TNTET Exam 2023 - Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Admit Card, Result

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 01

• Dynamic internal process-connecting old knowledge to new information, language learning, acquiring learning habits, learning to adapt to diverse situations in life, nature of learning, learning through interactions

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 02

• Types of learning-learning hierarchy, signal learning stimulus, response learning motor and verbal chain learning, multiple discriminations concept learning, learning rules and problem solving
• Learning levels from imprint to intuition-examples of learning at different levels
• Approaches-behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 03

• Concept, formation, use of materials activities, scheme pictures, real life experiences-construct mental representations of external reality, connecting ideas generated by students due to exposure to peers, media and community-concept mapping

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 04

• Personal psychological, social, emotional factors, and school related factors, learning style; teaching strategies; media; technology; (i) teaching learning process, (ii) teacher’s personality traits

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 05

• Learners construct knowledge for themselves, constructing meaning is learning, focus on the learner not on the lesson taught, personal and social construction of meaning, learning to learn making meaning learning, a social activity, ZPD

Child development and pedagogy (relevant to age group 6-11)-Learning: Unit 06

• Active learner, nurturing learners’ active and creative activities children’s voices, and experiences, integrating their experiences with school knowledge, right to learn, physical and emotional security for learning
• Conceptual development, continuous process, all children capable of learning, important aspects of learning various ways of learning, cognitive readiness for learning, learning in and outside the school, knowledge and understanding
• Recreating knowledge, manifesto for learning

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 01

• Introduction to spatial orientation, introduction to shapes in real objects and its attributes, introduction to elementary shapes, sorting object groups into shapes

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 02

• Numbers from 1 to 9, concept of “zero”, numbers from 10 to 20, addition (of single digit numbers whose sum is less than 20), subtraction of numbers without conversion, numbers from 20 to 99, place value as “tens” and “ones”

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 03

• Introduction to length, mass, volume, comparison of objects using length, mass, volume through non standard units, time, earlier later, shorter, longer, money

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 04

• Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers

Mathematics-Class-I: Unit 05

• Handling-simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shape and numbers)

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 01

• Identifying the dimension of shapes in everyday object, introduction to spatial orientation, introduction to shapes of objects in real life and its attributes, introduction to elementary shapes, sorting object groups into shapes

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 02

• Writing numbers up to 99, place value and comparing the numbers, addition and subtractions up to 99, multiplication

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 03

• Weight, volume (capacity), length (using standard units), time (days, months, years), money (up to RS. 100)

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 04

• Patterns in shapes, patterns in numbers, block patterns

Mathematics-Class-II: Unit 05

• Simple data (shapes and numbers), organizing simple data (shapes and numbers)

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 01

• Creating 2-D shapes, tangram, introduction to map, drawing 3-D objects

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 02

• Numbers sequence up to 1000, addition and subtraction with in 1000, multiplication tables (2, 3, 4, 5 and 10), multiplication of 2-digit number by a single digit number, introduction to division by grouping and sharing

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 03

• Length (using standard units-cm., m.,), weight (using non-standard), volume (capacity), (using non-standard), time (calendar, hours, min, AM, PM), money (addition, subtraction)

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 04

• Introduction of fraction

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 05

• Pattern in geometrical shapes, pattern in numbers

Mathematics-Class-III: Unit 06

• Tally marks for simple data, pictographs for simple data

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 01

• Circle, introduction to perimeter and area, reflection, and symmetry

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 02

• Number sequence up to 10000, comparing numbers, addition and subtraction within 10,000, multiplication (up to 2 digit number by 2 digit number and 3 digit number by single digit number), division: Up to 4 digit number by single digit number

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 03

• Length (m., cm., addition, subtraction, conversion and estimation of distance), weight (Using standard units Kg., gm.,addition subtraction), volume (using standard units Lt., mlt., addition subtraction), time (calendar, clock)
• Money-conversion of rupees to paise, addition, subtraction and multiplication

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 04

• Compare fractions, equivalent fraction, addition and subtraction of like fraction

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 05

• Pattern in numbers (multiplication and division), pattern in geometry (symmetry)

Mathematics-Class-IV: Unit 06

• Pictograph

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 01

• Drawing 3-D shapes from 2-D shapes, shapes types of angle

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 02

• Numbers up to 10,00,00, place value and comparing numbers, four operations, factors and multiples, mental arithmetic

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 03

• Conversion of units (mm., cm, m., km., mg., g., kg., ml., lt), four fundamental operation on length, weight and capacity, time (addition, subtraction), money: Four fundamental operations

