Science Olympiad
Syllabus
| Module 1 | Nutrition in Plants and Animals |
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| Unit 1 | Nutrition in plants and its types |
| Unit 2 | Autotrophic nutrition in plants |
| Unit 3 | Experimental investigation |
| Unit 4 | Synthesis of food other than carbohydrates by plants |
| Unit 5 | Heterotrophic nutrition |
| Unit 6 | Heterotrophic nutrition in plants |
| Unit 7 | Saprotrophs |
| Unit 8 | Replenishing nutrients in the soil |
| Unit 9 | Nutrition in amoeba, hydra and frog |
| Unit 10 | The human digestive system |
| Unit 11 | Ruminants |
| Module 2 | Fibre to Fabric |
| Unit 1 | Climate and Clothes |
| Unit 2 | Natural fibres |
| Unit 3 | Vegetable fibre |
| Unit 4 | Animal fibre |
| Unit 5 | Wool |
| Unit 6 | Types of wool |
| Unit 7 | From hair to wool |
| Unit 8 | Silk |
| Unit 9 | Life cycle of a silk moth |
| Unit 10 | Sericulture |
| Unit 11 | Health conditions of workers in the wool and sericulture industry |
| Unit 12 | Sorter’s disease |
| Unit 13 | Respiratory disease |
| Unit 14 | Scabies and other skin infections |
| Module 3 | Heat |
| Unit 1 | Heat as a form of energy and its units, joule(J) and calorie (cal) |
| Unit 2 | Temperature |
| Unit 3 | Different units of Temperature (°C, °F, K) |
| Unit 4 | Conversion from one scale to another |
| Unit 5 | Measuring temperature |
| Unit 6 | The laboratory thermometer |
| Unit 7 | The clinical thermometer |
| Unit 8 | Effects of Heat |
| Unit 9 | Change in temperature |
| Unit 10 | Change in size (Expansion and contraction) |
| Unit 11 | Change in state |
| Unit 12 | Good conductors and bad conductors of heat and their examples |
| Unit 13 | Choice of conductors and insulators in day to day life (Pan handles, metal cooking utensils etc.) |
| Unit 14 | Methods of Heat Transfer |
| Unit 15 | Conduction |
| Unit 16 | Convection |
| Unit 17 | Radiation |
| Unit 18 | Thermos Flask: (Application of heat transfer) |
| Module 4 | Acid, Bases and Salts |
| Unit 1 | Acids- types, properties and uses |
| Unit 2 | Bases- types, properties and uses |
| Unit 3 | Salts- preparation, properties and uses |
| Unit 4 | Testing for acids and bases |
| Module 5 | Physical and Chemical Changes |
| Unit 1 | Chemical change - formation of a new product with new properties |
| Unit 2 | Differentiating between physical and chemical change |
| Unit 3 | Classification as physical & chemical change |
| Unit 4 | Characteristics of chemical reactions |
| Unit 5 | Evolution of a gas |
| Unit 6 | Change of colour |
| Unit 7 | Formation of precipitate |
| Unit 8 | Change in energy |
| Unit 9 | Change of state |
| Unit 10 | Types of chemical reactions |
| Unit 11 | Combination reaction |
| Unit 12 | Decomposition reaction |
| Unit 13 | Single displacement reaction |
| Unit 14 | Double displacement reaction |
| Unit 15 | Oxidation and reduction reactions |
| Unit 16 | Separating a solid from a solution |
| Unit 17 | By evaporation |
| Unit 18 | Crystallisation |
| Module 6 | Weather, Climate and Adaptations of Animals to Climate |
| Unit 1 | Weather |
| Unit 2 | Elements of weather |
| Unit 3 | Predicting the weather |
| Unit 4 | Climate |
| Unit 5 | Effect of the sun on climate |
| Unit 6 | Climate and adaptation |
| Unit 7 | Adaptation of animals |
| Unit 8 | Adaptations to cold climates |
| Unit 9 | Adaptation to hot climates-deserts |
| Unit 10 | Adaptation to hot and wet climates-tropical rainforests |
