, merging, deleting, copying and moving tables
› What a table is, creating one, and inserting and deleting rows and columns
› Splitting, merging, deleting, copying and moving tables
• Print the document — 6 classes
› Printing a document
› Printing a document
› Printing a Document and Saving in Various Formats
› Print Preview: Checking a Document Before Printing
› Printing All Pages, a Single Page or Selected Pages
› Controlling the Print Job: Copies and Printer Options
• Print the letters using mail merge — 8 classes
› Mail Merge: what it is, and the two documents it needs
› Creating the data source, and starting the Mail Merge Wizard
› Building the address list, the address block and the salutation
› Adjusting the layout, finishing the merge, and the chapter's exercises
› Mail Merge: what it is, and the two documents it needs
› Creating the data source, and starting the Mail Merge Wizard
› Building the address list, the address block and the salutation
› Adjusting the layout, finishing the merge, and the chapter's exercises
• Create a spreadsheet — 12 classes
› What a spreadsheet is, and what Calc can do
› Starting Calc, the title bar and the menu bar
› The toolbars, the formula bar and the worksheet
› Rows, columns, cells and the active cell
› Ranges of cells
› Entering data: selecting a cell, labels and values
› What a spreadsheet is, and what Calc can do
› Starting Calc, the title bar and the menu bar
› The toolbars, the formula bar and the worksheet
› Rows, columns, cells and the active cell
› Ranges of cells
› Entering data: selecting a cell, labels and values
• Enter and edit the text in spreadsheet — 13 classes
› Formulae, and why they begin with an equals sign
› Mathematical operators and the order of evaluation
› Formulae built from cell addresses
› The Stationery Bill worksheet, inserting a column and copying a formula
› Why functions are needed: SUM and AVERAGE
› MAX, MIN and COUNT
› The Format Cells dialog, decimal places, and cells as text
› Formulae, and why they begin with an equals sign
› Mathematical operators and the order of evaluation
› Formulae built from cell addresses
› The Stationery Bill worksheet, inserting a column and copying a formula
› Why functions are needed: SUM and AVERAGE
› MAX, MIN and COUNT
• Format data in the spreadsheet — 9 classes
› Date, time and alignment formats
› Speeding up data entry, and the fill handle for series
› Copying formulae with copy-paste and with the fill handle
› The Format Cells dialog, decimal places, and cells as text
› Date, time and alignment formats
› Speeding up data entry, and the fill handle for series
› Copying formulae with copy-paste and with the fill handle
› Formatting Tools on the Calc Toolbar
› Scientific Format for Very Large and Very Small Numbers
• Use referencing — 4 classes
› Referencing, and relative referencing
› Mixed and absolute referencing, and the thumb rule
› Referencing, and relative referencing
› Mixed and absolute referencing, and the thumb rule
• Introduce the types of charts in Calc — 4 classes
› Charts: why they are used, the types, and creating one
› The quadratic chart, and the chapter's exercises
› Charts: why they are used, the types, and creating one
› The quadratic chart, and the chapter's exercises
• Describe the quality of a good presentation — 4 classes
› What a presentation is, and what Impress is
› The characteristics of a good quality presentation
› What a presentation is, and what Impress is
› The characteristics of a good quality presentation
• Create a presentation — 10 classes
› Starting Impress, the title bar and the menu bar
› The toolbars and panes of Impress, and closing it
› Creating a presentation from a template, choosing a layout and adding text
› Saving a presentation, running a slide show, and HTML and PDF
› Closing, reopening, Help, and adding slides
› Starting Impress, the title bar and the menu bar
› The toolbars and panes of Impress, and closing it
› Creating a presentation from a template, choosing a layout and adding text
› Saving a presentation, running a slide show, and HTML and PDF
› Closing, reopening, Help, and adding slides
• Work with slides — 6 classes
› Slide layout, and copying, moving, deleting and renaming slides
› Editing content: copy, move, delete, undo and redo
› Viewing a presentation
› Slide layout, and copying, moving, deleting and renaming slides
› Editing content: copy, move, delete, undo and redo
› Viewing a presentation
