Class 8 Science and Maths Syllabus
The Class 8 Maths and Science syllabus consists of key topics that require explicit understanding in order to ace the school and competitive examinations such as JEE, NEET, DU JAT, etc require a lot of practice and clarity of concepts.
The foundation Course for Class 8 Maths and Science, provided by Champstreet covers the whole syllabus of CBSE class 8 Maths and Science in detail, along with every chapter categorized into relevant topics prescribed by the CBSE board and as per the syllabus given in NCERT class 8 Maths and Science textbooks.
Physics
- Force and Pressure
- Types of forces:Contact and non-contact forces
- Mass and Weight
- Effect of force
- Atmospheric pressure
- Friction
- Types of friction: Dynamic, Static and Limiting friction
- Advantages and disadvantages of friction
- Increasing and reducing friction
- Fluid friction and streamlining
- Sound
- Types of sound
- Characteristics of sound
- Properties of soundwave
- Reflection of sound
- Chemical Effects of Electric Current
- Electric current
- Conductors
- Insulators
- Chemical Effects of Current: Electrolysis, electroplating and uses
- Magnetic Effect of Electric Current
- LED
- Some Natural Phenomena
- Electric charges
- Lightning and Thunder
- Earthquakes
- Light
- Visibility
- Reflection of light
- Refraction of light
- Formation of image by convex and concave lens
- Human eye: Structure, Defects and corrections
- Education of Visually Challenged Person
- Stars and the Solar System
- Celestial objects: moon, planets, stars, constellations
- Big Bang Theory
- Eclipses
Chemistry
- Synthetic Fibres and Plastics
- Synthetic Fibres: Characteristics and types
- Plastics: Characteristics and types
- Disadvantages of synthetic fibers
- Materials: Metals and Non-Metals
- Metals: Physical properties, chemical properties and uses
- Non-metals: Physical properties, chemical properties and uses
- Coal and Petroleum
- Formation of coal and petroleum in nature (fossil fuels)
- Petrochemicals
- Natural gas
- Alternative Sources of Energy
- Combustion and Flame
- Conditions for combustion
- Types of combustion
- Structure of flame
- Types of fuels and their calorific value
- Greenhouse effect
Biology
- Crop Production and Management
- Soil preparation
- Selection of seeds and sowing
- Nutrient management
- Irrigation
- Crop protection
- Harvesting
- Storage
- Green revolution
- Microorganisms
- Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, Algae and Viruses
- Friend and Foe - useful and harmful microorganisms
- Food preservation
- Conservation of Plants and Animals
- Biodiversity
- Deforestation: Causes and consequences of deforestation
- Conservation of flora
- Wild life: Threatened species, Strategies for wildlife conservation and Red Data Book
- Cell
- Cell theory
- Variation of cells
- Structure and Functions
- Differences between plant and animal cell
- Reproduction in Animals
- Asexual Reproduction in Animals
- Sexual Reproduction in Animals
- Metamorphosis
- Reaching the Age of Adolescence
- Adolescence
- Puberty
- Endocrine system
- Reproductive health
- Pollution of Air and Water
- Air pollution
- Water pollution
- Conservation of air and water
Math
- Rational Numbers:
- Natural numbers: Properties and laws
- Whole numbers: Properties and laws
- Integers: Properties and laws
- Rational numbers: Properties and laws
- Linear equations in one variable
- Understanding Quadrilaterals: Types and properties of quadrilaterals
- Practical Geometry:Construction of quadrilaterals
- Data Handling
- Types of graphs
- Organising and grouping data
- Frequency distribution
- Methods of Classifying Data
- Chance and Probability
- Squares and Square roots
- Properties of Square Numbers
- Square roots
- Cubes and cubes roots
- Properties of Cubes of Numbers
- Cube Roots
- Comparing quantities
- Ratio
- Percentage
- Profit and loss
- Interest
- Algebraic Expressions and identities
- Types of Algebraic Expressions
- Addition, subtraction and multiplication of Algebraic Expressions
- An Identity
- Visualising solid shapes
- 3D-Shapes
- Polyhedrons
- Euler’s Formula
- Mensuration
- Plane figures
- Area of trapezium, quadrilateral, rhombus and a polygon
- Solid shapes: Surface area and volume
- Exponents and Powers
- Laws of Exponents
- Decimal Number System
- Direct and Inverse proportions
- Factorisation
- Methods of factorization
- Division of Algebraic Expressions
- Introduction to graphs
- A Line graph
- A Linear graph
- Types of graphs
- Playing with numbers
- General form of a Number
- Number puzzles and games
- Letters for Digits or Cryptarithms
- Tests of Divisibility