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 04

• Types of fractions, comparing of fraction, addition and subtraction of unlike fraction, introduction of decimals

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 05

• Pattern in square numbers, pattern in tiles

Mathematics-Class-V: Unit 06

• Table the data, pictograph

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 01

• Plant kingdom: The tree as a habitat to many birds, animals insects, plants and flowers around the child

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 02

• Animals: Animals, birds insects around the child, protection of animals

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 03

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 04

• Day and night: Rhythms of the day and night life around the child, day and night-sky, animals and people who have different rhythms of life

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 05

• Water and air: On a rainy day, air, uses of water

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 06

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 07

• Food: Types of food, journey of milk, vegetable fair

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 08

• Our body: Five sense organs, exploration of sounds, sounds of birds and animals

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 09

• Health and hygiene: Daily good habits for hygiene, protection of the sense organs

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 10

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 11

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 12

• Daily life: Helping family

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 13

• Members: My family, clothing, friends who help use, public places

Environmental studies-Class I: Unit 14

• Travel experience: Bus travel, various types of transport system

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 01

• World of plants, parts of a plant, different kinds of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, climbers and creepers around the child

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 02

• Birds around the child-spotting and describing birds, animals, nests of birds, care of the young ones, food

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 03

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 04

• Night sky observation sky at a day, directions

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 05

• Life in and around water
• Sources of water (river, tank, lake) fresh water, sea water

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 06

• Air and breath

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 07

• Names of the cereals, pulses, greens, millets, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and their preparation, meat of animals, egg, spices, food eaten by people of different ages

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 08

• Simple body movements running, skipping, playing, gender-male, female, parts of the body, right and left

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 09

• Keeping the surroundings clean classroom, public places, importance of toilets, types and its uses

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 10

• Things to touch and feel, sand and mud
• A day in the beach, natural resources-wood, stone, sand, clay, metals, water, Indian toys using natural materials (link to people who make them)

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 11

• Push and pull to work

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 12

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 13

Environmental Studies-Class-II: Unit 14

• Along a river (Animals, plants, people, activities and preservation)

Science-Class-III: Unit 01

• World of plants: Parts of a plant, leaves, flowers, type of root, stem, different kinds of fruits and seeds, water plants

Science-Class-III: Unit 02

• Animals in different environments-land, air, on trees, morphology external features, food and mouth parts in relation to the food eaten, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore, movement, camouflage

Science-Class-III: Unit 03

• Names of the small creatures around the children, habitat water, soil, garden, in the home, morphology, food, movement

Science-Class-III: Unit 04

• Earth and moon, phases of moon, about the moon, full moon, new moon, day and night formation

Science-Class-III: Unit 05

• Use of water, potable water, prevention of water borne diseases, pollution and its prevention, water pollution and mosquito breeding

Science-Class-III: Unit 06

• Kinds of winds

Science-Class-III: Unit 07

• Ingredients of food eaten, sources of food, having a nutritious meal-(balanced diet) food groups, nutrients, food eaten in different places

Science-Class-III: Unit 08

• Skin, muscles, bones, joints, teeth, hair

Science-Class-III: Unit 09

• Food for good health, health and exercise, eye exercises for better vision

Science-Class-III: Unit 10

• Three states of matter (examples)

Science-Class-III: Unit 11

• Tools to work (different kinds of tools and their design for use ) tools used by the various professionals

Science-Class-III: Unit 12

• Science around as (toys)

Science-Class-III: Unit 13

• To a forest (animals, plants, produce from forests), deforestation and its consequences, conservation

Science-Class-IV: Unit 01

• Edible parts, life cycle (seed to seed), germination, plants in our society (sacred trees, grasses, flowers and festivals, van mahotsav)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 02

• Special senses of animals, care of their young, animal communities

Science-Class-IV: Unit 03

• Nocturnal insects, life of ants

Science-Class-IV: Unit 04

• Solar family, sky at a night

Science-Class-IV: Unit 05

• Too much and too little rain droughts, floods, conserving water, tapping water-traditional water harvesting structures, water scarcity, difficulties people experience in procuring water

Science-Class-IV: Unit 06

• Air is a mixture of gases, constituents of air

Science-Class-IV: Unit 07

• Raw and cooked food, food in illness, utensils used in cooking, cooking practices, food hygiene

Science-Class-IV: Unit 08

• Over view of the internal organs of the human body, digestion of food

Science-Class-IV: Unit 09

• Personal safety (at home, on the road, in school and common places.)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 10