• Format the text in a presentation — 4 classes
› Formatting text
› The Formatting Toolbar and Its Features
› Aligning Text on a Slide
› Bullets and Numbering on Slides
• Create and use a table in a presentation — 4 classes
› Inserting a table and entering data
› Selecting, sizing, bordering and deleting a table
› Inserting a table and entering data
› Selecting, sizing, bordering and deleting a table
• Insert and format an image in the presentation — 8 classes
› Adding and formatting images
› Drawing, grouping and ungrouping objects
› Adding and formatting images
› Drawing, grouping and ungrouping objects
› Modifying an Image with the Image Toolbar
› Resizing and Deleting an Image
› Drawing Objects and Drawing Tools
› Resizing and Grouping Objects
• Work with the slide master — 4 classes
› Slide masters and slide transitions
› Slide masters and slide transitions
› Creating a Slide Master and Applying It to All Slides
› Adding Transitions Between Slides
| 57 |
Dietic Aide |
25 chapters
· 128 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 4 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Pros and Cons of Written, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 4 classes
› Methods and Media of Nutrition Communication
› What Communication Means and Why Communication Skills Matter
› The Communication Cycle: Sender, Ideas and Encoding
› The Communication Cycle: Channel, Receiver, Decoding and Feedback
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 4 classes
› What Perspectives in Communication Are
› Visual Perception and Language as Factors Shaping Perspective
› Past Experience and Prejudices as Factors Shaping Perspective
› Feelings and Environment as Factors Shaping Perspective
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 8 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase, Kinds and Parts of Sentence
› Writing Skills: Parts of Speech, Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 9 classes
› Impressive Appearance, Dressing and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Time Management: Goals, Schedules and To-do Lists
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› What Self-management Means
› Positive Results of Good Self-management
› Self-management Skills: Self-control, Discipline and Responsibility
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 4 classes
› Social, Cultural and Physical Factors That Build Self-confidence
› Getting Rid of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Staying Happy with Small Things and Chatting with Positive People
› Staying Clean, Hygienic and Smart to Feel Confident
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 7 classes
› 6.1 Understanding Communication: Meaning, Types and the Process
› 6.2 Media: Meaning, Classification and Functions
› 6.3 Communication Technology: From Radio to Teleconferencing
› Introduction to Information and Communication Technology
› Role and Importance of ICT in Personal Life and at the Workplace
› ICT in Our Daily Life: Everyday Examples
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio, TV and Email
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› Parts of a Computer System: CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Storage Devices
› Hardware and Software of a Computer System
› RAM and ROM: Their Roles and Functions
› The Central Processing Unit and Its Functions
› Starting and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of computer system — 3 classes
› Input Peripherals: Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner and Webcam
› Output and Storage Peripherals and Their Uses
› Connecting and Using Peripherals Correctly
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› Input, Process, Storage and Output: The Four Basic Operations
› Communication and Networking Using a Computer
› Practice Session: Doing Basic Tasks on a Computer
• Identify various types of business activities — 2 classes
› Types of Businesses: Service, Manufacturing and Hybrid
› Businesses in Our Community and Business Activities Around Us
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship — 3 classes
› What Entrepreneurship Development Means
› Distinguishing Characteristics of Entrepreneurship
› Role and Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 4 classes
› Introduction to the Environment
› Society and Environment: Ecosystems and Factors Causing Imbalance
› Conserving Natural Resources
› Protecting and Conserving the Environment
