TET SA MATHS AND SCIENCE 

D.1.2 PHYSICAL SCIENCE (15 Marks)

Content (12 Marks)
1. MEASUREMENT
Story of transport, Non- standard units of Measurements, Measuring the length of a Curved line,
Measurement of length, area, volume and time. CGS and SI units of length, area, volume and time,
Conversion of units from CGS to S.I and Vice versa.
2. MOTION
Describing Motion, Motion and Rest, Motion Along a Straight Line, Types of motion (Translatory,
Rotatory and oscillatory), Scalars and vectors, Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Average
speed, Average velocity, Acceleration, Graphical Representation of Motion, Distance-Time
Graphs, Velocity-Time Graphs, Uniform Motion and Non- Uniform Motion, Equations of Motion,
Uniform Circular Motion, Laws of Motion, Balanced and Unbalance Forces, First Law of Motion,
Inertia and Mass, Momentum, Second Law of Motion, Third law of motion.
3. FORCE, FRICTION AND PRESSURE
Force – A Push or a Pull, Exploring Forces, Effect of Force on Objects, Types of forces (eld force
and contact force), Net force, Types of friction (static, Sliding and Rolling), Factors aecting
Friction, Friction: A Necessary Evil, Increasing and Reducing Friction, Fluid friction, Pressure,
Pressure Exerted by Liquids and Gases, Pressure of liquids at dierent depths, Atmospheric
Pressure.
4. GRAVITATION
Uniform circular motion, Universal law of gravitation, Free Fall, Acceleration due to Gravity,
Motion of Objects Under the Influence of Gravitational Force of the Earth, Mass and Weight,
Thrust and Pressure, Pressure in Fluids, Buoyancy, Floating and Sinking Objects, Archimedes’
Principle.
5. WORK, ENERGY
Scientific Conception of Work, Work Done by a Constant Force, Energy, Forms of Energy, Kinetic
Energy, Potential Energy,Mechanical Energy. Law of Conservation of Energy, Conversion of Energy
from one form to another, Power and its units.
6. SOUND
Sound - a formof energy, Production of sound, Somemusical instruments, Sound Needs aMedium
for Propagation, Human ear, Hearing Impairment, Noise and Music, Propagation of Sound, Types
of waves (longitudinal and transverse), Characteristics of sound waves (Wavelength, Frequency,
Time period, Speed of the wave), Relation between frequency and time period, Pitch, Loudness
and Quality, Intensity of Sound, Speed Of Sound in Different Media, Reflection of Sound, Echo,
Reverberation, Uses ofMultiple Reflection of Sound, Range of Hearing, Infrasonic and Ultrasonics,
Applications of Ultrasound, Sound pollution.
7. HEAT
Heat and temperature, Transfer of Heat (Conduction, convection, radiation), Kinds of clothes we
wear in summer and winter, Units of temperature (centigrade, Fahrenheit and Kelvin;
Conversions), Expansion of liquids due to heat, Types of thermometers, Thermal equilibrium,

Prevention of corrosion, Thermite process, Smelting, Roasting, Calcination, Flux, Gangue, Blast
furnace, Reverberatory furnace.
12. CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS
Allotropes of Carbon, Amorphous forms, Crystalline forms, Diamond, Graphite,
Buckminsterfullerene, Nanotubes, Versatile nature of Carbon, Catenation, Tetravalency,
Hydrocarbons, Saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, Homologous series, Isomerism,
Functional groups, Nomenclature of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, IUPAC names, Chemical properties
of carbon compounds- Combustion, Oxidation reactions, Addition reactions, Substitution
reactions, Ethanol, Ethanoic acid, Esters, Esterification Reactions, Soaps – Saponification and
Micelles, Cleansing action of soap, Detergents.
13. SOME NATURAL PHENOMENON
The Story of Lightning, charging by Rubbing, Electric charge and properties of electric charge,
Types of charges and their interactions, Transfer of charge, lightning, lightning safety, lightning
conductors, Earthquake, Tsunami, Causes and eects, Protective measures.
14. STARS AND SOLAR SYSTEM
The Moon, The Moon’s Surface, Phases of Moon, Eclipses (Solar and lunar eclipses), The Stars,
Movement of Stars (Constellation, pole star), Movement of the sun, Solar System, Planets and
Some Other Members of the Solar System, Articial Satellites.