• Transformation of natural resources into materials for use (one example from industry and one from agriculture), generation of waste, kinds of wastes and sources, recycling

Science-Class-IV: Unit 11

• Energy and work (relationship between energy, force and movement)

Science-Class-IV: Unit 12

• Need based science innovations (example printing machines. Telephones, computer), science question

Science-Class-IV: Unit 13

• To a farm (animals, plants, people, growing a crop), don’t harm animals, environment cleanliness

Science-Class-V: Unit 01

• Web of life pollination, dispersal of seeds plants as primary producers

Science-Class-V: Unit 02

• Diminishing spaces for animals, sanctuaries, prevention of cruelty to animals

Science-Class-V: Unit 03

• Life cycle of a butterfly, bee

Science-Class-V: Unit 04

• Space, space travel

Science-Class-V: Unit 05

• Understanding some properties of water, water for all

Science-Class-V: Unit 06

• Understanding some properties of air, uses of air

Science-Class-V: Unit 07

• Preservation and spoilage of food, kitchen safety

Science-Class-V: Unit 08

• Brain, sense organs

Science-Class-V: Unit 09

• Spread and prevention of a disease, avoiding public places, using a toilet, knowing the nearest health centers

Science-Class-V: Unit 10

• Properties of materials, different kinds of houses-variation with climate

Science-Class-V: Unit 11

• Renewable sources of energy, non renewable sources of energy uses and applications of energy conserving energy

Science-Class-V: Unit 12

• Biography of a scientist

Science-Class-V: Unit 13

• To a botanical sanctuary (edible plants medicinal plants aromatic plants, timber yielding plants, seeds), kinds of flowers (fragrances, dyes flower motifs)

Social science-Class-III: Unit 01

• People at home: What is a family?, relationship in a family; what is neighbourhood?, different neighbourhoods, rights and responsibilities in common places, what is school?, pupil at school: HM, teachers, NMS, other helpers and their roles
• Safe and responsible use of environment, classroom, and table manners, waste disposal Using the toilet, punctuality, courtesy

Social science-Class-III: Unit 02

• Shops/ other landmarks and people I meet, light and shade, left and right, pavement/ paths, accompanying people

Social science-Class-III: Unit 03

• To have a clear orientation to left and right, relating the directions
• Improvise some simple sketching activity

Social science-Class-III: Unit 04

• Observing the traffic rules
• To be safe while boarding and alighting from the vehicles
• Safe pedalling to school; knowing the important signs

Social science-Class-III: Unit 05

• Post office, bank, police station, ration shop, PHC or nearest public hospital, water tank and other water services; electricity board; people who function to keep my area/ locality clean and safe

Social science-Class-III: Unit 06

• To know the important places to visit in one’s area

Social science-Class-III: Unit 07

• Links between what we eat, types of food grain and different land types; relating between history, culture and food basics of healthy food

Social science-Class-III: Unit 08

• Looking at and plotting hills, rivers, lakes, important touring places, etc in a district map
• To understand the culture of the people

Social science-Class-III: Unit 09

• It’s background-flora and fauna linking the life with the geo-physical features of the state

Social science-Class-III: Unit 10

• Becoming sensitive to their life understanding the importance of birds

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 01

• Sun satellite, stars asteroids, meteoroids, comets

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 02

• Seasons, day, night, weather, moon-through simple explanations

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 03

• Air, water and soil-exploring concepts in each area, and evolving the earth as a resource

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 04

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 05

• The birth of India a nation

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 06

• The basic facts about India, its states and union territories
• National symbols

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 07

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 08

• J.C. Bose and one simple experiment invention which changed the course of human history like fire, wheel, and plough

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 09

• Also what a child is entitled to–basic rights

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 10

• Pongal, Deepavali, Dasara, Raksha Bandhan, Holi, melas and carnivals of festivals
• Bhuddha poornima, national, spiritual, domestic, cultural festivals

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 11

• Fire, electrical equipment, road, water, simple first aid and safety: Simple activities

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 12

• Interesting facts about state symbols

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 13

Social science-Class-IV (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 14

• Kanchipuram, weavers, Mammallapuram sculptors

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 01

• Important kings-Karikalana: Nedunchezhiyan-II, Cheran Chenguttuvan, Kadiezhuvallalgal, life during Sangam age

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 02

• A brief account: Eg-Fa-Hein, Hieun Tsang, Vasco da Gama, etc

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 03

• Physical features and their formation
• Globe and maps

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 04

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 05

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 06

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 07

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 08

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 09

• Central government (president, prime minister, lok sabha, rajya sabha), state government (governor, chief minister, legislature), Union territories, judiciary-an introduction