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 5 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› What the Green Economy Is
› Why the Green Economy Matters
› Green Skills for Everyday Work
• Demonstrate basic understanding of the healthcare sector and functions of a hospital — 6 classes
› Session 1: Describe Healthcare Delivery Systems
› Session 2: Components and Activities of a Hospital
› Session 3: Describe the Roles and Functions of a Clinic
› Healthcare Delivery Systems
› Role of Supporting Departments in a Hospital
› Classification of Hospitals
• Basic understanding of the dietetics department and its facilities — 3 classes
› The Department of Dietetics in a Hospital
› Organizational Chart of the Dietetics Department
› Functions of the Dietetics Department
• Identify food storage equipment, kitchen equipment and articles and their uses — 7 classes
› Importance of Kitchen Equipments
› Care and Maintenance of Equipments
› Knife and its Maintenance
› Safety Procedure for Handling Knives
› Classification of Kitchen Equipment
› Kitchen Knives and Their Maintenance
› Care of Equipment and Appliances; Safety Procedures in Handling
• Demonstrate functions of a dietetic aide — 6 classes
› Session 1: Describe the Role of a Patient Care Assistant
› Session 2: Identify Various Activities of Patient's Daily Care
› Session 3: Describe the Basic Requirements for Patient Comfort
› Supervision of Food Preparation and Food Service by the Dietetic Aide
› Hygiene Maintenance and Patient Comfort in the Dietetic Aide's Role
› Dietary Education, Follow-up and Handling Food-related Issues
• Exhibit the skills and qualities required by a dietetic aide — 4 classes
› Attitude and Behaviour in the Kitchen
› Skills and Knowledge
› Qualities Required in a Hospitality Professional
› Skills, Qualities and Knowledge a Dietetic Aide Needs
• Display ethical behavior — 4 classes
› 5.1 Understand Core Healthcare Ethics and Principles
› 5.5 Apply Hygiene Protocols in a Simulated Healthcare Environment
› Code of Conduct for a Dietetic Aide at the Workplace
› Ethical Behaviour in Practice: Honesty, Confidentiality and Respect for Patients
• Demonstrate steps of hand hygiene — 8 classes
› 4.3 Explore Techniques for Effective Hand Hygiene
› 4.4 Demonstrate Proper Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
› Importance of Personal Hygiene
› Maintenance of Personal Hygiene
› Hand Washing Techniques
› Session 1: Demonstrate Good Hygiene Practice
› Session 3: Perform Hand Washing Methods
› Session 4: Demonstrate Personal Grooming
• Develop techniques of personal grooming — 4 classes
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Personal Hygiene Practices for a Dietetic Aide
› Personal Grooming Practices for the Workplace
› Personal Protective Equipment and Its Uses
• Use personal protective equipment — 4 classes
› Uniform and Protective Clothing
› Personal Protective Equipment Used in a Hospital Kitchen
› Wearing and Removing Protective Equipment Correctly
› Personal Hygiene and Grooming Habits That Go with Protective Clothing
• Identify causes and prevention of food contamination — 10 classes
› 4.3 Identifying Safe Food Handling Practices
› Hygienic Handling of Food: Selecting, Cooking and Serving
› Hygiene in the Kitchen and Personal Hygiene of the Food Handler
› Hygiene During Food Storage: Perishables, Leftovers, Refrigerator and Freezer
› Food Safety Standards and FSSAI: Hazards, Unsafe Food and Licensing
› Maintaining Hygiene: Personal, Workplace and Safe Food Handling
› Sources of Food Contamination
› Routes of Contamination and Packaging Materials
› Cross-contamination in the Kitchen
› Preventive Measures Against Food Contamination
• Demonstrate food hygiene practices and food waste disposal methods — 7 classes
› 2.1 Identify Key Principles of Food Hygiene
› 2.3 Apply Proper Handwashing Techniques in Food Preparation
› 2.4 Implement Safe Food Storage Practices
› 4.6 Practicing Food Safety Standards During Service
› Cleanliness of the Work Area, Utensils and Equipment
› Food Serving Practices in a Hospital
› Food Waste Disposal Methods
| 58 |
Cashier |
34 chapters
· 157 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 3 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 4 classes
› What Communication Means and Why Communication Skills Matter
› The Communication Cycle: Sender, Ideas and Encoding
› The Communication Cycle: Channel, Receiver and Decoding
› Feedback: Closing the Loop in the Communication Cycle
