DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BATHINDA

SESSION: 2023-2024
CLASS: VIII
SYLLABUS FOR HALF YEARLY
SUBJECT SYLLABUS
ENGLISH • MCB Unit -1 A work of Art • MCB Unit-2 The spirit of Science • MCB Unit-3 one
Land Many Lives
Literature Chapter 1 IF Chapter -2 A Christmas Carol Chapter-3 DUSK Chapter-4
Scratching the tiger's back Chapter-5 The New School Fellow Chapter-6 A Bond for life
Grammar • Conjunctions • Modals • Tenses • Clauses Writing • Formal letter • Story
writing • Informal letter • Advertisement
SCIENCE Crop Production and Management: Agriculture practices, Basic practices of crop
production, Food from animals and all activities book, work done in notebook and
worksheets.
Microorganisms: Friend and Foe: Where microorganisms Live, Microorganisms and
us, Friendly microorganisms, Harmful microorganisms, Food preservation, Nitrogen
Fixation, Nitrogen Cycle and all activities from the book, work done in notebook and
worksheet.
Coal and Petroleum: a Inexhaustible and Exhaustible natural resource story of coal,
coal. Coal tar, coal gas, petroleum, Refining of Petroleum Natural resources, Some
natural resources are limited and all activities from the book, work done in notebook and
worksheet.
Combustion and Flame: Combustion, Ignition temperature, Inflame substances, How
do we control fire? Types of combustion, Flame, Structure of a Flame, What is Fuel,
Fuel Efficiency and all activities from the book, work done in notebook and worksheet.
Force and Pressure: Force: A push or pull, Forces are due to interaction, Exploring
Forces, A Force can change the state of Motion, Force can change the shape of an object,
Contact Forces, Non-contact Forces, Pressure exerted by Liquids and Gases,
Atmospheric Pressure and all activities from the book, work done in notebook and
worksheet
Friction: Force of Friction, Factors affecting Friction, Friction: A necessary Evil,
Increasing and reducing Friction, Wheels reduce Friction Fluid Friction and all activities
from the book, work done in notebook and worksheet.
Chemical Effects of Electric Current: Do Liquids conduct Electricity, Chemical
Effects of Electric Current, Electroplating and all activities from the book, work done in
notebook and worksheet.
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MATHS RATIONAL NUMBER: Introduction, Properties of Rational Numbers..
LINEAR EQUATION IN ONE VARIABLE: Introduction, Solving Equations which
have Numbers on the other Side UNDERSTANDING OF ITS QUADRILATERAL:
Introduction, Polygons, Sum of the Measures of the Exterior Angles of a Polygon, Kinds
of Quadrilaterals, Some Special Parallelograms.
DATA HANDLING: Circle Graph or Pie Chart, Chance and Probability.
SQUARE AND SQUARE ROOT: Introduction, Properties of Square Numbers, Some
More Interesting Patterns, Finding the Square of a Number, Square Roots, Square Roots
of Decimals,
CUBE AND CUBE ROOT: Introduction, Cubes, Cube Roots.
ALGEBARIC EXPRESSION: What are Expressions?, Terms, Factors and
 Coefficients, Monomials, Binomials and Polynomials, Like and Unlike Terms, Addition
and Subtraction of Algebraic Expressions, Multiplication of Algebraic Expressions:
Introduction, Multiplying a Monomial by a Monomial, Multiplying a Monomial by a
Polynomial, Multiplying a Polynomial by a Polynomial
RATIONAL NUMBER: Introduction, Properties of Rational Numbers...
FRENCH 1. Les Nombres (1 to 1 million) 2. Avoir et négation 3. Etre et négation 4. Parler verbe et
négation 5. Mathématique en français 6. Aimer verbe et négation 7. Adorer, détester et
négation
COMPUTERS THEORY 1. Log on to Access 2. Queries, Forms & Reports in Access 3. Introduction to
Apps 4. Excite Subtopics- AI and its need, History, Difference between Human &
Artificial Intelligence, Types of AI, Difference between Weak AI & Strong AI
PRACTICAL Queries, Forms & Reports in Access
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ART Make a sunflower with water colours
MUSIC Patriotic song Sare Jahan Se Acha (In Almanac page no. 51)
GK 1. Tennis stars of today 2. Adaptations in living things 3. Science Quiz 4. The human
body 5. Technology trivia 6. Structure of cell 7. Conservation of Nature 8. World Tour
9. Indian Writer 10. Indian Cinema
SOCIAL How when & where Chapter-1: Only source based questions From trade to territory
SCIENCE Chapter-2: Introduction, East India company comes east, Company rule expands, Setting
up new administration and conclusion. Ruling the Countryside
Chapter-3: The company becomes the diwan, Crops for Europe and The blue rebellion
and after. Tribes Dikus and the vision of Golden Age Introduction, How did tribal
groups live? How did the colonial rule affect the tribal lives? A closer look: Birsa
Munda. Map work
GEOGRAPHY Land, soil, water, Natural Vegetation and wildlife resources.
Chapter-2:Introduction, Land, Land use, Conservation of land resource, Soil, Factors of
soil formation, Degradation of soil and conservation method, Problem of water
availability, Conservation of water resource, Natural vegetation and wildlife,
Distribution of Natural vegetation and Conservation of natural vegetation and wildlife.
Agriculture
Chapter-3: Introduction, Farm system, Types of Farming and Agricultural development.
Map work
CIVICS Understanding Secularism
Chapter-2: Introduction, What is secularism? Why it is important to separate religion
from the state and what is Indian secularism? Parliament and the making of laws
Chapter-3: Why should people decide? People and the representatives, the role of
Parliament, How do new laws come about? Unpopular and controversial laws. Judiciary
Chapter-4: What is the role of Judiciary? What is an Independent Judiciary? What is the
Structure of court in India? What are different branches of the legal system and Does
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