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 10

• Panchayat raj, village panchayat, gram sabha, gram panchayat, protecting public property

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 11

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 12

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 13

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 14

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 15

• Gingee fort, Vellore fort, fort St. George, Tarangambadi fort

Social science-Class-V (Geography, Civics, and History): Unit 16

• Wind, string, percussion, ancient instruments: Yazh, Parai, Kuzhal, Melam, Nadaswaram, Thavil, Veena Mirudangam and violin, modern instruments: Drum, band, trumpet, piano, saxophone, fiddle. Important exponents-names

English-Class-VI: Unit 01

English-Class-VI: Unit 02

English-Class-VI: Unit 03

English-Class-VI: Unit 04

English-Class-VI: Unit 05

English-Class-VI: Unit 06

English-Class-VI: Unit 07

English-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Recorded songs, poems, stories, dialogues, etc, same words that differ in meaning in different contexts example: Cry-weep cry-shout aloud, report on-(i) annual day function, (ii) sports day function, etc.; (ii) news report, (iv) weather report, etc

English-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Jokes, puzzles, and tongue twisters, incidents in the class, playground, etc, poems from the text, familiar topics

English-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Simple passages on games, articles on science, nature, moral values, adventure, biographies, jokes etc, passages on topics of general interest, simple comprehension passages depicting celebrations, etc
• Pre reading and post reading questions on simple passages, re-arranging jumbled sentences into a logical sequence, stories inculcating values like friendship, good conduct, etc, poems on simple themes, newspapers, children’s magazines, etc

English-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Mind maps and graphic organizers, poems, topics of general interest, linkers/ connectives, situations for formal and informal letters, situations for dialogues, short, catchy phrases and sentences, current affairs, general topics

English-Class-VII: Unit 05

• Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, preparations, conjunctions, interjections, articles, past, present, future continuous, would, may, can, will
• Be and Do as main and auxiliary verbs verbs that take objects and those that do not SVO, SVC, SVOO, etc, dividing the sentence into noun and verb groups (that is subject and predicate), phrasal verbs using bring, come, take
• Positive comparative and superlative degrees, the three forms of irregular verbs, full stop, comma, inverted commas, question and exclamatory marks, didn’t, hasn’t, isn’t did, has, is
• Singular subject-singular verb plural subject, verb in the plural each, every, either, neither, etc., transforming sentences from the active to passive and vice versa, sentences of the simple present, past, and future
• Phrase-that is a group of words without a finite verb in it clause, that is a group of words with a finite verb in it

English-Class-VII: Unit 06

• Guided use of dictionary for unfamiliar words, word formation with prefixes and suffixes, Noun + noun, noun + verb, adjective + noun

English-Class-VII: Unit 07

• Talks on likes, dislikes, friends, etc., word searches, crosswords, and ‘what’s the good word?’, situations, plays, etc., tabular data

English-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Sports commentaries; passage on a familiar theme, words like conduct and ‘conduct; present, and ‘present, poems

English-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Jokes, puzzles, and riddles, stories, making telephonic conversations, current news sports relevant contemporary issues

English-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Poems, stories/ passages with moral values, witty and humorous passages, historical, narrative, mystery passages etc, abridged novels, fiction, books of pupils’ choice

English-Class-VIII: Unit 04

• Answer questions in complete sentences, using proper punctuation, words, phrases, phrasal verbs, etc., simple topics, proverbs, etc., example-(i) cleanliness is next to godliness, (ii) the importance of good manners
• Simple topics, proverbs, personal experiences, etc., topics for letter writing, passages for summarizing, captions for pictures, topics; writing essays on given topics, general topics

English-Class-VIII: Unit 05

• Simple, complex and compound sentences, simple present, past, and future progressive and perfect forms of tenses, statements and imperatives, transformation of sentences with the progressive and perfect tenses from one voice into the other
• ASVC, SVCA, SVIODOAAA, etc, transformation of sentences from one degree into the other, tags attached to words with negative meaning, such as, ‘hardly, scarcely, rarely, seldom’, etc

English-Class-VIII: Unit 06

• Glossary-other connected words, spellings of mono syllabic, disyllabic and poly syllabic words; spelling of plural nouns, adding plural morphemes-‘es’ and ‘ies’, common abbreviations-HM, SSLC, PTO, PTA, HSS, NSS, NCC, PIN, etc

English-Class-VIII: Unit 07

• Debates, personal experience, any interesting situation, personal experience, any interesting situation, graphic organisers, pictures, and tabular data