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 4 classes
› What a Perspective Is and Why It Matters in Communication
› How Visual Perception and Language Shape What We Understand
› How Past Experience and Prejudices Colour Our Views
› How Feelings and the Environment Affect Communication
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 9 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 20 classes
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Team Building and Factors Influencing Teamwork
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Team Building and Factors Influencing Teamwork
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Team Building and Factors Influencing Teamwork
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› What Self-Management Means
› Positive Results of Self-Management and the Skills It Needs
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 3 classes
› Social, Cultural and Physical Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Self-Confidence Tips: Letting Go of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Self-Confidence Tips: Small Joys, Staying Clean and Smart, and Positive Company
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 4 classes
› What ICT Is: An Introduction to Information and Communication Technology
› Why ICT Matters in Personal Life and at the Workplace
› ICT in Our Daily Life: Everyday Examples
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio, TV and Email
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› The Computer System: CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Storage Devices
› Hardware and Software: The Two Halves of a Computer
› RAM and ROM: What Each Memory Does
› The Central Processing Unit and Its Functions
› Starting Up and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of computer system — 3 classes
› Input Peripherals: Mouse and Keyboard
› Input Peripherals: Scanner and Webcam
› Output and Other Peripherals and What They Are Used For
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› The Basic Operations of a Computer: Input, Process and Storage
› The Basic Operations of a Computer: Output, Communication and Networking
› Putting the Operations Together in a Simple Computer Task
• Identify various types of business activities — 2 classes
› Types of Business: Service, Manufacturing and Hybrid
› Business Activities Around Us in Our Community
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship — 3 classes
› What Entrepreneurship Development Means
› Distinguishing Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
› The Role and Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 4 classes
› Our Environment: What It Is and What It Includes
› Society and Environment: The Ecosystem and What Upsets Its Balance
› Conserving Natural Resources
› Protecting and Conserving the Environment
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 11 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› What the Green Economy Is
› Why the Green Economy Is Important
• State basics of retailing — 4 classes
› What Retail Means, and the Functions of a Retailer
› The Essential Requirements of a Retailer
› What a Retailer Does for the Customer, and Who the Wholesaler Is
› Basics of Retailing: Meaning, Organized and Unorganized Retail, Types and Functions
• Distinguish between organized and unorganized retailing — 2 classes
› Organised and Unorganised Retailing
› Comparing the Two Sectors: Table 1.1 and the Two Activities
• Differentiate between store and non-store retailing — 4 classes
› Store Retailing by Ownership: who owns the shop
› Store Retailing by Merchandise: the six store formats
› Non-store Retailing: selling without a shop
› Store Retail against Non-store Retail: Table 1.2
• Identify the duties and responsibilities of cashier — 5 classes
› The Retail Cashier: the Post, and Who Can Fill It
› The Duties and Responsibilities of a Cashier
› The Skills a Retail Cashier Needs
› The Duties and Skill Requirements of a Cashier in Payment
› A Cashier's Responsibilities: Primary, Additional and Day-to-Day
• State the modes of payment — 9 classes
› What a Point of Sale Is, and the Operations at It
› Delivery at the Counter, and the Five Skills a Cashier Needs
› Modes of Payment, and Paying in Cash
› Paying by Cheque, by Card and by Mobile
› Problems at the Cash Point: Counting Cash and Damaged Notes
› Problems at the Cash Point: Incomplete Cheques and Card Payments