15. CHANGES AROUND US
Slow/fast changes, Temporary/permanent changes, Natural/man made changes, Physical/
chemical changes, Rusting of iron, Crystallisation, Galvanization, Corrosion, Rancidity, Oxidation /
reduction
16. MATTER
Objects Around Us, Properties ofMaterials, Physical Nature ofMatter, Characteristics of Particles
of Matter, States of matter, Properties of solids, liquids and gases, Change of state of Matter –
effect of change of temperature and pressure, Evaporation, Factors Affecting Evaporation,
Sublimation, Deposition, Boiling, Latent heat of vaporisation, Latent heat of fusion,Mixture, Types
of Mixtures, Solutions., Properties of a Solution, Types of Solutions, Concentration of solution,
Expressing Concentration of Solutions, Suspension, Properties of a Suspension, Colloidal Solution,
Properties of a Colloid, Common examples of colloids, Mixtures, Methods of separation–
handpicking, Threshing,Winnowing, Sedimentation, Decantation, Sieving, Filtration, Sublimation,
Chromatography, Distillation and fractional distillation, Evaporation, Condensation, Use of more
than one method of separation, Saturated and unsaturated solutions, Separation of immiscible
liquids, Types of Pure Substances – Elements and Compounds.
17. ATOMS AND MOLECULES
Laws of Chemical Combination - Law of Conservation Of Mass, Law of Constant Proportions,
Atom, Symbols of Atoms of Different Elements, Atomic Mass, Atomicity, Valency, Molecule,
Molecules Of Elements, Molecules Of Compounds, Ion – Cation & Anion, Polyatomic ions, Names
and symbols of ions, Formation of ions,Writing Chemical Formulae,MolecularMass,Molarmass,
Formula Unit Mass, Structure of The Atom, Subatomic particles, Charged Particles in Matter,
Thomson’sModel of an Atom, Rutherford’sModel of an Atom, Bohr’sModel of an Atom, BohrSommerfeld model of an atom, Neutrons, Distribution of electrons into different Orbits, Atomic
Number and Mass Number, Isotopes, Isobars, Atomic line spectra, Planck’s quantum theory,
Quantum numbers, Shapes of orbitals, Electronic Configuration, Pauli Exclusion Principle, Aufbau
principle, Hund’s Rule.
18. CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS-THE PERIODIC TABLE
Dobereiner’s law of Triads, Newlands’ law of Octaves, Mendeleev’s Periodic Table, Modern
Periodic Table, Periodic properties of the elements and their gradation in the modern periodic
table.
19. CHEMICAL BONDING
Lewis dot structures, Covalency, Electronic theory of valence by Lewis and Kossel, Octet rule, Ionic
and Covalent bonds, Ionic and Covalent compounds, Bond lengths and Bond energies of covalent
bonds, Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory, Valence bond theory, Hybridisation.
20. METALS AND NON METALS
Physical Properties of Metals and Non-metals, Chemical Properties of Metals and Non-metals,
Uses of Metals and Non-metals, Examples of metals and non-metals, Reactivity order of metals.
21. SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND PLASTICS
Natural and Synthetic bres, Preparation and uses, Types of Synthetic Fibres, Characteristics of
Synthetic Fibres, Plastics as Materials of Choice, Types of plastics, Plastics and environment,
Biodegradable – Non biodegradable materials.
22. COAL AND PETROLEUM
Exhaustible and inexhaustible Resources, Fuels – Types, Coal, Story of Coal, Uses of Coal and Coal
products, Rening of petroleum, Petrochemical products in various sectors, Various Constituents
of Petroleum and their Uses, Formation of coal and petroleum, Natural Gas, Misuse of Energy
resources and Consequences.
23. COMBUSTION FUELS AND FLAME
Combustion, Types of Combustion, Ignition temperature, Inflammable substances, Flame, Fuel
Efficiency, Burning of Fuels Leads to Harmful Products, Fire control, Structure of ame – colors
zones – Intensities.
24. AIR
Atmosphere, Components of air, Availability of oxygen to plants and animals, Replacement of
Oxygen in the Atmosphere.
25. ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS
Natural acid-base indicators, Synthetic acid-base Indicators, Olfactory indicators, Universal
Indicator, Chemical properties of Acids and Bases, Reaction of Acids and bases with Metals,
Reaction of Acids with carbonates and metal hydrogen Carbonates, Neutralization reaction,
Reaction of Acids with metal oxides, Reaction of base with non-metal oxide, Production of H+ions
and OH- ions, Electrical conductivity of Acids and Bases, Properties of Bases, Dilution, Strength of
acid or base, pH scale, Importance of pH in everyday life, Self defense by animals and plants
through chemical warfare, Family of salts, pH of Salts, Chemicals from common salt, Important

product from chlor-alkali process and their uses,Water of crystallization, Common salt, Bleaching
Powder, Baking soda, Washing soda, Plaster of paris, Gypsum, and their uses.