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 01

• Numbers up to 8-digits, place value and comparison, whole numbers, test of divisibility for 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10, 11, factorization, prime number, LCM and HCF, revision: Fraction and decimal numbers, conversion: Decimal to fraction
• Addition, and subtraction of decimal numbers

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 02

• Metric measures, revision of length, weight, volume, measure of time from seconds to minutes, hours, week, year and leap year, perimeter and area of rectangle, right angle triangle

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 03

• Introduction to algebra

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 04

• Ratio and proportion

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 05

• Introduction to point, line, ray, segment, and planes, properties of collinear, concurrency, parallel, perpendicular lines, kinds of angles, types of triangle

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 06

• Pictograph, bar graph

Mathematics-Class-VI: Unit 07

• Introduction to geometrical instruments, drawing, and measuring line segments

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Revision: Integers, addition and subtraction on integers, introduction of multiplication and division on integers, properties of integers, introduction to rational numbers, representation of rational numbers on number line
• Four basic operations on rational numbers, fractions, and decimal fractions, powers

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Algebraic expressions, addition and subtraction on expressions, formation of simple expressions with two variables, solving simple linear equations in one variable

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Ratio and proportion, indirect and direct variation, fraction and decimal into percentage, solving word problem based on percentage, profit and loss, simple interest

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Circumference of the circle, area: Triangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium and circle, area of pathway

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 05

• Symmetry-mirror and rotational, line or axis of symmetry, triangles

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 06

• Construction of perpendicular bisector and angle bisector, construction of angle using scale and compass, construction of triangles

Mathematics-Class-VII: Unit 07

• Collection and organization of continuous data, formation of frequency table, mean, median, mode of ungrouped data

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Revision: Representation on of rational numbers on number line, four properties of rational numbers, simplify expression with three brackets
• Powers: (a) Express the numbers in exponential form with integers as exponent, (b) laws of exponent with integral powers, (c) squares, square roots, cubes, cube roots, (d) playing with numbers, (e) approximation n of numbers

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Algebraic expressions (multiplications and divisions), identities, factorizations, solving linear equations

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Revision: Profit, loss, and simple interest, application of percentage, profit and loss, overhead expenses, discount, tax, compound interest, difference between SI and CI, compound variation, time and work problems-simple and direct word problems

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 04

• Area and perimeter of semi circle and quadrant, area and perimeter of combined plane figures

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 05

• Properties of triangles, Congruence of triangles, circles

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 06

• Construction of quadrilaterals: Trapezium, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle and square, construction of concentric circles

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 07

• Introduction to Cartesian plane with axes, plotting of points for different kinds of situations, drawing straight lines parallel to coordinate axes

Mathematics-Class-VIII: Unit 08

• To recall formation of frequency table, drawing histogram and frequency polygon for grouped data, construction of simple pie-chart, measures of central tendency

Science-Class-VI: Unit 01

• The world of plants: Medicinal plants, plants as food, fiber yielding plants, ornamental plants, timber yielding plants, spices, animals and their uses

Science-Class-VI: Unit 02

• Food habits: Food variety-food materials and sources, plant and animal products used as food, nutrition-types of nutrition, food habits of animals, components of food: Nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, fats and minerals)
• Food habits: Components of food-need of various nutrients, balanced diet, deficiency and diseases

Science-Class-VI: Unit 03

• Biodiversity: Different types of organisms, unicellular and multicellular organisms

Science-Class-VI: Unit 04

• Structural organization of cell: The cell, types of cell, plant, and animal cell comparison, the cell structure and functions

Science-Class-VI: Unit 05

• Our environment: Garbage, disposal of garbage, vermi compositing, pollution-types of pollution, air, water, land, and noise pollution

Science-Class-VI: Unit 06

• Separation of substances: Separation and its importance, definition, methods of separation (hand picking, winnowing, sieving, magnetic separation, sedimentation, decantation, filtration, evaporation, condensation and crystallization)
• Separation of substances: Need of separation by more than one method

Science-Class-VI: Unit 07

• Changes around us: Classification of changes, slow and fast, reversible and, irreversible, desirable and, undesirable, periodic and non periodic, exothermic and endothermic

Science-Class-VI: Unit 08

• Chemistry in everyday life: Synthetic fibers, types and uses, plastics, types and uses of plastics, plastics and environment, glass and uses, cement and uses, soaps, detergents-preparation and uses

Science-Class-VI: Unit 09

• Measurement: Standard unit of measurement (length, time, and mass ), SI unit, multiples and sub multiples of units