› Authorising Cheque and Credit Card Payments
› When the POS Goes Wrong: Hardware, Software, Network and User Errors
› Card Processing Problems
• Demonstrate the procedure for handling cash — 3 classes
› What Cash Handling Means, and the Four Procedures
› Precautions: Written Procedures, Allocation of Duties and Background Checks
› Precautions: Training, Security, Reconciliation, Receipts and Post-dated Cheques
• Identify the authorization of refunds, cheques, and credit card payments — 5 classes
› Authorising a Refund: the First Four Checks
› Authorising a Refund: Price, Offers, Packing, and the Forms a Refund Takes
› Security Procedures at the Point of Sale
› Authorising a Cheque Payment
› Authorising a Credit Card Payment
• List out the problems at the cash points or POS — 4 classes
› Hardware Problems at the Cash Point
› Software and Connectivity Problems at the Cash Point
› User Errors at the Cash Point and How to Avoid Them
› Card Processing Problems and Their Remedies
• Identify process of customer order for goods — 4 classes
› Processing a Customer Order, and Identifying the Need
› The Customer Order or Indent Proforma
› Checking Stock: the nine steps of stock taking
› Delivering a Customer Order: the twelve steps
• Demonstrate the procuring of supplies — 3 classes
› What Procuring Supplies Means
› Sources From Which Supplies Are Procured
› Choosing a Supplier: What to Compare
• Collect the customers’ information — 4 classes
› Giving the Customer Accurate Information, and What CDM Is
› The Eight Fields a Retailer Collects Customer Information From
› Customer Confidentiality
› Confidential Information a Cashier Must Protect
• Invoice for the customer orders — 3 classes
› What an Invoice Is, and the Commercial Invoice
› Retail Invoices: Proforma, Consular and Customs
› The Contents of an Invoice
• Identify the effective process of payments — 4 classes
› What Makes a Payment Process Effective
› The Kinds of Pricing a Cashier Must Know
› Special Offers: Freebies, Gift Cards, Coupons, Clearance, Trials and Flash Sales
› Special Offers: Seasonal, Pre-launch, Referral, First Time and Loyalty
• Sorting out the problems in payment process — 4 classes
› The Pricing Problems That Arise at the Counter
› Effective Problem Redressal
› Six Steps for Handling a Customer's Pricing Complaint
› When the Problem Is Beyond the Cashier's Control
• List out the rights, duties, and responsibilities in processing of payment — 4 classes
› The Company Procedure for Working Out Payments
› A Cashier's Duties in Processing Payments
› Skills a Cashier Needs for Processing Payments
› A Cashier's Rights and Responsibilities in Payment Work
• Select suitable components of payment system in retail — 3 classes
› The Components of the Retail Payment System
› The Four Devices Used in a Payment System
› Current Trends in Payment, and E-commerce Payments
• Identify customer needs and services — 5 classes
› Customer and Consumer, and Identifying a Customer's Needs
› The Five Basic Needs of a Customer
› How to Identify Customer Needs, and the Role of Customer Service
› The Six Elements of Customer Service
› The Advantages of Customer Service
• Describe effective customer service — 4 classes
› Dealing Effectively with Customers
› Building Customer Rapport: the First Ten Ways
› Building Customer Rapport: the Last Ten Ways
› What Effective Customer Service Means
• Organization standards — 3 classes
› Standards of Staff Appearance
› Precautions for Staff, and Behaviour in the Organisation
› Behaviour at Work: Dealing with Colleagues and Superiors
• Identify and confirm customer expectations — 2 classes
› Customer Expectation, and How to Identify It
› Confirming Expectations and Responding Appropriately
| 59 |
Early Years Physical Activity Facilitator |
25 chapters
· 128 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 4 classes
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Pros and Cons of Written, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
› Pros and Cons of Written, Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 4 classes
› What Communication Means and Why Communication Skills Matter
› The Communication Cycle: Sender, Ideas and Encoding
› The Communication Cycle: Channel, Receiver and Decoding
› Feedback: Closing the Loop in the Communication Cycle
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 4 classes
› What a Perspective Is and Why It Matters in Communication