Methodology (3 Marks)
 Definition, Nature, Structure and History of Science
 Aims, Values, Instructional Objectives of teaching Science and Academic Standards in Science
 Methods of Teaching Science
 Teaching Learning Material in Teaching of Science - TLM in Science – Use of ICT.
 Instructional Planning
 Science Laboratory
 Science Teacher - Changing Roles
 Science Curriculum and its transaction, NCF-2005, SCF- 2011
 Science Textbooks.
 Evaluation - CCE - Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment - Designing and
Administration Analysis of Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)

.1 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE (60 Marks)
D. 1.1 MATHEMATICS (30 Marks)
Content (24 Marks)
1. NUMBER SYSTEM
Numbers - Four fundamental operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division) -
Knowing about Numbers - Hindu-Arabic system of numeration (Indian system of numeration) -
International system of numeration (British system of numeration) - Place value and Face values
of a digit in a number - Comparing and Ordering of Numbers - Whole Numbers - Factors and
Multiples - Prime and Composite numbers - Even and Odd numbers - Tests for Divisibility of
Numbers - Common Factors and Common Multiples - Prime factorisation - Highest Common
Factor (G.C.D) - Lowest Common Multiple - Integers - properties and fundamental operations -
Fractions and decimals - Types of fractions - comparison - Applications of fractions in daily life -
four fundamental operations on fractions and decimals - Euclid's Division Lemma and its
application - Rational Numbers - Properties of Rational Numbers - Representation of Rational
Numbers on the Number line - Rational Numbers between two rational numbers - Four
fundamental Operations on Rational Numbers – Rational numbers and their decimal expansions -
Non-terminating, recurring decimals in rational numbers - Product of reciprocals - Squares -
Square roots (Numbers and Decimals) - Properties of Square Numbers - Cubes - Cube roots of
Numbers - Playing with Numbers - Games with Numbers - Letters for Digits - Irrational numbers -
Real Numbers and their Decimal Expansions - Operations on Real Numbers - Laws of Exponents
for Real Numbers – Properties & Laws of logarithms.
Sets and their representation (Roster form and Set builder form) – Classification of sets (Empty,
Universal, subset, Finite & Infinite, disjoint sets) - difference of sets - Equal sets - Using
diagrams to represent sets - Venn diagrams and cardinality of sets - Basic operations on
sets (Union, Intersection).
2. ARITHMETIC
BODMAS rule - Ratios and Proportions (Direct, Inverse) - comparing quantities using ratios,
proportion, percentage and their applications - Profit and Loss - Discount - Sales Tax/Value Added
Tax/Goods and Services Tax - Simple, Compound Interest and their applications.
3. GEOMETRY
Basic geometrical concepts (Point, Line, Line segment, Ray, Curves, Polygons, Angles) -Measuring
of Lines - Pairs of Lines - Intersecting Lines and Non-intersecting Lines – Lines parallel to the same
line - Elements of Angles -Measuring of Angles - Types of Angles – Pairs of Angles - Naming of the
given 2D figures of Triangles, Square and Rectangle - The Triangle - Types of Triangles and its
Properties – Congruence and some properties of Triangles - Somemore criteria for Congruence of
Triangles – Criteria for similarity of triangles – Areas of similar triangles – Pythagoras theorem -
Classification of Polygons - Angle sum property - Kinds of Quadrilaterals (Trapezium, Kite,
Parallelogram) - Some special parallelograms (Rhombus, Rectangle, Square) - Constructing
different types of Quadrilaterals - Views of 3D-Shapes - Identification of Edges, Vertices and Faces
of 3D figures (Euler’s Rule) - Nets for building 3D shapes – Introduction to Euclid’s geometry –
Euclid’s definitions, axioms and postulates - Angle Subtended by a Chord at a Point - Perpendicular
from the Centre to a Chord - Equal Chords and Their Distances from the Centre - Angle Subtended
by an Arc of a Circle - Cyclic Quadrilaterals – Tangents of a circle – Number of Tangent to a Circle
from any point – Segment of a circle formed by a Secant.