Science-Class-VI: Unit 10

• Motion: Moving things around us, types of motion, linear and circular, uniform and non uniform, science today, robot

Science-Class-VI: Unit 11

• Types of energy: Sources of energy, electricity, chemical, mechanical and solar energy

Science-Class-VI: Unit 12

• Magnetism: Discovery of magnets, magnetic and non-magnetic materials, magnetic poles, preparation of magnets, science today, flying trains
• Light: Sources of light, shadows, path of light, pinhole camera, plane mirrors and reflection

Science-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Animals in daily life: Uses of animals, animal products (food, clothing, etc), animal fibers, sericulture, apiculture, poultry, animal protection and maintenance

Science-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Nutrition in plants and animals: Mode of nutrition in plants, autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition, photosynthesis, other modes of nutrition in plants, nutrition in animals, nutrition in amoeba, human digestive system, types of teeth, ruminants

Science-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Human body-form and function: Brief overview of human body, structure and functions of all the human organ systems, the body and health as understood in the Indian system of health care, diseases, disorders, and preventing diabetes mellitus
• Human body-form and function: Advantages of physical activity, preservation of food, methods of preservation (heating, freezing, drying, and adding preservatives), fast food, its ill effects, science today, irradiated food

Science-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Plants-morphology: Characteristics of living things, habitat, various habitats of plants, herbs, shrubs and trees, parts of plant-root, stem, leaves and flowers, modification of roots, stems, leaves, kinds of stem
• Plants-morphology: Movements in plants-observation of plants and trees, recording data, drawing

Science-Class-VII: Unit 05

• Basis of classification: Need for classification, the 5 kingdom classification, binomial nomenclature

Science-Class-VII: Unit 06

• Respiration in plants and animals: Need for respiration, respiration in human being, respiration in animals, respiration in plants

Science-Class-VII: Unit 07

• Ecosystem: Ecosystem (biotic and abiotic factors), food chain, food web, flow of energy, biomes-the different biomes, vegetation and climatic zones, importance of forest, different flora and fauna in the biomes

Science-Class-VII: Unit 08

• Water-a precious resource: Availability of water, sources of water forms of water, ground water, depletion of water, distribution of water, scarcity of water, water management, rain water harvesting, science today, drinking iceberg
• Water-a precious resource: Desalination of sea water, sweet water on earth

Science-Class-VII: Unit 09

• Matter in our surroundings: Physical nature of matter, characteristics of particles of matter, states of matter-effect of temperature on solid, liquid and gas

Science-Class-VII: Unit 10

• Matter and its nature: Physical changes (crystallization, melting, evaporation, freezing, and sublimation), chemical changes (rusting of iron, burning and curdling, chemical reaction of baking soda with lemon juice)
• Matter and its nature: Differences between physical and chemical changes, acids, bases and salts, (used in our daily life) natural indicators (no equations), neutralization (in everyday life)

Science-Class-VII: Unit 11

• Combustion and flame: Combustion and its type, fire control, flame and its structure, efficiency of fuels, fuels and environment

Science-Class-VII: Unit 12

• Measurement: Idea of derived quantities, area, volume and density of solids and liquids, concept of indirect measurement or estimation example (time-simple pendulum), measuring astronomical distances

Science-Class-VII: Unit 13

• Motion: Speed, measuring speed and units of speed, distance, time graph, velocity, acceleration, science today, adventures in sports, like a bird flies

Science-Class-VII: Unit 14

• Electricity and heat: Electric cell, an electric circuit, symbols of electric components, electric switch, conductors and insulators, heating effect of electric current, magnetic effect of electric current, electromagnet, electric bell
• Electricity and heat: Heat, sources of heat (sun, combustion (or) burning, friction, electrical), hot and cold objects, heat and temperature, measuring temperature, clinical and laboratory thermometers

Science-Class-VII: Unit 15

• Light: Reflection, plane mirror (right or left), images of spherical mirrors, sunlight, seven colors, dispersion and synthesis of colors, Newton’s disc

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Crop protection and management: Agricultural practices, basic practices of crop protection, preparation of soil and sowing, irrigation, protection from weeds, harvesting, storage, marketing, rotation of crops, biotechnology in agriculture
• Crop protection and management: Biotechnology in food processing

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Reaching the age of adolescence: Adolescence and puberty, secondary sexual characters, ductless glands, role of hormones in reproduction, reproductive phase of life in human, sex determination, reproductive health, nutritional needs, personal hygiene
• Reaching the age of adolescence: Prevention and protection from sexual and other abuse, smoking hazards, sprouting, cancer and prevention