› How Visual Perception and Language Shape What We Understand
› How Past Experience and Prejudices Colour Our Views
› How Feelings and the Environment Affect Communication
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 4 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase, Kinds and Parts of Sentence
› Writing Skills: Parts of Speech, Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase, Kinds and Parts of Sentence
› Writing Skills: Parts of Speech, Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 12 classes
› Impressive Appearance, Dressing and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Team Building and Factors Influencing Team Work
› Time Management: Goals, Schedules and To-do Lists
› Impressive Appearance, Dressing and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Team Building and Factors Influencing Team Work
› Time Management: Goals, Schedules and To-do Lists
› What Self-Management Means
› Positive Results of Self-Management and the Skills It Needs
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 3 classes
› Social, Cultural and Physical Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Self-Confidence Tips: Letting Go of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Self-Confidence Tips: Small Joys, Staying Clean and Smart, and Positive Company
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 4 classes
› What ICT Is: An Introduction to Information and Communication Technology
› Why ICT Matters in Personal Life and at the Workplace
› ICT in Our Daily Life: Everyday Examples
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio, TV and Email
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› The Computer System: CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Storage Devices
› Hardware and Software: The Two Halves of a Computer
› RAM and ROM: What Each Memory Does
› The Central Processing Unit and Its Functions
› Starting Up and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of computer system — 3 classes
› Input Peripherals: Mouse and Keyboard
› Input Peripherals: Scanner and Webcam
› Output and Other Peripherals and What They Are Used For
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› The Basic Operations of a Computer: Input, Process and Storage
› The Basic Operations of a Computer: Output, Communication and Networking
› Putting the Operations Together in a Simple Computer Task
• Identify various types of business activities — 2 classes
› Types of Business: Service, Manufacturing and Hybrid
› Business Activities Around Us in Our Community
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship — 3 classes
› What Entrepreneurship Development Means
› Distinguishing Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
› The Role and Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 4 classes
› Our Environment: What It Is and What It Includes
› Society and Environment: The Ecosystem and What Upsets Its Balance
› Conserving Natural Resources
› Protecting and Conserving the Environment
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 5 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› What the Green Economy Is
› Why the Green Economy Is Important
• Identify the physical and emotional needs of the children — 10 classes
› Health Needs of Children, Adolescents and the Differently Abled
› Growth and Development: Meaning, Differences and Influencing Factors
› Developmental Stages and Physiological Aspects of Activity
› 1.1 Physical and emotional needs of children
› Physical and Emotional Needs of Children
› Domains of Early Childhood Development: Physical, Emotional, Social, Communicative and Adaptive
› Fundamental Motor Skills: Gross and Fine Motor Development
› Cognitive Development in Young Children
› Psychosocial Well-being and School Readiness
› Understanding a Child's Activity: Reading Play and Movement
• Identify factors influencing physical activities — 5 classes
› 1.2 Factors influencing physical activities
› Understanding Age-Appropriate Physical Activities: The ABC Framework
› Demographic and Biological Factors: Family Income, Age and Weight Status
› Psychological and Behavioural Factors in Children's Activity
› Social-cultural and Environmental Factors Affecting Activity
• Plan physical activities — 3 classes
› 1.3 Plan Physical Activities
› Identifying and Structuring Physical Activity Sessions: Macro, Meso and Micro Planning
› Weekly Planning, Yoga and Its Benefits, and Lesson Plans for Physical Activities