| Module 7 | Winds, Storms and Cyclones |
| Unit 1 | Air pressure |
| Unit 2 | Power of air pressure |
| Unit 3 | Air exerts pressure in all directions |
| Unit 4 | High speed wind causes reduced pressure |
| Unit 5 | Air expands on heating |
| Unit 6 | Wind currents |
| Unit 7 | Wind currents due to uneven heating between equator and poles |
| Unit 8 | Wind currents due to uneven heating of land and water |
| Unit 9 | Thunderstorms, cyclones and tornadoes |
| Unit 10 | Cyclone forecasting and warning |
| Module 8 | Natural Resources and Their Conservation |
| Unit 1 | Our natural resources |
| Unit 2 | Renewable and non-renewable resources |
| Unit 3 | Water - a renewable resource |
| Unit 4 | Shortage of water |
| Unit 5 | States of water |
| Unit 6 | Water cycle |
| Unit 7 | Groundwater |
| Unit 8 | Water conservation |
| Unit 9 | Forest wealth |
| Unit 10 | Prevent floods and maintain the water table |
| Unit 11 | Prevent soil erosion |
| Unit 12 | Supply oxygen |
| Unit 13 | Absorb carbon dioxide |
| Unit 14 | Cool the air and increase rainfall |
| Unit 15 | Provide food and shelter for wildlife |
| Unit 16 | Forests products |
| Unit 17 | Plants also depend on animals |
| Unit 18 | Producers, consumers and decomposers |
| Unit 19 | Food chain |
| Unit 20 | Balance in nature |
| Unit 21 | Forest conservation |
| Unit 22 | Wastewater and sewage |
| Unit 23 | Importance of drainage and sanitation |
| Unit 24 | The sewage system |
| Unit 25 | Sewage treatment |
| Unit 26 | Wastewater treatment plant |
| Unit 27 | Better housekeeping practices |
| Unit 28 | Alternate methods for sewage disposal |
| Module 9 | Respiration in Organism |
| Unit 1 | Respiration in plants |
| Unit 2 | Root respiration |
| Unit 3 | Respiration in animals |
| Unit 4 | Through cell membrane or skin |
| Unit 5 | Through air holes |
| Unit 6 | Through gills |
| Unit 7 | Through lungs |
| Unit 8 | The respiratory system in humans |
| Unit 9 | Breathing in |
| Unit 10 | To the lungs |
| Unit 11 | In the lungs |
| Unit 12 | How air enters the lungs |
| Unit 13 | Cellular respiration |
| Unit 14 | Types of respiration |
| Unit 15 | Aerobic respiration |
| Unit 16 | Anaerobic respiration |
| Unit 17 | Difference between combustion and cellular respiration |
| Unit 18 | Difference between breathing and cellular respiration |
| Module 10 | Transportation in Plants and Animals |
| Unit 1 | Transportation of materials in plants: Vascular system, xylem, phloem, osmosis |
| Unit 2 | Transportation of water and minerals |
| Unit 3 | Transportation of food |
| Unit 4 | Transportation of materials in animals |
| Unit 5 | Transportation in humans |
| Unit 6 | Heartbeat and pulse |
| Unit 7 | Excretion |
| Unit 8 | Excretion in animals |
| Unit 9 | Excretion in humans |
| Unit 10 | Sweating |
| Module 11 | Reproduction in Plants |
| Unit 1 | Asexual reproduction in plants |
| Unit 2 | Fragmentation |
| Unit 3 | Budding |
| Unit 4 | Spore formation |
| Unit 5 | Vegetative reproduction in plants |
| Unit 6 | Artificial methods of vegetative reproduction |
| Unit 7 | Grafting |
| Unit 8 | Cutting |
| Unit 9 | Layering |
| Unit 10 | Tissue culture |
| Unit 11 | Advantages of vegetative reproduction |
| Unit 12 | Sexual reproduction |
| Unit 13 | Sexual reproduction in plants |
| Unit 14 | Pollination |
| Unit 15 | Fertilization |
| Unit 16 | Seed formation |
| Unit 17 | Fruit formation |