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Body movements: Human body and its movements, joints and types of joints, skeleton, movements of animals (earthworm, cockroach, birds, fish, and snakes)

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 04

• Pictorial feature of plant kingdom: Fungi, flowering and non flowering, algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocotyledons, dicotyledons, structure of root, structure of stem, structure of leaf

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 05

• Micro organisms: Virus, bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoa-uses of microorganisms in medicine, agriculture, industry and daily living-harmful microorganisms, microbes in food preservation, relationship between man and microbes, balances
• Micro organisms: Imbalances and uses

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 06

• Diversity in living organism: Cell as a fundamental unit of life, type of human cells related to functions, structure and function of all organelles in brief, organization, cells, tissues, organs, organ system, homeostasis, cellular respiration
• Diversity in living organism: Metabolism, design of the body, based on function, some examples

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 07

• Conservation of plants and animals: Conservation of forest and wild life, deforestation and aforestation, flora and fauna, endangered species, red data book, migration, wildlife sanctuary and national park, threats to biodiversity
• Conservation of plants and animals: Traditional knowledge and people’s initiatives in biodiversity conservation, human wildlife conflicts

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 08

• Pollution of air, water, and soil: Air pollution, sources of air pollution, water pollution, sources of water pollution, water purification, land pollution, sources of land pollution, science today, bio pole, easily decomposable and reusable plastics

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 09

• Elements and compounds around us: Types of pure substances, element, occurrence of elements in nature, elements found in human body, classification of elements based on states (solids, liquids ,gases), classification of elements based on properties
• Elements and compounds around us: Symbol of elements, molecule of an element, compound, characteristics of compounds, classification of compounds, uses of compounds, day to day life, molecule of compound, formula of compound, valency

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 10

• Atomic structure: Ancient views of atomic structure, laws of chemical combination, Dalton’s atomic theory, merits, demerits, electrical nature of matter, discovery of fundamental particles, discovery of electrons, properties of cathode rays
• Atomic structure: Discovery of protons, properties of fundamental particles, atomic model, J. J. Thomson’s model of atom, limitation of Thomson model

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 11

• Coal and petroleum: Coal, types of coal, petroleum, occurrence and refining, natural gas, natural resources, limitation, science today

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 12

• Measurement: SI system of units, temperature, electric current, amount of substance, luminous intensity, angle, solid angle

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 13

• Force and pressure definition: State of motion, action of force and its effects, contact forces, non contact forces, magnetic forces, gravitational force, electrostatic force, pressure-pressure exerted by liquids and gases, pressure exerted by air
• Force and pressure definition: Atmospheric pressure, Pascal’s law, friction-factors affecting friction, friction, necessary evil, increasing and reducing friction

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 14

• Electricity and heat: Three kinds of circuit, simple, series and parallel, conduction of electricity in liquids, chemical effects, electric current, applications of chemical effects of electric current, electroplating, electric charges at rest
• Electricity and heat: Types of charges, transfer of charges, story of lightning and thunder lightening, safety, heat-effects of heat, transfer of heat, conduction, convection, and radiation

Science-Class-VIII: Unit 15

• Light: Laws of reflection, regular and irregular reflections, multiple reflections, multiple images, refraction (Snell’s law not included), dispersion, using prism, total internal reflection, human eye, image formation, sound
• Light: Sound needs a medium for propagation, sound produced by human, human ear and hearing-amplitude, time period, and frequency of vibration, audible and inaudible sounds, noise-noise pollution, science today, fiber optics
• Light: Sending message by light

History-Class-VI: Unit 01

• Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi

History-Class-VI: Unit 02

• Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features

History-Class-VI: Unit 03

• Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas

History-Class-VI: Unit 04

• Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education etc

History-Class-VI: Unit 05

• Rise of Janism and Buddhism
• The causes for the rise
• The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira

History-Class-VI: Unit 06

• Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka

History-Class-VI: Unit 07

• Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta-I, Harsha empire-role and contribution

History-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Hunting, gatherers, living together, villages, agriculture, (neo-lithic culture) sites in India and in Tamil Nadu specifically-Adhichanallur, Thiruvallur, and Thandikudi

History-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Harapan civilization and its Dravidian features

History-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Pre-historic land of Tamils, the lemurian continent, first, middle and third sangam of Tamil-historic period in Tamizhagam-Cheras, Cholas, and Pandiyas