• Conduct physical activities — 6 classes
› 1.4 Conduct Physical Activities Arranging Play Spaces
› Managing props and equipment
› Purpose and Importance of Props and Equipment
› Factors Affecting the Selection of Props and Equipment
› Running a Physical Activity Session: Opening, Main Activity and Closing
› Giving Instructions and Keeping a Group of Young Children Engaged
• Plan activities for increasing physical strength and coordination — 7 classes
› 3.1 – Fitness Activities
› 3.2 Organize Sport Activities (Events)
› Planning and Managing a School Sports Day
› Organizing a Sports Day: Pre, During and Post Sports Day
› Resources Needed for Physical Strength and Coordination Activities
› Planning Everyday Activities for Strength and Coordination
› Planning Recreational Activities for Young Children
• Plan activities for developing cognitive skills — 4 classes
› Cognitive Skills in Early Years: Reading, Writing and Numeracy
› Games That Build Thinking and Counting Skills
› Singing Activities That Build Language and Memory
› Dancing Activities That Build Movement and Thinking
• Manage class — 2 classes
› Designing a Timetable for Physical Activity Sessions
› Deciding How Long Each Activity Should Last for a Learning Outcome
• Identify games for everyday activities — 6 classes
› Meaning and Principles of Sports Training
› Warming Up, Limbering Down, Skill, Technique and Tactics
› Fitness Activities for Everyday Play
› Specific Sports Training for Young Children
› Sports Periods in the School Week
› Choosing Games for Everyday Activities
• Organize sports activities — 9 classes
› Meaning and Types of Tournaments; Knock-Out Tournament Fixtures
› Consolation and Double Knock-Out Tournaments
› League and Combination Tournaments
› Organizing a Tournament: Pre, During and Post Tournament Day
› Planning a Sports Day
› Organizing a Summer Camp
› Organizing a Winter Camp
› Mass Drills and Display
› Programs for Parents and Staff
• Demonstrate the knowledge of child health care and habits — 4 classes
› 4.1 Knowledge of Child Health Care and Habits
› General Nutrition
› What Child Health Means and How It Is Looked After
› Factors That Influence Child Health and Hygiene
• Describe the various aspects of safety management and emergency response — 12 classes
› Safety in Playgrounds, Sports Facilities and Equipment
› 4. 2 Safe Acts and Safety Measures in Playground
› Performing Basic First Aid
› First Aid: Meaning and Priorities
› First Aid: CPR and the Recovery Position
› Maintenance of Hygiene in the Play Area
› First Aid: Purpose, Basic Principles and the First Aid Kit
› First Aid for Cuts, Bruises, Heat Exhaustion, Breathing Difficulties and Choking
› First Aid: CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
› Storing Play Equipment Safely
› Safe Use of Equipment on the Playground
› Emergency Response and Exit Protocol at the Play Area
| 60 |
Auto Service Technician |
21 chapters
· 94 classes
100 marks
|
• Demonstrate knowledge of various methods of communication — 1 class
› Methods of Communication: Verbal, Non-verbal and Visual
• Identify elements of communication cycle — 3 classes
› Meaning of Communication and Why Communication Skills Matter
› The Communication Cycle: Sender, Ideas and Encoding
› The Communication Cycle: Channel, Receiver, Decoding and Feedback
• Identify the factors affecting our perspectives in communication — 3 classes
› Perspectives in Communication: Seeing the Same Thing Differently
› Visual Perception, Language and Past Experience as Influences
› Prejudices, Feelings and Environment as Influences
• Demonstrate the knowledge of basic writing skills — 3 classes
› Writing Skills: Sentence, Phrase and Kinds of Sentences
› Writing Skills: Parts of a Sentence and Parts of Speech
› Writing Skills: Articles and Construction of a Paragraph
• Describe the meaning and importance of self-management — 7 classes
› Impressive Appearance: Dressing, Looking Decent and Positive Body Language
› Grooming and the Personal Grooming Checklist
› Techniques of Self-Exploration
› Time Management: Setting and Prioritizing Goals, Schedules and Task Lists
› Time Management: Balancing Work and Leisure and Optimization Tools
› Self-Management: Meaning and Its Positive Results
› Self-Management Skills: Discipline, Responsibility and Positive Habits
• Identify the factors that help in building self-confidence — 3 classes
› Social, Cultural and Physical Factors That Build Self-Confidence