4. STATISTICS
Reading and interpreting and analysing the Data (pictograph, tally marks, bar graphs, double bar
graph, pie charts) - Graphical Representation of Data (Bar graphs, Histogram, Frequency polygons)
–Measures of Central tendency - ArithmeticMean -Mode -Median of un-grouped, grouped data
– Graphical representation of cumulative frequency distribution – Ogive curves.
5. ALGEBRA
Patterns -making rules - The idea of variables - formation of algebraic expressions -Terms, Factors
and Coefficients - Linear equations in one variable – Linear equations in two variables - Solutions
of Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables – Algebraic methods of finding the solutions for a pair
of linear equations -Equations reducible to a pair of linear equations in two variables -Solution of
a quadratic equation by factorisation & by completing the square – Nature of roots - terms and
types of algebraic expressions - finding the value of an expression - Addition, Subtraction and
Multiplication of Algebraic Expressions -Multiplying aMonomial by a Monomial and polynomial -
Multiplying a Polynomial by a Polynomial - Standard Identities and their applications - Applications
of simple equations to practical situations - Exponents and Powers - Negative exponents - Laws
of exponents - Expressing large numbers in the standard form - Factorisation - Division of Algebraic
Expressions Continued (Polynomial ÷ Polynomial) - Linear Graphs – Polynomials in one variable –
Degree, Value, zeroes of a polynomial - Geometrical meaning of the Zeroes of a Polynomial -
Graphical representation of linear, Quadratic and Cubic Polynomials - Factorisation of Polynomials
- Algebraic Identities -Working with Polynomials – Division algorithm for polynomials - Arithmetic
progressions – Parameters of Arithmetic progressions – nth term of an Arithmetic progression –
Sum of first n terms in Arithmetic progression – Geometric progressions – nth term of a GP.
6. MENSURATION
Measuring Length,Weight, Capacity, Time-Seasons, Calendar, Money, Area - Symmetry (Line and
Rotational) - Perimeter of Triangle, Square, Rectangle, Rhombus, Trapezium, Parallelogram, Circle
and Polygon, Properties of a Parallelogram - The Mid-point Theorem - Area of a Quadrilateral,
Surface Area and Volume of Cube, Cuboid and Cylinder -Volume and capacity - Surface Area and
volume of a Sphere - Volume of a Right Circular Cone – Surface area of the combination of Solids
– Volume of combination of solids – Conversion of solid from one shape to another -
7. PROBABILITY
Probability - Linking chances to probability - Chance and probability related to real life - Probability
- a theoretical approach -Mutually exclusive events - Finding probability - Complementary events
and probability - Impossible and certain events - Deck of Cards and Probability – Use and
Applications of probability.
8. CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY
Cartesian System – Distance between two points – distance between two points on a line parallel
to the co-ordinate axis – Distance between any two points on a line in the x-y plane – Section
formula – centroid of a triangle – Tri-sectional points of a line – Area of the triangle – Heron’s
formula- Collinearity – Straight lines – Slope of the straight line – slope of a line joining two points.
9. TRIGONOMETRY
Trigonometry – Naming the sides in a Right triangle – Trigonometric Ratios – Defining
Trigonometric Ratios – Trigonometric ratios of some specific and complementary angles –
Trigonometric identities – Applications of Trigonometry – Drawing figures to solve problems –solutions for two triangles.
Methodology (6 Marks)
 Meaning and Nature of Mathematics, History of Mathematics.
 Contributions of Great Mathematicians - Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Srinivasa Ramanujan,
Euclid, Pythagoras, George cantor.
 Aims and Values of teaching Mathematics, Instructional objectives (Blooms taxonomy)
 Mathematics curriculum: Principles, approaches of curriculum construction, -Logical and
Psychological, Topical and Concentric, Spiral approaches. Qualities of a good Mathematics text
book.
 Methods of teaching mathematics- Heuristic method, Laboratory method, Inductive and
Deductive
 methods, Analytic and Synthetic methods, Project method and Problem Solving method.
 Unit Plan, Year Plan, Lesson Planning in Mathematics.
 Instructional materials, Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience.
 Evolving strategies for the gifted students and slow learners
 Techniques of teaching mathematics like Oral work,Written work, Drilling, Assignment,
Project, Speed and Accuracy.
 Mathematics club, Mathematics structure, Mathematics order and pattern sequence.
 Evaluation - Types, Tools and Techniques of Evaluation, Preparation of SAT Analysis,
Characteristics of a good test