| Unit 18 | Dispersal of seeds |
| Unit 19 | Germination of seeds |
| Module 12 | Motion and Time |
| Unit 1 | Measurement |
| Unit 2 | Measurement of time |
| Unit 3 | Simple pendulum |
| Unit 4 | Sand clock and sundial |
| Unit 5 | Motion as a change in position of an object with respect to time |
| Unit 6 | Types of motion |
| Unit 7 | Translatory |
| Unit 8 | Circulatory |
| Unit 9 | Oscillatory |
| Unit 10 | Repetitive (Periodic and Non-Periodic) |
| Unit 11 | Random |
| Unit 12 | Uniform and non-uniform motion |
| Unit 13 | Weight |
| Unit 14 | Concept |
| Unit 15 | Differences between mass and weight |
| Unit 16 | Speed |
| Unit 17 | Distance-time graph for uniform motion |
| Module 13 | Electric Current and its Effect |
| Unit 1 | Electric current and electric circuits |
| Unit 2 | Components of an electric current |
| Unit 3 | Circuit diagram |
| Unit 4 | Electric current as a flow of charges |
| Unit 5 | Electric cell as source of electricity |
| Unit 6 | Resistors as components that oppose the flow of current |
| Unit 7 | Simple electric circuit - Series and Parallel |
| Unit 8 | Battery as a collection of cells connected in series |
| Unit 9 | Good and Bad conductors of electricity |
| Unit 10 | Potential difference |
| Unit 11 | Effects of electric current |
| Unit 12 | Heating and lighting effect |
| Unit 13 | The electric fuse is based on the heating effect of current |
| Unit 14 | Magnetic effect |
| Unit 15 | Solenoid |
| Unit 16 | The electromagnet |
| Unit 17 | Uses of electromagnet |
| Unit 18 | Test for a magnet (by repulsion) |
| Module 14 | Light |
| Unit 1 | Rectilinear propagation of light |
| Unit 2 | Reflection of light: Definition and examples |
| Unit 3 | Terms related to reflection - Normal, plane, point of incidence, angle of incidence, angle of reflection |
| Unit 4 | Laws of Reflection |
| Unit 5 | Real and virtual images |
| Unit 6 | Plane mirror |
| Unit 7 | Uses |
| Unit 8 | Ray Diagram (no mention of virtual image) |
| Unit 9 | Characteristics of the image formed (Lateral Inversion, same size, distance is preserved) |
| Unit 10 | Spherical mirrors: Concave mirror, Convex mirror |
| Unit 11 | Principal focus |
| Unit 12 | Image formed by a spherical mirror |
| Unit 13 | Uses of spherical mirror |
| Unit 14 | Differences between images formed by plane, concave and convex mirror |
| Unit 15 | Speed of light (3 X 108 m/s) |
| Unit 16 | Primary colours (RGB) |
| Unit 17 | Formation of secondary colours by colour addition |
| Unit 18 | Appearance of colour of an object (Based on reflection and absorption) |
| Unit 19 | Colour subtraction |
| Unit 20 | Lenses |
| Unit 21 | Terms related to lenses |
| Unit 22 | Principal focus and focal length |
| Unit 23 | Image formed by a lens |
| Unit 24 | The spectrum |
| Unit 25 | Rainbow |
| Unit 26 | Prism |
List Of Science Olympiad Exams For Class 7
- SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO)
- CREST Science Olympiad (CSO)
- Silverzone International Olympiad of Science (IOS)
- Unified Council- National Level Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE)
- Humming Bird Science Olympiad (HSO)
- EduHeal National Interactive Science (NISO)
- Indian Talent Olympiad- International Science (ISO)
- Home Bhabha Centre for Science Education- Science Olympiad
- Indian School Talent Search Exam (ISTSE)
- ASSET Science
- International Assessments for Indian Schools (IAIS) – IAIS Science