Cayman Academy

Science Syllabus

Year 10

This syllabus was adopted from CCSLC Science Curriculum and Jamaica National
Standards Science Curriculum. This year group will complete Modules 3, 4 and 5 of
the CCSLC Curriculum alongside with the topics Static Electricity and Electricity from
the Jamaica National Standards Science Curriculum Grade 9. Students will be able to
sit the CCSLC exam in the June sitting of this year.

Term 1

Module 3

 Soils
 Pest and Pesticides
 Characteristics of living things

Module 4

 Drugs
 Diseases
 Food and me
 Blood and its importance

Module 5

 Metals & Non-metals

 Characteristics
 Reactivity
 Alloys
 Rusting
 Energy
 Forms of energy
 Energy changers
 Heat energy – temperature vs heat
 Heat transfer – Conduction, convection, radiation
 Ventilation
 Electrical currents
 Sources of electricity
 Parallel and series circuits
 Safety precautions
 Electrical meters
 Electrical Bills
 Electrical conservation
Term 2

Sensing and Responding to Our Environment

Senses and Sense Organs

• Importance of responding to stimuli in the environment

• List the sense organs in human beings

• Recognize that each sense organ is made up of cells sensitive to only one kind of stimulus

• Identify the stimulus that affects each sense organs

• Structure and function of the skin – temperature regulation

• Perform investigations on the sense organs

• Use annotated diagrams to explain how humans see

• Describe how short-sightedness is corrected

• Describe how long-sightedness is corrected

• Use annotated diagrams to explain how humans hear

1. Measurements and Units

• Define physical quantities

• S. I. base quantities , units and symbols

• Conversion of units

• Use of standard form and prefixes

• Rounding off measurements using significant figures and decimal places

• Definition and use of derived quantities

• Smallest division and range of given scales

• Use of vernier caliper and micrometer screw gauge in measurement

• Linear and non linear scales

• Analogue and digital scales

 • Definition of area and volume

• Area and volume of regular and irregular shapes

• Definition, formula and units of density

• Area and volume of composite shapes

• Plotting graphs, scaling and drawing the line of best fit

Term 3

FORMULAE AND EQUATIONS

 Description of chemical formulae in terms of symbols and the number of atoms

of each element present

 Formulae of simple binary compounds using symbols and valencies

 Reactants and products in a reaction

 Word equations and formulae equations for simple chemical reactions

 Law of mass conservation and its relation to balanced equations

 Types of reactions

 Names and properties of groups 1,2,7 and 8 of the periodic table

 Positive and negative ions
 Properties and uses of metals and non-metals
 Common alloys and their uses