› Getting Rid of Negative Thoughts and Thinking Positively
› Staying Happy with Small Things, Clean and Hygienic
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in day-to-day life and workplace — 4 classes
› Introduction to Information and Communication Technology
› Role and Importance of ICT in Personal Life and at the Workplace
› ICT in Daily Life: Everyday Examples
› ICT Tools: Mobile, Tablet, Radio, TV and Email
• Identify components of basic computer system and their functions — 5 classes
› The Computer System: CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Storage Devices
› Hardware and Software of a Computer System
› Role and Functions of RAM and ROM
› Role and Functions of the Central Processing Unit
› Starting and Shutting Down a Computer Correctly
• Demonstrate use of various components and peripherals of computer system — 3 classes
› Input Devices: Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner and Webcam
› Output Devices and Their Uses
› Connecting and Using Peripherals Safely
• Demonstrate basic computer skills — 3 classes
› Computer Operations: Input, Process, Storage and Output
› Communication and Networking Using a Computer
› Basic Practice: Typing, Saving and Opening Files
• Identify various types of business activities — 3 classes
› Service, Manufacturing and Hybrid Businesses
› Business Activities Around Us in Our Community
› Business in the Automobile Sector
• Demonstrate the knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of entrepreneurship — 3 classes
› Entrepreneurship Development: Meaning
› Distinguishing Characteristics of an Entrepreneur
› Role and Rewards of Entrepreneurship
• Demonstrate the knowledge of the factors influencing natural resource conservation — 4 classes
› Introduction to the Environment
› Society and Environment: Ecosystems and Causes of Imbalance
› Natural Resource Conservation
› Environment Protection and Conservation in Daily Life
• Describe the importance of green economy and green skills — 5 classes
› Main Sectors of the Green Economy
› Policy Initiatives for Greening the Economy in India
› Stakeholders in the Green Economy
› The Green Economy: Definition
› Why the Green Economy Is Important
• Describe the invention of wheel, invention of wheel cart and animal powered (horse) cart, invention of automobiles and evaluation till date, invention of automobile (Post World War II) — 6 classes
› Invention Of Wheel
› Wheel Cart
› Invention Of Automobiles
› Invention Of Automobiles (Post World War Ii)
› Evolution of Automobiles: Vehicle History
› Horse-Drawn Carts and the Idea of Horsepower
• Able to identify two-wheelers three-wheelers, passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, agricultural vehicle, construction equipment vehicle, special vehicles — 7 classes
› Two Wheelers And Three Wheelers
› Passenger Vehicles And Commercial Vehicles
› Agricultural Vehicles
› Construction Equipment Vehicles
› Special Vehicles
› Vehicle Make, Model and Specifications
› Parts and Components of Special Vehicles
• Identify and discuss major systems and components of an automobile — 14 classes
› Chassis Frame And Auto Body
› Engine And Its Components
› Lubrication System
› Cooling System
› Fuel Supply System
› Transmission System
› Front And Rear Axle
› Steering System
› Suspension System
› Wheel And Tyre
› Brake
› Electrical And Electronic System
› Air Conditioning System
› Active & Passive Safety
• Importance of road safety rules, safe and responsible driving road signs, driving rules and registration of a vehicle, driving license — 7 classes
› Safe And Responsible Driving
› Road Signs
› Driving Rules And Registration
› Driving License
› Introduction and Importance of Road Safety
› Key Road Safety Principles
› Traffic Signals and Rules of the Road
• Air pollution Auto Emissions and EU/ BS Standards, PUC Certification — 4 classes
› Air Pollution
› Auto Emissions And Eu/ Bs Standards
› Puc Certification
› Air Pollution Norms and the Role of Automobiles
• Importance of vehicle maintenance and servicing tips to extend the life of vehicles, introduction to vehicle servicing procedure — 3 classes
› Importance To Vehicle
› Tips To Extend The Life Of Vehicle
› Introduction To Vehicle Service Procedure
• Explain innovation and development — 3 classes
› Innovation in the automobile: testing and standards
› Innovations in vehicle safety, comfort and navigation
› Why Innovation and Development Matter in the Automobile Industry