History-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Early Vedic period, later Vedic period, political, social life of the people, food, dress, ornaments, religion-status of women, education, etc

History-Class-VII: Unit 05

• Rise of Janism and Buddhism
• The causes for the rise
• The teachings of lord Buddha and lord Mahavira

History-Class-VII: Unit 06

• Mahajanapadas, the Mauryan Empire, Chandra Gupta Maurya-Ashoka, the administration, inscriptions of Ashoka

History-Class-VII: Unit 07

• Kanishka, contribution and relevance, Gupta Empire, Chandra Gupta I, Harsha Empire-role and contribution

History-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Conditions of India on the eve of Babur’s invasion, Babur, Humayun, Sur-dynasty, Shershah Sur, Akbar, Jahangir, Shajahan, Aurangazeb, administration, art and architecture, causes for the decline of the Mughals

History-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Shivaji, administration, successors, Peshwa rule, Nadir Shah, Ahmad Shah Abdali invasions, third battle of Panipat

History-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish, French conflict between the English and the French, causes for the success of the British

History-Class-VIII: Unit 04

• The first carnatic war, second carnatic war third carnatic war the first anglo, Mysore war

History-Class-VIII: Unit 05

• East India company, establishment of the British rule in India from 1773 to 1857, Warren Hastings, reforms-impeachment, lord Cornwallis, reforms-permanent revenue settlement, lord Wellesley, subsidiary alliance, marquees of Hastings, lord William Bentinck
• Reforms, Lord Dalhousie, doctrine of lapse, reforms-revolt of 1857, causes and effects

History-Class-VIII: Unit 06

• The Nayaks rule in Tamil country, Nayaks of Madurai, Vishwantha Nayak, Thuramalai Nayak, Rani Mangammal and Meenakshi, the Nayaks of Thanjavur and Senji-Nayak’s contribution to art and architecture-the Marathas of Tanjore, Poligars revolt
• South Indian rebellion

History-Class-VIII: Unit 07

Geography-Class-VI: Unit 01

• Structure of solar system, sun planets, size, orbits, composition 7 planets, unique position of earth in the solar system

Geography-Class-VI: Unit 02

• Change of seasons-earth, size, shape-revolution, rotation-day and night, differences in time, seasons, how do they occur? how they affect our daily life?

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Its structure and tectonic movements
• Origin of earth, formation of continents and oceans internal process of earth, plate tectonic earthquake and volcanoes

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Weathering process
• Shaping of earth by natural agents-rivers, wind waves, and glaciers

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Factors determining weather and climate components of the atmosphere-layers of the atmosphere weather elements temperature, pressure, winds, rainfall, clouds, lightning and thunderstorms

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Natural disasters, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, cyclone, floods, droughts, tornadoes and tsunami

Geography-Class-VII: Unit 05

• The major oceans-topography of the ocean floor, hydrological cycle, salinity, temperature, waves, ocean currents and tides

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Resources and their types-resources and human activity

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Types of primary activities-gathering, hunting and fishing, mining-classification of minerals

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Agriculture and crops-factors determining agriculture

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 04

• Classification of industries-factors determining development of industries

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 05

• Transport, trade, other services

Geography-Class-VIII: Unit 06

• Population growth and distribution population growth and resource depletion-resources and space technology

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 01

• Society-family, interdependence, social diversity-multiple facets discrimination and difference

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 02

• Understanding that school as one of the social institutions

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 03

• The need for the local self government-Panchayat raj, local bodies, (municipalities, corporations, district administration-village administration, related aspects, functions)

Civics-Class-VI: Unit 04

• Human development, and women empowerment all citizens in a democratic country have equal rights, women power-the capable and noble women DR. Muthulakshmi

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Location, political administration, and national symbols

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 02

• Salient features

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 03

• Functions, structures and types-regional and national parties

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 04

• Objectives, organs, functions

Civics-Class-VII: Unit 05

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Unity in diversity, factors promoting national integration, factors affecting national integration

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 02

• Illiteracy-child labour, unemployment, poverty, population explosion

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 03

• Human rights declaration, women’s rights, child rights, national human rights commission, state human rights commission

Civics-Class-VIII: Unit 04

Economics-Class-VI: Unit 01

Economics-Class-VII: Unit 01

• Land, labour-division of labour, capital, organization, different sectors of the economy, primary sector, secondary sector, tertiary sector and their contribution to the development of the country

Economics-Class-VIII: Unit 01

• Barter system, medium of exchange, definition of money, value of money-nature of money, functions of money-economic significance of money, importance of money, savings and investment