MYP EOY Exam Syllabus

Grade: 8
Subject: Science
Exam Duration:

Units Objective/ Syllabus/ Subtopics Specific

Criteria Information for
All criteria will be students
tested.

Unit 1 – Power Criteria A Unit 1 – Power house

house Physics:
AL– 1-8
Energy forms, stores, resources,
Criteria B: transfer & transformation, conservation,
AL– 1-8 efficiency, power plants to producing
electricity across the globe, climate
Criteria C: change: introduction to weather –
AL– 1-8 climate change; the role of carbon
dioxide; greenhouse gases.
Criteria D
Biology:
AL– 1-8
2.5 Photosynthesis and leaf structure
1.4 and 2.4 Respiration, respiratory
Criterion A system, and gas exchange
based on all the
2.3 Digestive system and enzymes
three sciences.
Chemistry:
Criterion B-
Chemistry, 3.1 Chemical Changes

Criterion C- 3.2 Chemical and Physical changes

Physics 3.3 Reactants and Products
Criterion-D 3.4 Writing Chemical Equations
Biology.
3.5 Conservation of mass
3.6 Energy in chemical reactions
3.7 Exothermic and Endothermic
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Unit 2 - Fast, Faster, and Fastest

Unit 2 - Fast,
Faster, and Fastest Physics:
Various forces & interactions, resultant,
balanced & unbalanced forces,
acceleration & acceleration due to
gravity/strength, distance – time, speed
– time, constant-acceleration model,
speed against time and velocity against
time graphs.
Biology:
2.6 Circulatory system- Structure and
function of the cardiovascular systems;
the mechanism of the heart and the role
of blood vessels.
1.5 Diffusion,
1.7 Active transport,
2.7 Transpiration
3.4 Investigating seed dispersal
Chemistry:
2.1 Atoms and the periodic table
2.3 Inside atoms
2.4 Metals and non-metals
2.5 Groups of the periodic table
2.7 Electronic structure (valence
electrons and ions)
2.8 Bonding (covalent, ionic and
metallic bond)
Unit 3 - Synergy
Unit 3 - Synergy
Physics
Waves, sound & light; Wave, types,
characteristics, properties, behaviour
(reflection, refraction), application of
different waves.
Biology: Reproduction
3.6 Asexual reproduction,
3.2 Sexual reproduction,
3.3 Menstrual cycle
3.1 Fertilization and Implantation
Chemistry:
- Acid and Base
- pH scale
- Indicators (litmus, universal &
phenolphthalein)
- Neutralization reaction
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- Conductivity
- Concentrated, diluted, strong and
weak acids and bases
- Acid rain
Unit 4 – Unit 4 – Interconnectedness
Interconnectedness
Physics
Charge, properties, impact of charged
bodies, current, voltage, resistance,
factors, circuits, effects of current & their
application.
Biology:
1.2 plants and animal cells,
Chemistry:
Five types of Chemical reactions
4.1 Useful Chemical reactions

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